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  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  to make it almost impossible to succeed. Yet despite their situation ... could do nothing to change and honestly…… It terrified me. Now before I ... , there seemed to be an overall lack in drive….. It terrified me. In all

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase ... occasion is scheduled for June 7, as it is traditional for MIT commencement ... you're in wants you to pay a whole month's rent when you only need it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Berman, a senior at Hoggard High School, knows what it is to be "molistic ... . Boyd's mom says today is bittersweet because she's not looking forward to ... engineering is," Garay said. "It's not developing some grand theory that's only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... maybe it's okay for them to popcorn. When You Turn On Your Ad Blocker IRL ... when the snow melts? Why does it need to be marked right now if you can

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  the last chance I had to work on and impound my robot. It didn't work ... extensive to fix in time. It didn't matter though. 2.007 was a trial by fire ... singing group within Next House! Our main goal for the group was for it to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  Feb. 2nd: It's the night before the Spring semester makes an illegal left turn and crashes into my face. Immutably, as IAP drips to an end, I become terrible at completing this paragraph and start to wax poetic

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  -purposefully buy extra clothing for a reason to go downtown (to return it). Results ... sleep schedule regulation this year. Is it working? To be continued ... to bankrupt last winter after it hosted a $35,000 per plate fundraiser

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  myself and brought energy and enthusiasm to any college, I knew I could be ... that the admissions process is all about whom the colleges admit and not about the students' choices. With all respect to these students, I

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  records this past month it is at least 80% about cats. "Flea products for ... me so I don't know how to make my browser go back to how it was before ... and high-energy-density physics - like what the hell is that anyways

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  Dad is no longer whispering his view of it in your ear.” I turned to ... hard to explain what Homestuck is quickly, but some of its themes are ... ’t even find the energy to think that getting out of bed in the morning is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  ”. Hindsight is always 20/20, and at a place like MIT, it’s hard to think clearly ... overall (MIT is actively working to make this better already, so it’s a ... Now that I am soon to be an old, decrepit senior, I thought it might

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  The site is back online and peace has been restored to my world ... returned to normal. Maybe I'll actually have some time to blog next week... As you may have noticed, the deadline for EA has been extended to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  sticky buns are really good, and all I want in life is to sit here and ... . I once said that to a [annotation note="my urop lab is aggressively ... -year-old me dreamt of doing, even if it takes me a semester or two to glue

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  four dorms. MIT is the only Massachusetts college known to allow cats ... . "Sometimes the custodian will hear it crying or scratching to get someone ... . "It's just great to have somebody who's happy to see you," she said.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  are very different. It would probably be much easier to start with ... !) which to me is the most important thing. Also, there are great ... -confidence and high self-imposed pressure is the worst thing about this place. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  absurd amount of people using it (as Vincent H. '23 can attest to), I’m on ... many times I’ve idly thought about how cool it would be to know how to ... recorded as a P on your transcript, and a fail is sent to the backrooms

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  -making clock begins. It is difficult to make a decision if you don't know the ... scholarship is terminated if a student drops below the minimum. Is it tied to ... attached to the scholarship? This is important because it can really suck up

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  It's a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only ... afternoon unpacking and finished it off by heading out to a barbecue with my ... outside, made it back to the dorm and spiraled around until I met my room

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  ? After some googling, it seems that the construction of the two is ... to salty and sweet foods that, after not being exposed to it for a ... snow day of the spring semester. It took me a while to finish this post

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017