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  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  collected in high school hang proudly on the walls instead. Some of the ... For most of my adolescence, my bedroom was painted as close as I ... . However, there always comes a point where a bedroom becomes more of refuge

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  University of Texas at Arlington, Pelkins transferred to MIT his sophomore year ... . “Will you go back?” This moment is a snapshot of many conversations I ... challenge of obligation. I invited members of the EESA (Ethiopian

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  this was not one of those mornings. This was a curious morning indeed. I ... + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by ... of background info: The MIT Concert Band is a student organization, as

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don ... 's book author to speak, and donated a copy of one of his books to all of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  past fall, just days after arriving on campus, a bunch of freshman girls ... reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me, piercings are a rite of passage. Aside from being super cute, my piercings are

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your colleges, so I thought I'd offer you a little advice of my own. More specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  As a child, I was a hugely voracious reader. I spent the majority of my free time reading, and also a significant part of my non-free time ... with?) Part of my problem is that although in life, I'm generally a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  wonderful result, reflecting on the midpoint of a journey through MIT as well as a collection of significant places Mitali frequented. I hope you ... . But it’s also a bit of a comfortable spot to do some reflecting and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  :30 → In discussion section, we discuss an inflammatory article in defense of ... recall the article on the “The Coddling of the American Mind,” one of many ... . 12:00 → New observation: Harvard Yard reminds me of the East Campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  Bell "When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on ... be occupying many of your minds, and so I'd like to offer some brief ... miserable here. If it's not for you, it doesn't make you any less of a person

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  Class of 2010: I hope you're all excited about your new temporary ... of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me ... with my family, even when they're hundreds of miles away. 2. Bicycle

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  winding through the city which connects many of the historical sites for ... suggested that we join the herds of tourists and walk the trail. It was ... 's stop and Park Street, and a crowded shuttle bus wasn't on the list of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  , April 9 I'll be hanging around the checkout area on the second floor of ... ), please do so ASAP! CPW is my favorite time of year, as I get to meet so ... 's where you'll find me over the course of the weekend... the events in bold

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  Pain, only to find out that they were out of chocolate chip cookies ... characteristics of ourselves that we aren't proud of and are trying to fix. Now I ... joined a group of people from New House 3 (a neighboring living group) and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  guess I’ll come out and say it: I skipped the first week of classes ... Israel was only the last piece of my IAP this year. I spent the first week ... 10 days rowing, eating and sleeping. And video review of course. It’s a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  ='MLK-inspired: “The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But it Bends Toward Justice ... its ways of wading in and out of life it never goes away it will always be a part of who you are it just takes on different forms some

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  the point of unwritability. I would probably still be re ... that you can describe yourself in terms of probabilities. If my electrons can be unsure of where they are, then so can I! Unlike my electrons

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  ”, from the University of Warwick. I first read about it in the Math ... and share some of the old bookmarks I was digging through today. It's a window into the kinds of things I was interested in three to five years ago

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  diversity throughout history. At the beginning of the 20th century, the ... and Latin America (read more here). At the beginning of the 21st century ... fun parts of MIT culture from the late 1800s, showing how eerily similar

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  University of Southern California, for instance, had a mission score only 80 ... On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6:30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014