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  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  👏🏻 ACKNOWLEDGE 👏🏻 THE 👏🏻 2007 👏🏻 FEATURE 👏🏻 FILM."]for the ... for you. Back in 2018 — before the adaptation was even announced — my ... same pre-school as me many years before that) and for whom the books

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  and we had't bought hamburger patties for our BBQ yet. After showing ... that I went zip lining for the first time. And for someone who is ... in silence for 15 minutes while being surrounded by others. But the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  goes on. For years, I've subconsciously been trying to come up with a formula for success. Ya know the big ol' "what makes someone successful?" Up ... direction) and I think reading Michelle Obama's Becoming helped: “For me

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  ’s easy to take for granted the haven that is created Under the Dome, where ... is debatable) together bounded by immense love for learning. In recent ... its doors for students FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD and make it possible for

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  right now, so I'll leave that for later. For now, I want to make a list of ... and free pizza for two days. Hurray for Google Information Sessions, the ... . And then there’s my cooking fails. I’m not on a meal plan for reasons

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... hike was pretty typical for Washington trails. You hike from the forest ... southwest of Seattle. Believe me, we had to work for this view![/caption] And

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  out. Based on these findings and priors, our goals for this redesign include: making it really easy to find what you are looking for ... , trying for a "single source of truth" wherever possible helping people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  year? Hm. Academically, it was rough, for sure. I'll get more into it in ... Everbridge to work for them in the fall as a part-time software engineering ... experience in industry. But I still had nothing going for me over the summer

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  this situation amusing and are making this post "just for the title ... Katherine C. '19 got us for our birthday! Pay close attention to the bottom ... recommend that you do, for no other reason than to understand why both Tina

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  love, only for things to inevitably fade away in the end. However, these past semesters have been quite a transformative experience for me; (maybe ... am I looking for? What/who would make me happy? What do I want in a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  Thanks Yuliya for hosting this blog! I’m not out off-campus, so I ... club that is for LGBTQ+ folk in fraternities and Sororities! They host ... Queer West and Simmons Join Queer West and Simmons residents for an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  don’t have any updates for us. There’s an option on the form where you ... ? Ya still gotta submit the form, even if you don’t have any updates for ... all grades that you do have for this year, and we’ll work with what we

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  your dream schools. You’ve studied hard for the SAT. You’ve done all the ... , happens for the best. That college decisions are about a good match. That ... ’t need other people to recognize your worth for it to exist. And that is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  posting--or for a more dramatic flair, The 7 Capital Vices I Have Oft ... have ideas for posts that are going to be great!! So great! I just need ... often get distracted by other stuff and lose passion for the initial idea

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  MIT's campus can be pretty daunting for someone first visiting. All ... do this for two reasons: One, I want to show you that, despite our ... see the magic of this place going away for me. This is the place I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep and rest in our dorms, hopefully with forays into Boston for food (I did ... connection with the nation--I’m just traveling, for once in my life. While

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... undeniably call mine. I feel that for a long time I was okay with this because it was also true for everyone around me. None of my friends knew what

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... reason for being late was unfortunately not excused by my teacher). Rapid ... common reason for injury is having something in your mouth while sneezing

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  fierce the cultures of MIT dorms can be. Also, for reference, this post on ... for good, MIT is a quintessential expression of America at its best ... nothing can change our commitment to tackling big, important problems for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  Twitter newsfeed for too long. I check Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr. Everywhere ... from 9am onward to be with one another, listen, and share our hopes for ... have more things written than the one with the hopes! I'm afraid for

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016