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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  like this way is Chinatown,” I say, pointing to the streets in front of ... . You can read Chinese. I can, he says, but only simplified. He explains that in Chinatown, everything’s in traditional Chinese. Talks about how the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  good taste in music and also a beautiful singing voice, which I know ... , you just can't find people who will do that anywhere else. I also ... freshman in Mystery Hunt, and her team happened to finish first. So I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces ... how he banned the last one from attending his funeral. I didn’t know ... girl scowling at the camera in a dress, I figured Dennis at least looked

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  more to go. 12:05 PM – I head back to the maker lab in building E25 to ... fatigue, I have a lot of fun fielding questions and discussing ways in which ... us don't have any background in designing or making things, I'm quite

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Graduation Picture Book Photos from graduation because I've lost my writing skills (~23 Pictures)

  

  I decided that since I still cannot write intelligibly in order to summarize what four years of an MIT education can do for you, I'll just post some pictures from graduation until I process everything.

  • by Bryan
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  for every night in January. During the semester, I usually grab dinner ... + tuna in red sauce = spaghettuna. I told my sister and her text message ... can be a turn-off. I guess I’m just used to it by now; you see, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for ... Living Situation: Now on to fun stuff. I currently live in East Campus

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  "I got it on Reuse," people say, with the emphasis in the word falling on the re-. When I see the word elsewhere and say reuse in my head ... . I gave in. I now speak in numbers and nicknames and mailing lists

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  physics, grade a few papers, and in exchange I get to say I helped teach a ... programming. I've got a background in programming, but they use Python whereas I ... lot of sense. All in all, I love this class so far. 2.002-Mechanics and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  , whatever. Anyway, I want to know - how hard is MIT? Because I keep hearing it ... think it's kind of hard. OH, CHRIST. I HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING IN." (I ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  wondering how I could express something meaningful in so few words. But in the ... document. Essentially, I can see myself from the past writing, deleting, and ... you who are now in college and used Google Docs to write your essays, I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  existed! People live in houses! Dogs exist! Babies exist!" Here, I am ... teenage dream. I've just always loved art and design and cities, and in the ... , interning in China allowed me to really step back and re-evaluate what I want

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  time I checked in... We learned about hashing, and how it's a trade ... parts are back at school today - I dropped my brother off at school this morning, meaning I woke up at 7:15 (the horror!). The house is empty and I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  ), and then Thursday and Friday, I met up with an MIT alum in Texas who ... of the freshman perspective, and compare it to how I felt a year ago, and to how I feel now. I'm probably a little bit more focused, a little

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I ... trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... was going on in this time that I straight up don't remember because it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  end seriously sore from ~6 hours in one seat. I’m 24 minutes out from Los Angeles, and I can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with my family. At ... belonged at MIT. I think that at some point in every college student

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  Barrett. I've always wanted to learn how to write poetry, being too afraid ... they wanted to be featured and I got some poems in response! I absolutely ... , again & again & again   I awaken, enclosed in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  required. To learn more about the different kinds of portfolios you can submit, as well as how to submit, please visit our Creative Portfolios page
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  When I was fifteen, in the summer between tenth and eleventh grades ... Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do." When I was seventeen ... , "Yeah, I have a request?" "We can help you out!" I replied. "Just give us

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  ." How embarrassing. Anyway, I spent about an hour more taking notes in ... Looking For A Good Fantasy." I stood in that entrance hall for a solid ... ambiance and the kinds of people I saw wandering around (you can recognize

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012