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• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... to have fun at the same time. Surprisingly enough, I actually came up ... even some wild animals. It all sounds really fantastic to me. But for

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  some made-up data for our project, we're modeling actual coal plants ... entry to blog about my CLASS SCHEDULE for this term! In the meantime, I ... my major. Plus, you can't really beat the weather--I ran up what must

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  something for everyone that they failed to convey what made their institution ... admissions. “It helped me get real about what we’re actually looking for,” she ... put on things, trying to be something for everyone.” In USA Today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  squalor. So, for your edification... First degree squalor: You are getting ... embarrassed for other people to see your mess...but you would still let them in ... or telephone, because the piles have expanded to cover the items up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  characteristic. What sort of experiment would you design to find out Y?" For an ... students are "highly encouraged" to show up at 8:30 AM -- the test officially starts at 9 AM. When professors "highly encourage" you to show up half an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  For the integrity of alumposting, I'm pasting Daniel's bio from 2009 (when he last blogged for MIT Admissions) as a brief intro: Daniel is the ... industry, including stints on "all three sides of the fence" -- working for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  note: i wrote this as a project for #BlogstonCommons, which was a ... jebby’s blog draft that she whipped up in 20 minutes and got inspired so ... lowkey deep post about conversations with friends and meals as a method for

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  . part of this was because i was not walking in the best way, for several ... first and roll over to the front of the foot. this is still true (for most people at least, now that i am old i realize body facts are never true for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  aside for fluffy / aesthetic stuff like poetry, even if STEM stuff is ... felt like there was a search for patterns I really enjoyed there. It was an exercise in building up a gradual picture of how people answer

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  finally received an interview from a small start-up. The interview went fine ... was expecting. "Um . . ." I wavered. I hadn't prepared for this ... . Well, first I lowballed myself. The suggestion I had given was too low for my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  pillow to the second it hits the pillow again, I am moving. For the sake of ... mediocre. 6.009 Fundamentals of Programming. I have Stockholm Syndrome for ... about it soon. 9.00 Intro to Psychology. I don't show up to a single

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  house teams put up snacks in dorm lounges for people to take. friends bake ... swipes per semester. for many people, this number is too large. and so this ... . food, in general, is a nice way to express care for someone else. there

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  --I'm honestly super impressed by the committee. They held 'dress rehearsals' for ... event, as well as office hours for any lingering questions. They also did ... making sure that everyone was on the same page. Here's the program for the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  show's been around for like over a decade soooooooooo, y'know, there ... villain for the first two seasons, falls very ill after freeing avatar Aang ... , and as time goes on, it becomes easier and easier for Zuko to listen to

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

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  get to MTC in under five. WILD. this is so revolutionary for me ... 't want to walk to places like [annotation note="i would die for a grilled ... one off Amazon for <$20"]accessible,[/annotation] and easy to use

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  experiences to straight-up spilling tea for an hour. it's great.   as i ... the time is nigh for a “what is ankita doing this semester?!?!” post ... on it.   ...i'm having a great time though!   (for now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  -long exam my room had to evacuate. Great news for me! I had just gotten back ... body for the first 30 minutes of the exam. I read the questions and ... expressing sympathy for the students involved (without me even identifying

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  fields of research. Regardless of the major I end up choosing, I know I ... physics, then I teeter-tottered with a few other majors during my quest for ... the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, and it is actually

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  that road way down there and then all the way up the mountain we're sitting on for this view. It was an exciting day for my Fitbit. My team and ... Moscow (for free!) for a 3-day hackathon, plus 7 days to adjust to the time

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  Pong Champion. He is a sucker for Maseeh’s cookies, drones, and creeping ... legitimate tears of joy for the first time in my life when a Playstation 4 remake was announced Rewatched the movie every month for about three

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017