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• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  , if I can't solve this riddle, I won't be accepted into MIT. In reality ... or less. I can't put into words how much this (gestures vaguely) is ... year, I'm up 9 minutes too early. It's 9 minutes too early, because in 9

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  saw myself improve over the semester in how I was understanding, on the ... once because of how hard a time I had in it. I took two semesters of ... blog about how a lack of direction can be a sense of solace in a way, and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  , I’m scrutinizing every other phrase in my SoP and wondering how my ... have written better than I can about how proud you should be of ... community back in high school, and how I hope to extend that love to the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  capabilities. If you're new to how MIT shows off your grades, then I should tell ... washing machines and ridiculous gyroscopes in 8.01, I felt pretty certain ... .02 curriculum. I mean, isn't that why the class numbers end in the same 3 digits

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  that you can decide for sure which one you want to live in - I know you ... about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... On Friday evening, I was lounging around being bored. There were

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  to do with all that power?  I can't answer that question for you. What I can do is give you an idea of what's possible using the ... . I can tell you what I did: I learned a lot of math! And I didn't

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  spot for the summer, the friendly neighborhood Starbucks. I was in for a ... I discovered it was rather impossible to make any logical connection between all the things I wanted to share about the last couple weeks. I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  head around how my classmates and i can make so much money sitting in ... i. my first extended stay in the san francisco (henceforth abbreviated as sf) bay area was last spring, when i lived in the city

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  parents' deep interest in education, a number of trends in education that I ... family and I were climbing Mount Everest in February of 2012 with an alumni ... failed to come together in the summer of 2012, and I headed out to San

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep ... ="aligncenter" width="346"] I was late for class that day 🙁[/caption] After 12 years in the service, I got out of the Navy in August and started at MIT in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  window in a high rise or a friend or a tree. Would it be the things I can ... , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... world today, or I was blind and now suddenly I can see, and everything was

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  the MIT bubble, and I didn't really think about how little I actually ... cabins that students can use for a small fee. One of the halls in East ... perfect a New England winter day as you can get. Look how blue the sky

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  down some stretches of road are so flat, I swear you can see your own ... 's not entirely true, there was a rock gym in Houston that I'd been to a ... , and I'm buying shoes, filling my amazon wishlist with gear, and climbing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  I can’t really understand other people. I can imagine how they might ... characters who are not very similar to myself. I mean, how can you write ... purer form than I usually display. How can you understand other people

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  I do here. I love my UROP. I can't imagine how my college life would ... . "Kith, I disagree. If you get in, you can handle staying in, for the most ... with everyone else. Anonymous asked: "If I can't make it to CPW, how out

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... the world. in small moments, i see over and over again how people choose ... today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  Fahrenheit. I learned how to spell cumulonimbus, in preparation for my brother’s spelling test, and I learned how to cook things that are not cereal, in ... burg, and I could count down the miles to home. I live in State College

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn rigrous i hope the exam curve is generous i know i can’t keep playing ... eyes Tell me what you truly believe Yell so I can hear your words Because

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  with only one or two people. 09. I can't live without lipgloss. 10. I can ... person. 21. My first kiss was in middle school. 22. I want to go to art ... can be mean when I want to. 26. My dreams are bizzare. 27. I paint boys

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  yesterday when I was still sitting in 8.01, worrying about understanding how ... focus now, when we are so close to graduating. I can't count how many ... Hey guys, happy 2011! It's been awhile. As I write this, I'm in San

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011