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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  the final or do the final project but you can make it up some time in ... in hopes that I would be better by Monday, but when that didn’t happen ... advised me to ask for an “OX” in the class if I wasn’t feeling better by the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don ... . Later life goals have less charm. In fifth grade I wanted to be President

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  , existential crises, and everything in-between, I know I can go back to a group ... To all of you who are wondering how in the world you will navigate ... many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  ! fanfic. in other words, I was incredibly unpopular in middle school ... and confusing, a deadly combination. in fact, I was so stressed about ... : the two psets stashed in my purse :([/caption] the next day, I dropped

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  feel like I grew a lot in a few weeks. I came into MIT with a basic ... existing in this spot. Sometimes, I got to help others. Sometimes, I got help. Both helped me grow. I also got to hone in on some stylistic choices that

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  . . . Don't get me wrong. Quantifying can be useful. (How else would I keep ... showcases, meme tags. In the past eight months, I've learned how to manage my ... , money earned and spent (mostly spent). In fact, I often conflate progress

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  am doing B.E in nepal.H can i apply for full scholasship in MIT for M ... achievements, can I send in a resume as a supplement to my application? If so ... middle school. Can I still send in a Music Supplement without a Letter of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  while I’ve been in school because all three of these parts can continue to ... lead to one of two cases as far as I can tell: 1) I become just ~eh~ in ... with my posts until I deem it cringe"] Song:[/annotation] Voices in my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  don't know how to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get ... This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading ... comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  admitted, in all likelihood. I hope that you will have another great choice ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... waitlist. What should I do now? If you are still interested in MIT, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  and I am complacent. My freshman year I remember being so in awe of how ... been someone that has traveled in a pack. In high school, I had a group ... myself in having the best friends in the world. This semester, I felt a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project ... store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  . When I think back to my years in Ann Arbor, I can't help but think of ... real homecomings for me. In the few moments that I wasn't working, I was ... delicious as I remembered. In fact, I'm salivating just thinking about them

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  training. I went to gyms sometimes in high school — and nearly every day while living in my car, to shower — but I never hit a solid routine. A guy I met while backpacking in Italy showed me how to use the kettle bell

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  , I can get caught in my head; I like the freedom to pause and breathe ... In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  material in their classes. Suddenly, you fall into a spiral of “how do i even ... , most recently in 11.124 Introduction to Education. I loved hearing about ... , and I’m a sophomore in EECS. I also really love teaching. Unsurprisingly

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  financial aid, I turned in my applications. Then, I stopped thinking about them. I had turned in what I needed to. My essays were some semblance of who I was, and while I might wish I hadn’t used so many commas in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  slow down. But, in truth, I can’t help but feel like I’d do it all again ... class starts in five minutes, that she doesn’t really care how I’m doing ... summer nights. Between the “I can’t make it through this semester” to the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  , not a crippling imbalance in work-life matters and how I deal with them ... Since I last posted, I got one year older (waaaaay back in October ... parties I've typically blogged about in the middle of October? And the exams

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  before, so I wasn't sure what kind of paint I should use. There were cans ... in an art classroom. To get the straight edges for the background, I ... (I was born in Atlanta). Lineart It was weird to do color first and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024