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  screaming a mood board

  

  UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I ... date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but ... behind me, like when you're walking in the evening and someone who walks

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  application. In the span of a lifetime, two years is really not that long. And ... week. The mini prep and plate replications I have to do in lab tomorrow ... 'm stuck in between the lines of my to-do list. In between my hour

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  Wonderland Camp and Conference Center in Sharon, MA for the MIT Leader ... yourself in a flurry of work and deadlines, postponing and forgetting about the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. Leader

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  , seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a ... obvious, it marked a shift in my paradigm and a small but significant change in my perception of what makes me happy. This all sounds Hallmark card

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  : Arrived in Billings, Montana at 12:30 PM MST, on the same flight as Bowen ... at a high school in NJ for five years, went to HGSE and now is an ... Map. Alas, nothing in the Billings area. Thankfully, Matt came to the rescue

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  consider {insert town name I have never heard of} a small town in their ... the inherent strengths of this experience. So this is where I come in ... U.S. Census, about 60 million Americans live in these rural spaces

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  scene on this campus, you would probably be wrong (very, very, wrong). In the past month, I’ve done everything from holding a ferret in our ... next to a 360-degree student-built gyroscope ride in the middle of one of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  I competed in a lot of robotics competitions throughout high school ... autonomous mode for our robot was a pain in the ass. It was all about ... small bump in the mat changed the whole trajectory of the bot. And then we

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  in my senior year after my other friend group split. Ethan, who has ... my apartment. It was bizarre in a way because there was a part of it ... bed one bath apartment in San Francisco. Taking him around the city and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  . Filipino food is not really known for its healthiness -- we douse food in oil ... out, I was aware of my flesh body and form. In elementary school, I ... and have been in front of a computer since the age of 3 and never, ever

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  until Fall 2022. i am currently living in East Campus, but i spent the ... Bombers. it was a tumultuous and fulfilling experience in spite of numerous ... 're interested in. finding new friends who mesh with our community aside, as a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  them. In the meantime, I did an Instagram Live for MIT Admissions with ... a significant amount of sitting in coffee shops (rip) and studying for ... efforts. Where are you in this exact very moment? Take a picture. Tell us

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  , with a focus on privacy policy. I was actually studying in Switzerland the day GDPR was implemented, and in one of my classes we discussed the ... community. With privacy becoming increasingly more consequential in our day

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  this image is small, if you look in the bottom left corner you'll see a ... dream in which i miss[annotation note="i'm leaving in eight days, next ... light comes in bright blue around the edges of my windowshade, and my room

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  . College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize ... high school community. As a result, I didn't fit in with the other people

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  are central to the way MIT works. In the right environment (one ... ’t threaten your own chance of success, they enhance it. In many cases, what may seem like a skill that is impossible to acquire in fact came from

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  EDIT: Petey mentioned in the comments that we should make a blogger ... my life before coming to college and pursuing my interests in a ... of my friends started a family plan in second semester that I hopped on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  There’s this idea that every moment in your life, every experience you go through adds to your being in some way or form. You essentially ... experiences deserve equal recognition in who we become, some just color you more

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up how I inline skate, or rollerblade. Even after three years of being in ... me moving 5 ft forward in the East Campus courtyard, scared out of my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  In middle school, my first foray into robotics was with the FIRST Lego League. That was the first time I remember being in a school ... -ever Cherry Creek High School robotics team when we started in 2013. That's me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017