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  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  .  Still, I love it here.  This weekend, I played with cats, took a trip to Costco, made pizzas, dressed like a princess, went to the incredible ... work gets to be overwhelming at times, and it's important to know that we

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work this morning the grip literally melted to my bike gloves. 2) Vacations ... ) Blogger Application 2010 All current MIT undergraduates are welcome to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  ’t have prom or if you decided not to go, then you probably aren’t missing much. Prom is a nice excuse to dress-up, see what your friends look like ... , you’re dancing awfully close to Jimmy...”) Have no fear, for if you come

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  absolutely no excuse aside from the fact that I don't really know what to write ... to talk to you about college decisions and my own experience. When I applied to college, all I knew is that I was going to college, and hopefully

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... 's what led me to see life the way I do: The world isn't just something you should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  grandparents, but they're a little too touristy for a future Boston resident to pay $26 for a ride--after all, you can just get upperclassmen to to tell ... to be a half-mile walk out of your room and across the Harvard Bridge

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being ... , when other people found out that I'd been accepted to MIT, their reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  on what I was up to this weekend: Thursday night: At the opening ceremonies, the Bloggers listed the Top 10ish Reasons to come to MIT. I had follow Nance's "Beaver" act, but managed to draw a few laughs. I was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  Although I do make active attempts to avoid goopiness and ... a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to ... my last Registration Day, when all MIT students visit their advisors to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to network and ask questions. There are keynote speakers at the ... hysterical). I got up at 4:30AM on Thursday to make it to the airport in time for my early flight and didn't get to sleep until after 2AM, so that was

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  then what to feel  with every shard of grief,  and every speck of ... easy to justify happiness for being happy but not sorrow for being sad. i ... that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ring and bright black and pink hair. i'm applying EA to MIT and i was ... ! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  I’ve been thinking a lot about how I would want to structure this ... most true to what I do. I started with the actual letter I wrote to ... make from this post to relief in Ukraine. If you'd like to join me, the

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  Last semester was pretty rough, and I vowed to make this semester different. I tried to get into a fifth class and didn't (it was too oversubscribed), so instead I'm taking four classes, of which only one is likely to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  get up, say good morning to my roommate, and head for the bathrooms ... a twenty-minute shower, and go back to my room, pick out my clothes ... them. I know she’ll do great. I walk to my hall’s kitchen and

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  Hey guys, I first want to start off by apologizing for not being around recently. However, I will make it up to you guys over this summer and into the next year. I have a ton of plans to make sure you guys know

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  statement to go unchallenged. It's not that it's untrue, there are certainly upperclassmen who say that to freshmen. But to me, there's really nothing more ... . More than not there's some aspect of selfishness and self-validation to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  [by Kathy '09] Hi guys! I'm here to talk about "life as a biochemist, at MIT and Cambridge." I think the best way to illustrate the difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  my life (fun)^-1. The only thing worse than being sick and wanting to die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot compares to wanting to just curl up and die while also knowing you need to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  trip to get fruit snacks from the vending machine. Bryan runs into friend ... , but I'm glad to be back. Bryan: Cool. Friend: Weren't you supposed to ... to you later. Bryan: ... </end awkward situation> zomg ben

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007