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  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  Town. You sit there and you wonder, how can people live in such excess ... fact that I can not swim. I visited Soweto, the largest township in South ... post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  When I was in high school one of the most influential non ... after the book was published. In it he talks about how the cost of communication is the single most influential factor in how we work, from the

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  application tracking. How can i get to know when it has arrived? Can you suggest ... material? And how does that assist you all in making a decision? I mean, if ... letter of recommendation with my birthdate? Also, how can I make sure the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  falling down? It really was sinking into the River Thames, so in 1968, the ... next installment! Typical London row houses When you're in London ... boring, I couldn't bear to show you more. The (much more interesting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  about how i can be the best fit given the context i am in. i'm not working ... all my futures. i can see so many of them, blooming in different ... possible are worlds i will be happy living in, and i can maneuver so to make

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  tell this story so that you can see just how far I spiral. The truth is ... there was in Interphase, where I can't just go somewhere to escape the ... ingrained habit. When I was in high school, I would write about how sleep

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  matter how difficult they can be. I share 041 with Stephen, so psetting ... something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... and how it works, I've found it difficult to figure out how to use that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  expressed in an open letter to the Chancellor, which I suggest you read for a ... uniqueness. I can name a number of fellow students who have taken time for ... I phrased this in a way that is obviously sarcastic, since I feel like

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  of dreadful. Doing them in the absence of that I-can-I-will-this-is-what-I ... year in the US, and probably all my life until now. I can actually ... moment I’ve encountered someone in MIT play the piano with amazing

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  right and making me real sad. But I digress. The list! 1. "East Harlem ... . In fact, I spent a good 20 minutes listening to some super ... picking something from the least brattiest band in the world. I settled on

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  she saw me wearing the ring in the wild (and I gasped in despair at how ... every day. It feels strange when it’s not on my finger. I panic when I can ... , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a ... . For the first time in a long time, I let a friend see me cry - not ... often. Believing in one’s own infallibility is a dangerous drug. I’m far

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  Internships in F/ASIP, you can always take a really cool Advising Seminar. I ... , however, was this: Schedule: doable? Um, no. Regardless of how set I am ... .012 is and if you should take it in the fall and hey, how come MIT doesn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  mischief every time I jump on at 9:05 am. Fix my home-cut bangs in the video cam while the chat room explodes with questions. I’m scribbling notes in ... thought you once had that you can no longer grasp. I will never have REX

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... As the MIT EA deadline approached last year, I remember reading over

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  paper I read in 14.11: Experimental Economics reports that too many choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the ... ? What do people think about this Nike+iPod Sport Kit? Vote in the comments

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with ... York City" I AM DONE. Not only with my exams, but freshman year in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight ... , where my family is and I return for the holidays, where I can get behind ... safe in the world, I've never been that afraid of uprooting my life and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  Pass/No Record, I don't see any Cs. Well, I can't see any Cs. 9 ... 't help much in the long run. I've always been ridiculously independent ... of me just could not wait for the day when I would be on my own in some

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  . As usual, Steven was in the loop. He mentioned how he had stumbled upon ... around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last week, I noticed something interesting on a crosswalk on Memorial Drive

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012