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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  not much of an athlete and rather enjoyed the idea of being sedentary ... Intensive in the Major (CI-M) is a graduation requirement for all majors ... ’ll tell you I knit. Stitching things as my worldview unravels is perhaps

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  ordering an e-book reader (the brand of which I will not specify but you ... ’m like - HEY! That’s great! And then I remember, the public library IS MY ... Hello all, I interrupt the great back-to-school flow of these blogs

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  not yet passed in which MIT students have fared well in the past: The ... academic merit, and the most important factor is "a student's outstanding ... for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  ) The most reliable recruiting tactic one can use when holding an event is ... Hall to refine my tastes in music is one of the best parts of going to ... is normally $25) is absolutely free for MIT students. One of the last

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  wanted to. Now, whether or not you have the discipline NOT to is a ... that reminds you of home. Your dorm is your new home for the next eight ... suit. And my toothbrush. Ugh. Well today I spend the second night in my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  ” is definitely the perfect word) and I wouldn’t be that surprised if ... ’m excited for the semester to be over so soon, not because my classes are hard ... So I woke up before ten today, which is pretty new and probably good

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  *written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* After finishing my freshmen year, I followed the common ... on a good day) and commuted into Cambridge, resulting in the traffic

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  aspects of their academic and student life. The survey is essential in ... (which is rare) so i sat down and filled out this incredibly long survey ... enhanced while a student at MIT? How do you perceive the sense of community

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  So it's mid July, Summer is well underway, all the major Holidays have passed (read: the 4th) so what's your favorite blogger up to? I don ... 5th favorite blogger is up to, I can tell you! Besides traveling (and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  'm going to let you in on one of the not-so-pretty secrets about MIT: it ... drew a mail carrier. I only know this because the crayon drawing still exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  ="aligncenter" width="279"] hey, that's not tim the beaver! that's kermit the frog ... I love memes. I can't help it—I'm a Gen Z'er, so I grew up on the ... . That being said, here is some memery I've committed since I came to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  , as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action decisions online ... the 14th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username ... decision on the 14th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  message to that person looking back, and it is this: go find the magic ... mindset goes sour remember there is so much beauty to grasp always. In the ... not but I understand my perspective a bit better be the main person on

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  directly to our site; and Mirat Shah, a junior who is studying abroad via the ... ! Fourth, Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) is right around the corner. It's our ... backend stuff with the web site that was long overdue. Lots of it you can

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  clarinet in the MIT Wind Ensemble. I did not play the bass clarinet before coming to MIT. Despite not watching any movies or TV shows, I was the ... , MITERS and the forge.) Wtf is ham radio and how do you get into it EAs

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  frustration. I would try over and over again not able to execute the move or ... realized that the responsibility of a teacher is about guiding those who can ... the inline skate community, one of my first images of a “rollerblader

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  New year's eve here in Karachi. Assault rifle fire is really loud. I can hear the pings of bullets landing in the street. As long as the electricity is flowing and the guns are shooting, I'll be awake in the basement

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  said, "Ana, the only thing you ever have to worry about is about doing ... " is honestly the most you could ever demand from yourself. It's both a ... or not, and to anyone with finals, I'll give you the best advice I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  -crushing boredom is shakier than you’d expect). 2.) Watched the entire series of ... classes, the title of this class is pretty self-explanatory. MISTI , MIT ... depending on the start date for my job, I might go to Germany. MISTI is very

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011