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  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  up acrylic paints to wads of felt to, for some reason, a bag of 20+ oil ... ="107775" image5="107776" /] I made this book, “Conversations for Beginners,” for ... for Beginners," it attempts to parody, pick apart, and find comfort in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  never would have ended up at MIT and probably wouldn’t have ended up as a ... summer, I’ve been thinking about what to do for my last blog post. I ... is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  the most. Each of us is paired up with a Teach For America teacher; my ... neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For ... ’ve been out here for two and a half weeks now. I’ve seen seniors in Algebra

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  " was code for "depressingly early sunset." After a lot of writing and ... submitted in time for the EA deadline. Somehow, I managed to distract myself for the agonizing six weeks following October 31. And then, I got this

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  for all. I grew up in Florida. The state is flat. There are no mountains ... for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... ? The application volume is such that there is more capacity for students

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to ... 've known, because I'm staying for another year to finish my Master's degree (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  present for all the ups and downs of an athlete’s journey. Thanks to the ... we really wanted was the big shiny silver trophy you get for being the ... NEWMAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS RAHHHHHH!! We snatched up that silver trophy

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  clearly bad ideas, whether it was climbing up an 18-story building for four ... since I got here. For me, IAP has been a time of relaxation and ... came up with all sorts of bad ideas that pushed our stomachs, hearts, and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  , for that's when I break out my bicycle. an actual photo of me with my ... in the greater Boston area by far - and picked up a nice, simple ... isn't so cold that I could slip up on hidden snow or ice. Commuting via

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  had been drawn for the lottery to see him and Mike Schroepfer (VP of Engineering) have a discussion with our chancellor Eric Grimson, I packed up my ... auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  paying for their supplies, no one speaks up and an awkward silence ensues ... Ahh, the application essay. Why is it so agonizing for students ... liked the drawing I'd made while waiting for him and seemed really

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  , would register up to four votes per second for MIT. I smell another poll ... ) ---------------------------------------------------------------   For a short amount of time the website was back up with a "fix ... 'd leave it up to a vote to decide where she went. He put up an online poll

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  many of my friends to sign up as I could. The pandemic's been rough for ... for space police, and a Wookiee stuck in a tavern in the middle of a ... , the glorious time of year when classes aren't as big of a deal for most

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  .)     ivynewton ‘16: You lay down for a 15-minute nap, and wake up a day later. You’re still tired. You’re always tired. You slept ... in the Stata Center. You go up the elevator. You’re in the wrong tower

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  Venetians wanted to party it up without having their identities known. For my ... So one day I up and took a gap year. I may have mentioned this. Every ... , the fun and stupid anecdotes of road tripping up the west coast, working

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  , then at least for a while. i watched lady bird (excellent and emotional ... party. i took my last final exam (6.006, intro to algorithms). i packed up ... my thesis. content warning for the following paragraph, for mentions of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... I figured I would suck it up and power through for the purpose of a ... take me. A cool artsy Course 4, perhaps? Not really up for all

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  ice cream maker. As for what I’m up to right now: I am packing up that ... pint of ice cream, and then went up to the reading room to study for the ... also got Facebook accounts for the first time. OK, enough about pre-2007

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  could sleep for a much longer time. I roll over to cuddle with them and go ... of bed in 20 minutes is unfortunately pretty good for me these days. 10.25 am: I gather up my stuff and walk back to my room to get dressed

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  up so much room for activities. You do not engage in activities. You ... ’re hyped up on the excedrin you took for your massive headache. Your value ... Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in expansion of MIT Gothic. It is up to you to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016