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• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  was more in-between, meant different things for each of my parents, and ... that day. For the first time in ten years. The next two days were ... -words grateful for my mom. Because she did in one year what I’m convinced my dad

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  11 pm, when all the slats were in place. (We broke for dinner, and a ... are central to the way MIT works. In the right environment (one ... ’t threaten your own chance of success, they enhance it. In many cases, what

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  spectacle. So what can I do in this home for the last five days? How do ... How many days I have left in my parents’ home is approximately as ... torn. In the college home, I get adventures with friends, bright city

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  we have a preference for women, it's just that those 12 women in your ... , though, we're all looking for a good match, and since each of these schools ... admissions officer glances at in an application? Do you guys (officers) have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  on the flashlight by my pillow and watched my breath in the air for a ... 'd dressed in layers. The early morning hours (6am wakeup time) called for ... in a pre-orientation program they thought I'd be able to help. Instead

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling academic environment, you most often turn to the people around you for ... said and done, i feel better. but i don’t know how to do it in

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  firehose. Are you even good enough for college in general? Or are you just ... ’re leading the search for housing in your group of friends You’re working a ... someday, we'll be better off for it. That’s why I’m talking to you in the

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  hell if I know what’s actually in any of them. While I finish packing the last of my clothes and move onto the items in my desk, the same questions that have been floating in my head for the last few weeks resound once

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just ... [annotation note="Except for when I sleep too little the night before, because I'll crash hard in the afternoon."][/annotation]. Last year, I wouldn't ever

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  The blogs have been pretty quiet for the last week. Most of our ... 'm currently at nerd camp, but anytime the blogs go unblogged for too long, I get ... art projects (like @tinycarebot), are earnest, lovely things in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally ... me right now for making me feel human again. I wasn't expecting it to happen this morning. I woke up dead tired in the house we're renting here

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  dad and two brothers for a few days of skiing at Breckenridge. It was kinda nice:   In fact you may have seen this movie starring us ... before, I come from a small town in the woods, a place where people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... your chair. He spent four years waking me up at 5 AM for school, which is ... .) I've been taking the 8-9AM hour at desk every weekday morning for the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  . For 35 ambitious Juniors in an average high school, this was our first ... high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small ... for the end of the period no one stood up; instead, heads bent to clear

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  name for a last name - essentially, my name consists of three first names ... as males tend to do in an affectionate manner. (I tried to reciprocate ... full name does occasionally work in my favor, though. Aside from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  . In the meantime, my mother made plans for a future carpool arrangement ... 's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... been my first choice for most of high school, but for a brief period of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  's where you come in. The contenders: LOST I've been an addict for ... high hopes for this season. I feel like the show might be in trouble, but ... Tivo, bless you) means I can watch these four shows in about three hours

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  well in a challenging curriculum. Next, it's time for your teacher ... throughout the reading of the application), I'll dive right in. How do you ... competitions? etc. What do you write about in your short answer essays? in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  Field. In the next section, I talk about how this actually worked out for ... pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by [annotation note="I plan ... "]anonymous Gamemasters[/annotation] and funded by the de Florez Fund for Humor, dormspam

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  in use, though, as other groups, labs, and classes use it for research ... stand inside !!!). We also spent a good deal of time taking in the view of ... radomes (short for "radar dome") are actually just fibreglass shells, built

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020