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  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  Around this time of the year, we're always told to write something ... period comes around, I don't really write anything at all, leaving it to ... vulnerability and sharing that part of yourself. College admissions is a volatile

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  with the black licorice at the bottom of the bag.   mostly 2’s ... ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings ... I do at a nearby lab, or the volunteer trip I took to Africa. or

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... . And amidst all of this constant work and running around, we see people ... lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  ’ve had a lot of chances to practice!). We are at Ben ‘12’s house for dinner ... ....) there is nothing like taking your hair out of its ponytail and washing off the grime of the day. The showering is the easy part, though-it’s the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class. After exploring the Minuteman trail (including a statue of Uncle Sam; did ... MIT's campus to take some pictures of MIT"s newest sport. I started out

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  . Pictures, links, narrative, and humor are a lot of work, and past freshman ... time you'll have a timeline snapshot of me! This is an experiment, we ... 's athletics program due to budget constraints, one of them being my sport

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing ... is over, you can walk out of the ring with your head held high and know that you're a stronger person for it. Ok, enough of that. This post is

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should ... me (benjones at you-know-the-rest) by August 31st, 2007 and: Provide a ... be the single most important part of your application. Most of our

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  ," ... At the end of the meal, the waitress asks us, "What is your gift to ... surreptitiously jump out of my lofted bed trying to land with a gymnast's dismount ... , I awaken to the sounds of wheels skidding on the landing strip. Woo

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  A lot of people living in the United States don’t understand how complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and the complexity of getting water to places that don’t have it. I was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  a really bad word to activate the limbic system of the brain (science ... transport stops at the Bedford VA, so if I miss the right 62, it’s an hour ... , so, at first, I felt like a trespasser wandering through the Medical

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  picked and pruned at what would make me seem most interesting, most full-of ... going anywhere at all. I wanted to go to college, but how would I possibly ... I wanted to go, I convinced myself I would miss most of my shots so

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  day of classes at MIT! What happened? And why are you dropping physics ... exciting is getting an email from the head of the physics department about ... tested out of physics but not calc, I wasn't eligible to take the class in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  not all of us were as adept at hopscotching as the mini-humans. While I ... sent my very first email to dormspam, a mailing list that reaches most of ... this[/caption] I ordered a 64 pack of chalk, which would definitely be

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  the rumors and the misconceptions, to unwind and have buckets of fun at ... Saturday is a singular bag of nacho cheese Doritos and a fun-sized bag of M&Ms. Sunday is waffles. Monday is Insomnia cookies. Tuesday

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  of them on harmonica. We met at about 10:00pm to practice, which ended ... Linux on a potato. But last night in Next House, a very different kind of heraldry was underway. This story begins on November 24, when a group of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  you have to live at East Campus in order to find it :-). Each of the ten ... reasons that are still unclear, the sampling of East Campus bloggers has yet ... the dorm, for what it may be worth. Yes, each of East Campus' ten floors

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  "domestic side" of public health. On the side, I'll be living at Berkeley and ... grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that class, but for some really dumb reason, I lost a bunch of points on this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  and then left a UROP, I worked all summer, I won a medal at Head of the ... did it. My grades aren't in yet, but I think I did it. At the start of ... rivers will carry me there, and I’m sort of stalled at the confluence of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  Image courtesy of greggavedon.com   The following is a guest ... intimidating, so I have put together a complete guide of all groceries near MIT ... step, I always end up squishing all of the bananas, and it’s very sad

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015