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  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  it once; he came back with a ton of exciting stories and a duct-tape tophat (and more, but my memory's going -- you know, once you turn 19 it ... shape in time to fill out the teacher application form for Splash, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... laterally and lift my hand to another hold on the right. I feel my body ... a bit and try to place myself better, but end up just standing there

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  over the course of 3 years, and you pretty much have no other wardrobe ... carry a lot of good memories with them, and that it might be nice to do ... category to housewear circulation at my family home, and partitioned out the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  have much to learn from the world around us. My friends and I joke that ... walks and ate many large meals every day, and on most days, found time to ... . Some days, I stay up late enough to witness the sky begin to lighten, and

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  students acclimate to MIT. It was a fun, high-energy job. Every OL was ... , I saw people open up more to each other and really talk. Like petals ... less as a “how to do MIT” and more like a “here is a hodgepodge of advice

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Easter). So what does this mean? It means that we’re supposed to ... really motivated to get a lot of stuff done. But then Christmas came. And ... more panic once I get back to Cambridge. Oh wells… I mean, I’

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  √ґln, and I have to say that just watching the game is way more exciting than ... system and advancement of teams to the round of 16... how France are almost assured to advance if they defeat Togo by more than two goals, and how

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  this ability. This...ability to create and do without care or worry. The ... would grab and smash random colors together to turn into some gross brown ... are you planning to paint?" and she'd just shrug and say, "Whatever I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  together, and go out to eat together at least once. - There's the activities ... Orientation?" You know, to refresh my memory, I created a thread on College ... and Boston. - There's the Presidents' Convocation, where you get to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  hard to become really involved in different clubs, and tried to establish ... everything, and I need to try hard to be different than everyone." But let's be ... day to really get everything done and be involved in everything. Now, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  own experience. We expect you to blog at least once every two weeks and ... coming out of the woods to feast upon it  What does it mean to be an ... judgment who can write clearly and regularly to help communicate to their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  flames. Go here to find out what precautions you should take, and then once ... and Steer Clear Ruth ('07), Matt ('08), and I went down to Chinatown ... decided that it was time to conquer her fear of bikes, mountains, and New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  decided to go into Boston and buy new shoes from Marathon Sports. They ... Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I ... take my healthy lifestyle to the next level and train for the Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  “Walking in LA” by the Missing Persons and “Welcome to New York” by Taylor ... honestly didn’t expect to love New York as much as I did, even though the ... particularly appealed to me. And although I’ve actually expanded my horizons and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I always try to put too much on my plate at once: I was working full-time at ... /GRE word!) I guess, strictly speaking, I don't have as much of a right to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  much just read and went to be early. I even exercised as a form of ... the grind,  but I sent all my energy to them and wished them luck ... abuse your PNR experience: Go AWOL all semester and then just try to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  application season, and are either trying to vibe out whether they want to apply to MIT, or they already have and now must wait a grueling amount of ... best friends and I had a pact: go to Stanford. We famously donned

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  there was much more to enjoy than just beaches and lighthouses. As ... any excuses, I've been looking for ways to recharge myself and face the new school year with more energy and more wisdom. An opportunity came

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  storm amplified my love of the city and created a desire to see the ... to turn the attention specifically to you, the wide-eyed and apparently ... vary year to year, and to be perfectly honest, 2013's admit rate could be

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  bloggers, and there are mixed race bloggers. but there's pretty much never ... black people can relate to each other and speak to each other - it's a culture. and it's a culture i, a canadian jew who went to majority white and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021