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• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  -of-summer optimism), or at least stick to it as best as possible! (Also I swear that this is the least awkward of the 3 thumbnail options YouTube gave me. It ... To start out the new school year, I'm going to try including more fun

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  goal is to prove that you’ve been doing the homework and understand it ... . I am just so in my own head that this is the way it has to be because this is the way that I’ve seen it done, and to quit or back out is to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... it's arrived: I'm going to bomb that interview. I'm going to fail this ... things that we do. Maybe it's best to manage expectations. But when you

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  highest limits of their capacity. It is exciting to have to use your brain ... 'd like to see it, it's here Note #2: I'm posting this as-is (typos and all ... everything on it from important academic and club activities to hangout time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  , and posted it while I was on the plane, so basically Sam is a big ... exactly what I'd want to say to sum up this year. All I've got is: my ... ; it only implies that I've survived them. I've survived taking trips to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  to be. It's also a really dangerous place to be. No, no, don't freak ... out, others aren't. For instance, and It's pretty safe to say that ... (which, thanks to a guy named Ohm, means you'll die). Your best bet is to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries ... everywhere and lashing out to try and blame it all on something, anything — but at 20, i’ve learned that staying kind is far more productive to myself

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  . (One of the many luxuries of IAP is to be able to spend hours just ... freshman year, I had actually lived right next to Kenmore, so it was nice ... is way harder than it looks, but I hadn’t retained much of the actual

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  they're interested in something, it seems to imply that they know a ... it would be a good idea. The slightly longer story is that, after an ... MIT seems like a pretty good way to do it. I may not blog a lot about

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  moment of failure and that I continued to exist after it, because the world felt like it was about to collapse within itself. Here’s the thing, the ... chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  ; is the same as a “band.” I think they call it MITWE ... attention to the tiniest musical details and fixes everything so that it’ ... [by Jessica Noss '14] Unable to choose a single group, I decided to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

   Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring ... . That sense of resignation—not even attempting to cross the abyss—Rooney is ... think that’s what poems are supposed to do, and I think it’s what the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  find an excuse to wear it). And it really is quite amazing to see all ... insights about Career Fair right now is kind of like expecting a gorilla to ... , though that is very subject to change] My second impression: FREE SWAG

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  missing an official transcript. If this is the case, it's best to send ... MIT tracking page is for!), as it will slow down the processing of documents ... Hi all- I’m taking a break from reading applications to give

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  hours and 15 minutes to elect 16 positions. Why? Because it is important ... actually called the ceremony, but it used the word "covenant" enough times to ... free. My goal is thus to plan the most extravagant and self

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how ... -take-on-the-world prefrosh, is now a slightly jaded, very depressed upperclassmen. It did not happen overnight, and it does not happen to everyone. I'd like to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  'm Kimd when it comes to admissions blogging, since there's another Kim. As ... of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab ... consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  observations is to test if the Wallace Observatory has all the necessary ... measure the accuracy of the midpoint measurement by comparing it to existing ... colleagues verify that the observatory has equipment that is good enough to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email ... great people to chose from. To answer an FAQ, our goal is to release ... Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit humanitarian project to put

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  quarter I’m taking beginner ice skating. The class is as fun as it sounds ... to take them. But indeed, there is a PE requirement instituted as part ... class every quarter. It’s a great way to meet new people and get some

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015