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  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  improved my state of mind. And honestly, there isn't a single class that I'm ... now it's 12:45AM. I haven't done a "what am I taking this semester ... haven't felt so apprehensive about. It's mostly because I have a lot more

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  next two years, I decided that if I didn't learn a foreign language, I ... , and while that's a great opportunity too, I didn't want to become too ... , which I had, while India doesn't need any. Now that I'm in Germany, I'm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  ? Me: Yeah, I guess so. I'm a little freaked out, though. I feel old ... Shuttle Driver: Slow down, don't worry - I'm not leaving yet! Me: Actually ... nausea. Me: You don't think I can make it? Super Shuttle Driver: Well, I'm

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  haven't seen in a while. i listened to music like this and like this ... a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and ... an airport and i was in the second-to-last row window seat on a redeye

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  's beautiful Zesiger Center (a.k.a. the Z Center) or by Memorial Drive. Of ... Hola amigos! I just got back yesterday from a week of R&R in the ... for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a ... Common. It's a scenic walk about thirty minutes from MIT, the sun was ... way, we stopped at The Wrap, a local Boston fast food chain which give

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m still reading applications 5 years later...

  

  dinner? I shouldn’t make another coffee, should I? I usually would. I’m not ... physiologically irresponsible. That year we were met with a historic number of ... far edge of the Eastern time zone), and I would eventually wander a few

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  academia phase – it’s a surprise I hadn’t picked this book up earlier. I ... grounded in that world. I’m a fan of flowery, (often needlessly) complex ... really have a good sense of its history beyond the Cold War years. I'm glad

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  Stepping between closing elevator doors, it doesn't even occur to you that the doors might not stop. Suddenly a very heavy, unpleasant pressure jolts you from both sides and you realize again, that this is not a place

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  . Way to be an engineer, right?   Week 2: ORIENTATION (a.k.a. Mad-crazy free food all around!) I'm not on a meal plan (because I like to cook ... thus far here as a student. I hope I didn't drown you in too many

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  layout process, ate pizza, and then mentioned that I hadn’t had a chance to ... ’ve ever had, all packed into four incredible days. If orientation (a.k.a ... that had been available for my browsing pleasure since December, I didn’t

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  destination is worthwhile. But you can't drive without a license, so for now, I'm ... is going well. My mentor is knowledgeable and I’m learning a lot about ... program, many people worried I wouldn’t be able to handle an REU and a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  lunches from a kitchen that could technically scoot away from you whilst preparing it. Tonight I was walking back from the T along the street where ... " from The Hangover. Ahem - Where do food trucks sleep at when they take a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  have never met a challenge they couldn't conquer.  We also want to ... , and if your school, as a condition of your enrollment in an AP course, has a separate policy requiring you to take the exams, we would ask you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  answer is a big fat NO. it is literally because there aren't enough ... break in too much detail since I’m sure the procrastinators out there don’t ... what a titration is." "On behalf of the Admissions Committee… Wasn’t

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  . ‘22, Emma L. ‘22, Faduma K. ‘22).  While our names only represent the ... seriously:  pay attention during REX.  Having fun at a dorm’s quirky event?  That event is probably a sneak peak into how the residents have fun with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  pm: you go to a cafe with K, a friend of a friend who asked to hang out ... , and a few months into your role you still don’t think you are doing a ... ’s better than next dining now. you haven’t really visited maseeh dining since

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  science in K-12, but for a number of reasons (including the architecture ... forget Trying to navigate to a free t-shirt after a Dropbox info session ... don’t think “being an alum” will hit me until it’s the first week of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  project is already a lot of stuff, so I wasn’t sure if I made the right ... around. Six years ago, I couldn’t speak much Mandarin, and now I’m much ... course I think about these things. It’s different when I’m truly in a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  three-headed Doge Cerberus flying a rocket ship. Don't ask why. Sprinkled ... Emad T. '14 on Feb 17, 2012 '13 - Put a Ring On It by Hamsika C. '13 on Feb 11, 2011 '12  - T Minus One. by Sharon M. '12 on Feb 11, 2010 '11

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015