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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  book will be revealed. The Harry Potter books have been comfort ... books should be this way. The people of color, however, seemed to ... felt modern, not what someone in the 1960s thought the future would be

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  a meeting." Me: "Do you know when the meeting will be over?" Swim ... stomach, but the last one can be on your back if you'd like." Me: "Okay ... the vast majority of your peers passed the swim test as fresh-off-the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  We often discuss diversity here at MITAdmissions: specifically, the ... : the annual growth of the Novembeard. The rituals of No ... , Movember, an Australian variant of the practice that focuses exclusively on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  units to be considered a full time student) might be the solution. But we ... The last time that we blogged about our academics was in June. We had ... and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  . This makes me so glad except for the fact that it has to be said. I look ... we’re halfway through the semester. november always feels like the point where the new-semester excitement wears off. there's something about

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  good job of communicating) but because no one knows what the world will ... (which is way harder than you would think it'd be???) I'm coming to the ... : nope. can someone explain to me the passage of time? how to avoid

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  even thought, hey, everyone will be wearing duct tape. What can I do to ... frosh cook dinner for the floor. I happen to be the frosh who made the ... knew two of my best friends would be there, so I caved to peer pressure

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  things that suck will get better.   If you missed the flu shot ... reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you know? I hated going to the doctor to get vaccines. I know they’re good

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  .” “But if [the refugees] are willing to wait in line for 2 and a half years ... Facebook event, I went hysterical to say the least. Yall! Second chances actually do exist! They’re out there! For you and you and you... As the sun

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to ... , and rapidly decreasing) degree, and my composure will vary drastically based on how familiar with the person I am, how much I know about the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  explosive the Nutella taste would be, I would have snapped a picture.) But oh ... intense, it refused to be subdued by the iced tea I picked up - although ... assortment of possible sweet crepes, takes the top spot for now. But I will

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  interns for the summer, I was all like, “yay! I will not be the least ... be the most convenient location, had I not LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A BIKE ... Hello from the other side! Like the wizened, immortal Jess Kim, I am

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  now and where I will be until the middle of August. I've been here for ... 's nothing quite like being inside a tent and listening to the rain try in vain ... Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  same thing will happen with Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, or ... being convinced that it was the most boring thing I've ever had to read ... !). I particularly think it'd be really cool if I could help transform the

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  they say on the blogs is a lie, they love all of you and will even have ... Monday was the Collegeboard's 2008 New England Regional Forum. It took place in the Boston Sheraton hotel and MIT's admission's office

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  still have a couple of friends in it, and most of the work will be on an ... professor and person. So, this class will probably be [annotation note ... 16.83 will be, like 16.831, surprisingly fun, if probably less life

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  next entry will probably be about MIT's School of Architecture + Planning ... just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not ... there's anything intrinsically wrong with the Institute. But it's just

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  'll very much still be you as a person. The only difference is you'll be a ... worried about it than I am about my first major paper due the day after both the exam and the season premiere of Lost. There's no guarantee that I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  formula that will unlock the secret to getting admitted to the college of ... admissions.  Even though I have observed many changes, including the transition ... -necessitated innovations like the now ubiquitous interactive virtual information sessions, I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the ... might interest several high school students. The details follow below

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015