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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  lecture for worldbuilding, Junot Díaz talked about how people need to escape ... . I've been sitting in bed trying to read notes for 6.867--the class I ... 'm excited to see how our paths cross after college. But that can wait, and for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  (not for the first time) in my inbox requesting me to submit my old ... Spanish essay due tomorrow and 5.12 to study for, but I feel I must get this ... officers would like to look for diversity in the applicant pool. To put it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  , being unable to make good on all of the dreams I had chosen for myself. I ... for the next few weeks, so, after every shower, while I attempt to scrub ... , despite having bleached it myself repeatedly!). I forgot to bring my book

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  can help you with number one, but I have a place to start for number two ... bake for people 17) Find ways to divert all the sugar into cups (http ... results of a semester, year, or life's worth of effort. It boiled down to a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... schedule to take a physics course! But the metaphor holds for so many MIT ... was found to be the optimal position for seven people, and, given the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only thing I gained this year was academic hardship." Sophomore year tends to ... myself working harder than I ever have to keep up. But there's much more

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  sets the groundwork and frame for who I want to become and be.  Looking ... or the guy who set the world record for marathon, I just have to keep ... . One of my big pulls for the class, though, were the field trips. That

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  (alternatively, civil dusk to civil dawn)  to be awake continuously for 24 hours ... , and, for the most part, I have been[annotation note='I promise that a ... [/annotation]at[annotation note='the actual result from psychology is much more specific to pedagogy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point ... students for the Class of 2019, not even Leeroy Jenkins. We have seen all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  powerfully beautiful to me. Thanks Kevin, for this :D I think there’s a point ... , like unicorns or people that don’t like Taylor Swift. What’s not to ... friend and I were taking the same Intro to Java class this IAP, and spent

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  Weird and/or neat things I saw around campus this week, brought to ... pictures: As I was leaving East Campus for class, a squirrel with a full, lustrous, white beard waddled across my path and stared me down for a full

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  , fax the missing documents to 617.687.9184. Please allow for five days ... Hi y'all - Quick update for our Regular Action applicants. As Matt ... prospective member of the Class of 2016, this would be a mighty good time to log

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  arranged by Professor Lindgren of the Music Faculty for us to all attend a Yo ... , Professor Lindgren arranged a "back-stage visit" for us to see Yo-Yo Ma, and ... a brief for the importance of attending to thoughts principally

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in physics this saturday. Few things I'm doing to prepare for it: sleeping < 3 hours last night to drastically shift my sleep schedule into

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means ... -drawn dystopia set in post-apocalyptic England. Penny Arcade For, by, and about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  am very grateful for these tunnels as I travel from the T to my office. It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that ... to view a closeup, and for the uninitiated, here's some history on

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  admission office explaining what happened. I expected to get a good score for ... (critical reading and writing) is likely to be lower than what I expected for ... international students) for every admitted student to the MIT. But how many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  moment I came back to California for winter break. It's strange to think ... it doesn't have to be. For some people it takes minutes, others it ... In this past semester, the definition of "home" changed a lot for me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  office for the long trek back to Simmons Hall. I walked and talked with ... [HEY! NOTE: If you are looking for the real, scientific reason of how albatross fly, this is probably not the place to look. I give an explanation

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  floor of Barker, where I went when I needed to work for eight hours ... , unable to force myself out of bed to eat, staring at the ceiling for hours ... ’t take long for someone to point it out. One night, as I sat in my corner

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022