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• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  . Sure, people will go visit other floors, but the floors are all very ... about a Moonbounce, eating food before the bouncing can be a very ... invent some games to play, the first being the Rolling Game. Rules: Roll

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  Over these past couple of weeks, I've had the absolute privilege of ... on Campus Preview Weekend. Who knew that the years I spent wasting away ... with 2024s and it's been an absolute joy. I somehow convinced the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  couldn't save the world, even if you tried. You can't be the sink node for ... caring, of saving and being saved. But, it is also true that the blogs have ... be certain whether the emotions you are trying to convey are felt on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  you could keep that on the down low, that would be great.) Really ... , began exercising on a daily basis, and even quit pulling the pigtails of that girl who sits in front of me in class. I also took out the trash and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  letter-grading system), will be a little more interesting, but the way that ... degrees and the skies are probably going to be blue for the next three ... internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Being home is...odd. Being

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  had today and failing pretty miserably. So, for the sake of my sanity, I ... finally say I’ve drunk from the firehose and tasted it vicious glory; there’s plenty I could say! And I will say those things eventually, but this past

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  it's like to be the person on the other end of the line when you place ... answer the phone, but one look at their facial expression can be a dead ... absolutely loved being a lifeguard mostly because of all of the nutty people I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  would be leaving the institute at the end of the year. Professor Peter ... not be the same without.   Note: "[...]" represents cut out pieces ... . Mohamed has been teaching at MIT since 2019 and his last day will be July 1

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  to work at the bakery over break (which I probably will, because it ... ship it all the way across the country. But we do, so I started packing a ... half of the things on it until I get to Cambridge since most of it is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  information you provide us is, the better our report will be. The best way to ... the Educational Council but think it would be helpful for you to hear ... that every interview will be unique, and that is what MIT wants, but

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  trying to find the creative will to write application essays. The first ... .com. This was my worst nightmare. I had to be the ideal, happiest, most ... fail to see, but the incessant reassurance from everyone I know "that you

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  is what my next year will be about Take a look at the areas of your ... something. This year I will be the bravest when... I graduate. It'll be scary and it'll be difficult, but I will get through it!!!! This is not the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  Studies (but the latter will also be counted towards my Political Science ... interesting, 24.03 is the class is for you! It will change how you approach ... . It doesn't fill up as fast as the smaller CI-H courses. 24.191 BEING

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  information about their houses, but the main focus of this entry will be pika ... term will just have to wait. It's not like I'm leaving you out in the ... November, and while we were excited to have him be a member of the house, we

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  approach the rest of my goals throughout the year: Should any of my goals fail, I will revive them from where I left off INSTANTLY in some way. No ... "I'll just get by this semester and be more organized next semester

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  plot from these songs; being ignorant of the fact that they were actually ... sense of immersion? The lights, sound, and set design tend to be more ... ’t be the only thing—seeing a movie in a theater is more immersive, and I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes being offered for MIT students (with the snazzy bonus of summer housing ... 'm most proud of the illustrations; there's something unnerving about being

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  experiments: 2nd Grade: Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over? 6th Grade ... When I was in kindergarten, I failed dance class. Good thing that failure did not determine the rest of my academic career. Fast forward 16

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  . But I'll probably fail. The topic of today's entry is my own amusement ... majors. Very nearly everyone at MIT (the exception being students who are ... will be awarded. This doesn't leave much room for electives- there are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  Kai being athletic now,” S said. I thrilled at the idea of one of my old friends, who’d known me back when I failed each and every single one of the ... ’d do if I dropped out of school now—the answer is to be with my friends

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024