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  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  to campus and quick access to a dining hall made up for it. As long as ... think of is when we dressed up for a dinner we cooked ourselves to make it ... I was horribly wrong. I’d signed up to audition for the Syncopasians

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  fucked up about it. I didn't believe I was pretty for about 15 years of my ... most. I am not fond of these echoes. And I think it's for these reasons ... had come home for Columbus day weekend and everything was fine. In fact

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  the mountains for a much-needed vacation, where I will sit in backyards ... for a couple weeks it’s time for anyone who wants to blog to let us ... MIT for Sin LíMITe, or UROP, or become a mentor for Project Manus, or learn

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for ... —and all others forced to bid periodically for their next opportunity—eat rejection for breakfast, I'm sure. For many, rejection can be debilitating

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  , I applied to two different UROPs for this IAP and spring: A Marvel ... video game about the customer journey for Boston Consulting Group. My advisor for this UROP is Professor Jakobsson who actually taught me last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  weird.  Drawing has been a lifelong passion for me. It’s a release, my ... for fun more often, maybe I can be cool too.” Writing for fun usually ... year of calibration for me in many ways, beyond just adjusting to a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  : I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for ... was back to cramming for finals. I did have friends who came to visit Boston during two separate weekends, which made for some nice excuses to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  next week, so stay tuned. I'm just popping my tired head up for a moment to post something I've had in the backlog for awhile.  Last year, I ... decisions for Early Action have been made. We'll release the decision date

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  future or telepathically reach the Admissions Office. So for now, try to relax. Apply to Regular Action colleges (for that, refer to 2 and 3). Live ... evaluate your performance and form. Welcome to the applicant pool! For your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  . Eventually, they started setting up for the lecture. The decorations were awesome- they had balloons with the equations for surface tension on them ... a seat. Of course, for Jasmine and I, really early actually meant so

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... friends remain here for another couple of weeks. That, and my family will be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  from field observations will be crucial for my own future research. I really want to improve my qualitative research skills: for that I plan to ... prestigious centre that takes students from all over the subcontinent for MBAs

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  for. Including me, seven students showed up to the pizza dinner (I ... research MIT is so well known for is still advancing at full throttle, across ... level there was never any need for me to see Professor Langer anyway

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  I'm often asked about MIT students going off to law school. For some ... , one is a Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society, another handles ... an attorney for McGuireWoods, LLP. And I have two more friends entering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  ;*#!$ with your head. Anyway, I don't really have time for a whole entry, but ... so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five ... image below speaks for itself. So, what do you think? Could I get money

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  thanks to my prefrosh George for being really independent and finding his way home at 6 AM without my help, to Kristin R for her wonderful (if slightly awkward) compliment at Meet The Bloggers, to "Joooliyah" for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  for about an hour, we went over, stood up in front of the crowd, and ... This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to ... for $3 in 26-100, had invited the MIT Marching Band (MMB?) over to play

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  who was known for his crazy sayings and no nonsense demeanor. He had little patience or tolerance for anything that wasted his time. Whenever he ... this meant: "I'm already up to my neck in BS, I just want to save my

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... numbers, the admit rate for applicants who had interviews (or whose interviews were waived) is about three times the admit rate for those who didn

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal ... magic wand and have all my stuff moved for me, I would.) My boyfriend ... in A-Entry for the summer -- actually, strictly speaking, I had been

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005