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• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  airport is packed, and I've already spotted several MIT hoodies and ... second to think about the big picture - which is where my friends came in ...  but a small bit of me is very very sad right now and i'm trying to make

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... thing that dawned upon me was the concept of "average." Being average is ... in everything I did. Then, I came to MIT.  Here, everyone is the best

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  into Jeffrey'13 leading a cluster of frosh from his FPOP. As is wont to happen with frosh, questions were asked, and as is wont to happen with ... the beginning of the semester, is beginning to bear down on me with all

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  nods at me while I continue talking after he is finished railing about how I don’t understand him and this is usually my cue to calmly stop ... next one. The truth is, life rarely ever works like that. I’m thankful

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  interscholastically forces me to stay healthy. Another benefit to competing is the sense ... facilities. All varsity sports are Division III except for crew (which is D-I). MIT also has over 30 club sport offerings. Lacrosse is D-III, while

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  visit to Settler's Rock, which is adjacent to a national wildlife reserve ... somewhere in my future. Such is the promise of my dreams, my education, and ... . It's odd to think about it in this way, but MIT is one of the last

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  Hi, prefrosh! I assume that the bulk of our audience right now is ... exchange for free food. Which is totally an okay thing to do, by the way ... really cool t-shirts*. I'd like to go, but if there's somebody who is not

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  past week - there is sooo much going on right now: tests, problem sets ... opportunities to get to know what MIT is like. I know several of you tuned into ... Speeches, etc) - but also feel free to stray a little bit. The point is to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  students in a couple weeks, and the point of this assignment is to teach a ... minutes is like the blink of an eye when you're being considerate of your ... progressed is to never mention terminology before explaining the associated

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  season is in full swing and I’ve been kept passably sane by practice and ... -crushing boredom is shakier than you’d expect). 2.) Watched the entire series of ... ’s accent. Where is she supposed to be from? She sounds like she’s trying for

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  sure you're in the right place?" Me: ... Proctor: "Is 8.012 even in this building?" Me (bristling): "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this building ... . He also, I found out, is a recitation instructor for 8.286 - The Early

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  -games-I’ve-played-are-Frogger-and-Oregon-Trail n00b. As in, the-only-programming-experience-I-have-is ... terrified of starting this class. Turns out, this is shaping up to be my ... programming is a lot like cooking, which I am a fan of. Writing good code is

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  blogger is honoring them for their birthday, not to mention a little creeped out (ahh! Is Kate stalking me?). The rest of you are probably just ... friends. The important word to understand in that sentence is ‘celebrating

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... is that there’s a pretty universal handful of questions that all ... , to start, my name is Natanya K. ’14. Er, well, not really. My parents

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  your house, the car is at the shop, and you don't have any firearms. What ... situations, risk-taking is essential. David plugged in his axe, amp, and mic ... Band or Guitar Hero drums against the undead is almost over. Here at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  basic gist, as I'm sure you know, is that Americans work their tails off ... is a snapshot of a week in February 2009, when I was at MIT, while the bottom is a snapshot of the same week in February 2010, when I was at the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  me...I had never been on a campus tour...before yesterday, that is. It ... telling myself that I should take the time and see what it is the tour ... , tennis shoes, and a nondescript shirt. Is bright red truly nondescript, I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  Today is Day 5, after my laptop refused to boot after turning on ... semester's worth of essays - and music!!) back though!! :( Haha - so this is what happens after your laptop dies at MIT. I feel like this is almost a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is ... evenings before. You see - the walk down West Campus’s dorm row is a (weather ... change from day-to-day, hour-to-hour in fact – one moment, all you see is a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  the heck out! But I'm sure if anyone is learning a lot from robots, it ... dreams because all I wanted is to have any job, and not live in the ... lived on has its own wiki. And an IRC channel. "MIT is the closest you can

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009