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

  

  and advocate for students. We might be crusty, but I’d say we are warm ... might actually be pizza. And there are several places where you can read ... applications all day, everyday in physical isolation for weeks on end can be

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester ... different type of work this semester--the work of being present and focused ... -wracking because i have no idea what days/times they're going to be released but also

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
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  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  crystals. The colors and shapes are as pure as can be.   Above left: To me ... convenient dust cap and the rotating end can be connected to a rotary switch to ... forever. 31 hours after we initially intended to be moved out, Cory and I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  things I could do to find out what it's like to be an astronomer ... don’t I send her a copy. Me: *blown away by how nice people can be ... got in touch with him: “Dear Anna, I would be delighted to talk

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  accurately be titled, "How to get the most out of reading the MITblogs," or ... have a major in economics?” I’m going to be like “dude, why didn’t you ... would rock. Everyone would be happy. I don’t have any examples of this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
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  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  Over the years, I have discovered that just about anything can be ... couldn't be that hard. Alas, it turns out that Disney gave me unrealistic ... snowboarding lesson that would often be able to do things on the first or second

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  than software engineering. I still don’t exactly know where I’ll be in ten years, but I’ve finally decided who I want to be when I grow up and ... useful to society.   I think I would be happy as a controls engineer for

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  dorms were either closed or being used by people in MIT's various summer ... -campus in a new neighborhood. Moreover, it would be an opportunity to get to ... gender-exclusive ones.) [1] Twenty-two You might be wondering, why 22? All

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  females are more verbally proficient. A man being tested for spatial ability ... result of them being women, and that some aspect of their womanhood has ... identity and subconscious self-stereotyping. Demographic expectations may be

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  one way to be a living human person in high school and end up at MIT ... they’re out there, but I won’t pretend to be one of them, and I doubt ... intimidated by another human being than by the belligerent five-year-old Carla

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
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  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  4 PM and stayed until 2 or 3 AM. To be clear, I spent this much time ... middle of a semester can be hard, sometimes, due to scheduling and school ... split the loot between the three of us, you know, being all polite even if

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  the fall semester, only to be unearthed again over [annotation note ... careers, internships, and being a functional human being in the world is more than enough to be overwhelming and make me double-guess whatever I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
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  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  if you weren't here. Be happy that you're here. Be happy that you ... tunnels. Be confused when following the mysterious signs lead you to nowhere

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
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  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  , applying to college. This college may even be MIT. But, readers, if you ... college apps, you would be sadly mistaken. Once you get to college, you ... because the application process can be somewhat of a crapshoot. I'll add a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  . Writing well often means “being in the flow” and if you are not there, it ... already know how valuable it can be to learn to write and express yourself ... a finished poem. Most of the time, it’s actually something you can be

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
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  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  , a.k.a. Tony Stark, be an MIT alum got me interested in the movie ... make being an engineer cool, that people might want to go to MIT instead of being on MTV." (Thanks!) The film, contrary to the web bios I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
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  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  considering. In addition, she didn’t think D9 organizations would be available at MIT and was starting to accept that joining one wouldn’t be a ... , he just assumed D9 organizations would be at any university he went to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
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  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  , students were being asked to leave campus. No one had expected that. No one ... living through a pandemic. And we were being forced off campus. With ... carry boxes to fighting for our friends who weren’t being granted

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  my laptop! And most of it won’t be affected by my grade! I smirked at ... into an empty hallway?” To be fair, this has been entirely self ... ’m having mixed feelings about. On one hand, it’s miserable to be consumed by

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
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  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  up early and go to bed.....well still late most nights if we’re being ... the in-ear ones, and I usually grab them when I’m going to be sitting ... commute killah. Need to be on a bus/train/plane for a long time, but not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015