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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  about it. This year, I'm going to be extra and do a bloggers wrapped ... At this point, Blogger Wrapped posts are sort of becoming a tradition, so I'm honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  said. 23. The Kingston Trio – M.T.A. 24. Billy Joel – We Didn't Start ... . The artist represented most is fun., which again shouldn't be a surprise ... don't speak a word of Mandarin, but I can sing along to the chorus. 7

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  ; it's been a great introductory class since I don't come from a strong ... , I learned that I personally don't perform too well when I'm not ... ill; don’t let this be you.   Why not? Because the unfortunate

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  . I imagine it as the equivalent of a southern hill-billy drawl. Therefore, I, the Sichuan native, belong to a species quite closely resembling what is a home-grown, born and bred, red-blooded American hick. It

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  the rest. Except when you don't Because, sometimes, you won't. I'm ... basketball) Except when they don't. Because, sometimes, they won't. I'm afraid ... 'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  physics psets which I'm just a little psyched about. So to share my ... case you want to pop by with a muffin and say hi. Don't forget the muffin ... . And do it quickly. Don't make a fuss. XOXO -lulu

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  Challenge. The high school I'm working at is 100% Navajo, and has a ... /trailers without electricity and running water." In case you don't know, this is a ... in the next couple of weeks :) A final note: the house I’m staying in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  didn't build a rocket in my backyard, so I'm extrapolating the 8 ... that it didn't land on 28 15 times in a row, its just spinning around ... chance so I'm not applying." There's actually a number of problems with

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys ... fields of crunchy-green grass. A place where the laughter of children ... alarm clock. A place where kites adorned the sky, glistening in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor planet (a.k.a. an asteroid, but minor planet sounds substantially more ... result of a $54 check to the International Star Registry. Rather, Emily has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  credit from being a varsity athlete, so I don’t technically need to take ... Sidequest 4: Get a cool internship/externship - 100% complete! I’m excited ... don’t believe it, to be honest. Sidequest 5: Pull a cool hack

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in ... back to her as we walk out. “I’m sad”, I say, “I feel like I haven’t ... second. A Facebook post from my friend, Pedro P. ‘17: “I didn't know I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  - adjustment is a process, and you won't have to go through it alone! I like to ... had everything ready already, but hitting the 'Submit' button takes a ... helped that I went to a boarding high school so I was used to being away

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  them, eager to make it home. To a fellow punk: "Doesn't even look at us ... news was amazing; I'm sure a similar spread occurred in 2001, although I ... , and I was amazed. I didn't expect the world to be able to love a man who

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  '09 My girlfriend Kristen '09 and me. Who says you can't find a girl ... Winter break is finally over and I'm back at MIT. As much as most ... about last semester, but I didn't have the time. I think it would be kinda

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  'd always said I wanted to paint a mural on Tetazoo, and I'd had my eye on this image for a while -- I'm a huge knitter, and this was my desktop ... 's painted on for a while, too: earlier in my senior year I'd stripped a off

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  action would be if you don't meet the criteria to apply as a freshman -- e ... !" She entitled her post, "Admitted -- because I'm a girl?" This brings to ... application statistics. Also, I wouldn't say that we "usually shoot for a 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  write a paper. Details to come, so stay tuned. 21M.733: Design for the ... go like, "Hey IRS, I'm a student and make like 4 grand a year" and then ... for me, okay? EDIT: Here's a piece of good news I'm bursting to share

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  share A ROOM WITH MARK DAVID CHAPMAN.) Additionally, don't use quotes ... that Mean Girls is anything but a tween movie. Don't submit anything written or drawn with a Crayola or Sharpie. Don't use statistics as proof

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  though we haven't meaningfully updated our web page in two and a half years ... doesn't mean you know that you should take the wrapper off of a microwave ... the former second-best Goldeneye player in the world if it weren't for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007