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• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ; I don’t know how to swim. I got two and a half laps in when I realized ... how draining the whole process felt. I know I can’t really equate ... test, which requires you to tread water for FIVE MINUTES. I can’t even

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  sitting there like, “lol Ben I haven’t got in yet so I can’t yet get ... , looked it dead in its pale, white, papery face and said, “I will defeat you ... perfectly describe how I felt when I first put foot on campus, but sadly I don

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  impact an essay can have. I just wanted to clarify my last post in case I ... Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... who were strong in other areas. I was really just trying to say that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  how eventful it was....everything was sort of...boring. I woke up early ... adventures in Italy (which I still haven't told you about, man I'm bad at this ... -Spain) but she was in a meeting. On my way to my advisor's office I waved to a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  tends to meander in all directions I’m clueless on how to summarize it. I ... . I can see the people around him. I can feel the heaviness in the air ... page can hold in confidence. I write because I have something to say, if

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  , where I'll learn how to open a bank account in Germany, why not to call ... music, in any case. I get chills--no pun intended--in "Denn Alles Fleisch ... is actually more beautiful, if you can believe it. And Saturday I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  , framing myself in a movie, I realized just how crazy it all is. That I go to MIT, that I can wander to the Charles river at the three in the morning ... details as to why or how and what lessons I'm taking away from that, but I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  when I felt like I didn't really fit in at M.I.T.," she wrote. "I nearly ... deprivation. I was bored out of my mind." Still, in other ways, Ms. Chinea ... the closest you can get to living in the Internet," and Ms. Chinea

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  . So cherish it while you can. For me, I don’t anticipate staying in the ... maybe some engineering problems). While I can’t say that I’ve personally ... an around the world experience, but in the end, I just couldn’t stay

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  yesterday in my favorite apron (I made the meatballs, and Adam made the ... , so I end up burning parts so I can cook the meat all the way through ... shaped the meat into a cube and stuck it in the pan. Then I shaped the next

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren ... meet on MIT's campus, but hopefully I'll see you around in the real world ... Physics , I'm struck by how much this place seems like an academic ivory

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  skeletal structures, glued pipes together. I can code a bit in Fusion now. I still do not know Python. I guess I understand how vectors move in ... ; I like how full every day is. I don’t believe in rest. but I wish

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  are still in the mail, but we're excited about the Class so far! I ... comments) as soon as I can. Also, I do expect that next year's freshman class ... , but I will make an announcement one way or the other when I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  :00 am alarm seemed just way to early) I arrived in Seattle in time to go ... Lobdell also took some great pictures that night, but I can't share them ... too. So now I find myself on an airplane in the early morning heading

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  other friends in the class, my top advice for picking classes. i love how ... ! that's the least number of classes i've ever taken in mit, and the least number of classes i can take while maintaining full-time status, which is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... put back art is key in ensuring that dorm space can be utilized as much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  things like how hosed i am, scheduling conflicts, or randomly changing my ... like going to the gym or running. as you can see... i need to work on adding more of these... i use gcal constantly, in stark contrast to the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
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• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  is a place where I will be challenged and I can hone my writing skills ... Okoboji because as long as I can remember I have had a love affair with ... in speech therapy. When I asked her why, Jennifer said she had taken a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  too much for me to handle. and i’m hoping, how i’m hoping, that you can ... lot of time thinking about you over the next few days. i wonder how all ... powerless. i wish love was the kind of thing i could package in a box and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020