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  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... staff has a problem, I’m the one they call. But who do *I* call? Through ... a menu option for “this isn’t an emergency” and will then solve all

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  mood has done a total 180 since then, so I feel I'm justified in talking ... rejections don't seem to fit a pattern -- one person was accepted at School A ... when I'm not sitting in a hotel lobby (freezing to death) on the free

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  Well hello there it's been a while and I'm am ridden with guilt and embarrassment that I haven't blogged in a while, BUT in my defense there has been ... at recruitment didn't even bother giving us a chance, just flat out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... , acknowledging that I wouldn't be able to attend that morning; Ashley has a rule ... out. I considered leaving, but didn't want to seem like a wimp. In any

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  not a brief and wild summer camp, and so I’m starting to be able to hear ... high school, and so I can’t really remember a time when these external ... pursue what I love. I know, it sounds weird. I’m learning a ton about the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  planned for later in the year! Hmmm, I think I'm going to need a bigger ... just aren't enough excuses to say "Beowulf." It's such a fun word to say. ... , we have great CPW clips on the Class of 2014 site. If you didn't see Dr

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  that I'm staying in for the summer. Escher couldn't just draw a normal ... allegedy within biking distance, but I’m far too lazy to even purchase a bike ... , and also a very large snapping turtle, which I don’t think the swimmers

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  professors teach? Call me naive, but I didn't even *think* about this at a top ... material (and sometimes a bit more), and I'm slightly worried if MIT ... Harvard? I hope this question doesn't come off the wrong way; I'm mostly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  innovation and the future. Certainly it isn't a bad thing to have respect for ... , so unlike at MIT, there isn't a constant pressure to work on psets. I thought it would be nice to get away from that for a year. This isn't to say

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  night when I don't want to go to bed and I'm feeling a little bit of ... today. I don't think this is true of MIT: I am not a fundamentally ... could be proud of. I'm not all the way there yet (who is?) and I don't

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  seem a bit high, but that doesn't stop frat boys from trekking over to ... because I'm out of underwear." Parents, don't let this happen to your ... plain awesome with long hair. So, for a year and a half I just didn't get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  with it, I just can't imagine a class laying such an egg in my schedule ... 's offered his office hours as a consolation, but I don't know how much I will ... picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  fight tooth and nail made me insanely proud. I'm happy to be part of a ... . The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games — 4 of which were the past week. I’m going to take you along for the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  you fail to field a team. Well, you can't ever waste money, ever ... If you commented any questions in the past few weeks or so, I'm going ... inspiring that I got the inclination to write a whole entry on them. So, if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  like a failure. Worse, I hadn't only let myself down, but I had let an ... didn't think about any of that, because I had a very specific idea of ... , when I'm no longer on the team, that all my hard work was part of a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  've seen a bunch so that it doesn't require any more mental energy than what ... I had a biochem exam today. It did not, uh...go as planned. What was ... pointless, but not so hard that most of the class couldn't do it. 'Twas I who

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  thursday evening section of CMS.307 coincided with a 6.867 exam, so i had to make that up the next morning at 8 a.m. i hadn't studied nearly enough ... let me take a second to talk about the week i've had: last thursday

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  stages, I'm one step closer to being a rocket...errr airplane scientist ... Mollie has decided that she doesn't want to write any more "this is ... ...so bear with me. Me working on one of my planes There are a few constants

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Energy," and so ... feel like I'm learning a lot. I mean, I'm sure I learned a lot in 2 ... , this just makes it easier." Me: "...okay this is why I'm a physics person

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  write terrible HTML. And my darling boyfriend '07 can't even run a virus ... (seriously, 41 kbps? WTF.) for five and a half days. This is probably the longest I've gone without real internet in a very long time -- when I went

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006