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  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  the Jiangsu province area. I remember being able to speak Shanghainese ... thought it was wonderful, and would often repeat the phrase to myself, “we ... would also say to me, in Amharic (the national language of Ethiopia), “we

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  snowboarding lesson that would often be able to do things on the first or second ... that a snowboarding PE course existed over IAP, I jumped at the chance to ... expectations about snowboarding, and I have the bruises to prove it. My left arm

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  you might wonder who on the other side reviews your application. I ... . That we are there to judge them and find flaws in them. The truth is, we ... a yoga ball chair to reduce back pain. I read on an external monitor

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  completely, landed on the side of my foot, and limped away while trying to play ... . Saturdays are spent on Roberts field, friends and family in the stands. Not to ... I’m not working out to get stronger and faster on the soccer field

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out ... dorm). DINING: this one is a major addition to the bill and an ... of upperclassmen to help you, but you can also avoid the learning

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  'll hold the rest for the second edition of The Unofficial Guide to ... , localized dialect like a wandering hitchhiker on the sideroads of esoteric ... Question #12 on your 18.03 problem set, which happens to use a lot of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  .. I need to get back on the grind 🏃 5 - a ceramic fountain that melted ... , I’m really happy that I got the chance to work on more experimental ... to push any of them over the finish line, mostly due to lack of time

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  :30 AM. I move on to the next thing on my list: subcloning some pieces of ... tells me to wait a few more minutes, so I play the "what was I doing on ... decide you want to live there, can you pick that dorm for the second

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  home and be able to work through the night. I work in my room, on my ... I came to MIT, and I know I'm only on the first step of this path. I ... semester, I want to work on becoming confident enough to look at the syllabus

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  and then I’ll swing by to give an update on life from the other side. It ... 't be able to resist creeping on the blogs to see what everybody is up to ... not belong on the MIT admissions website” post. At least, that's what I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  impact on the campus community. If an applicant has to create their own ... the dilemma of racial identification on college application forms, with ... have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  mirror and hurt. Summer ended and I continued to focus on academics. The ... talking about being gay on the blogs because I wasn't out to my parents ... crush on a girl, which I thought was a fluke. By the second girl-crush I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the ...  having gone through the college application process, and two years (going on

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  and shelves traced out the silhouettes of what used to live on them ... , tidbits of which I've documented on the blogs. Living at East Campus has ... responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  time) to respond with "Stick it to the Man" when people asked what he wanted to be when he grew up. I reached for the right words to validate the ... stayed awake during naptime, sitting on my cot waiting for the others to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  meant to represent the opinion of the Committee on the Undergraduate ... . Ultimately, the faculty members on CUP chose the four of us! Rona: I chose to ... Regulations, faculty from across the Institute had to vote on it — and we needed

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  on it. Plus, I wanted to be able to use the empty space underneath the ... just leave them in the hallways to be taken. And we students do so, very ... the Before Times. We got a U-haul to get all of our stuff back from EC

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  to measure the impact of the admissions essay on today's college ... response: Hi, Essays are a wonderful way to connect with the selection committee on a human level, i.e. beyond all of the test scores, grades, etc

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  offers a free digital course to help you prepare for the ACT on their ... school can support those who may not have easy access to the numerous ... start the new year.  But I also want to note that while it might be

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  on campus, all the U's are spelled with V's since they are meant to be ... pictures). Part 7: The Battles Go On... So the whole Students and Sleep vs ... lot of other unique things that happen on this campus during the year

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024