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  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  I could tell someone's personality just by looking at their shoes. At MIT, I joke about how I can tell someone's personality just by looking ... contributors caption their photos. A lot of people were frustrated by this

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  then i realize i’m not helping by keeping quiet, so i desperately think ... enough to them to comfort them just by being there. i mean, i’m not saying ... leave or i stay long enough to mirror what they do, sitting side by

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  A few weeks ago, I was reading Conversations with Friends by Sally ... by Elena Ferrante, a book that feels inscrutable. It is about a girl in ... and too kind to be bound by such fleshly desires, but eventually it is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens ... decrease from last year’s record high, likely driven by endogenous factors ... are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  harder, driven by a lack of breaks and the persistence of pandemic ... ways I gauge how well I'm doing is by how often I call my parents. If I ... by the number of commitments he had. Intending to provide him some

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  a junior. i feel like my growth on many fronts was stunted by the ... class of students was impacted by the pandemic differently. Audrey ... my imposter syndrome by the end of freshman year, but being back in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  lawsuit. This is, by my count, the [annotation note='I have blogged about ... promulgated by the current administration. Previously, it had filed or joined ... family by thousands of miles. I also know that welcoming the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  credit for 6.0001, by taking an advanced standing exam, didn't go so well ... had finished a computer science minor by accident! Isn't that enough ... .0002. Swayed by the promise of pandemic PE/NE grading, I reluctantly decided to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  . Surrounded by booths and booths of companies and corporations felt like a total ... words the feeling of being surrounded by so many other people trying to ... is going to be run by the smart, passionate youths I saw today, it

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  random noise by trolls, and then there was some nonzero anxiety ... , curated by the bloggers, to provide motivational music for you, dear reader ... playlist, all the songs were selected by bloggers. And, fair warning, I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a previous blog post: the days go by slowly but the weeks speed by. here are ... probably an instinct instilled by our capitalistic society don't run

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  quickly 13 weeks go by. And just how little time there seems to be to ... together watching the sky burst with color second by second, I found myself ... had been hit by a drunk driver. She didn't survive. In Islam, we have a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  to find new methods to approach problems." 21L.003 (as taught by Ina ... does." 21H.157 (as taught by Mircea Raianu - he's now teaching at ... /10 would recommend." EC.S07 - D-Lab Education and Learning (taught by Lisa

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  ="MacGregor House has 312 singles (and 3 doubles assigned by request only). In other ... sources of bad smells by regularly maintaining the general hygiene of your ... weather isn't bad."]mall[/annotation], stop by a department store with a big

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  mit.edu. It was designed and built by the same agency, Upstatement, that ... for this site, though it was carried through by the team at MIT ... aesthetic: a single “Spotlight” image surrounded by links to sites

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  second floor of the student center. This exhibit was put together by ... exhibit was supplemented by a virtual tour of the dorm. x This was ... produced by Haus residents) played on a loop. x A more complete

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT ... be astounded by the opportunities in education at MIT. The Institute is ... the Expo, arranged by booth number. If you’re intrigued by the projects

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  it. Then one day, Robert happened to be in Chinatown and was walking by ... front. The tablet itself is connected by USB to an Arduino, and the ... meantime, current students should drop by First East at East Campus to try

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  information by clicking on each node, such as your interactions with the given ... depending on what semester they filter by, which is something I highly look ... Exchange account. Also, please note that by signing into this site, you are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  about their own approach to essays (see, e.g., this post by me, this one by Krystal, and this one by Chris S.). But mostly, as Mikey said, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017