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  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  again in the evening. I like oatmeal. You can add walnuts and bananas and ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... that I can’t always control the things that matter to me. This year I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in my practice gear and taking down the decorations in my locker. So, how exactly did the rest of our season go? In my last update, I regaled you

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  inevitably be done in the twenty-four hours before it's due. Procrastination, I ... procrastination. I could claim I had seven hours of writer's block, but in reality ... at every turn. But, I knew how this would end, of course, because I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  find negative emotions during this time in your life. i remember decisions day when i applied early action. i could barely concentrate in class ... i've been thinking about pi day and decisions lately and the song

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  FIT: I cannot emphasize this point enough. No matter how (in ... cost of living (though you can purchase a meal plan while living in any ... suitemates is certainly an important factor to consider. I love living in a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  actions were a reasonable response to the situation I was in. Can I claim to ... reading your blog. Write her or him a letter.” I wrote elsewhere in the ... , I guess. God, why is this so difficult? I’m just talking in circles

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  have so many opportunities. You can hand them off to your children. I’m a ... . I’m doing it better than anyone else in the school.”   He did ... deportation and legal work permits, I still live in fear that my parents will be

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month ... said. I have a fantastic dean at S^3. Last year, I also came in feeling ... the sting felt tangible in a way I hadn’t felt in a while. “Why don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  whose application I just read was like Pink in many ways. She came from a ... admissions [I] have seen in [my] time, both as a student and as an admissions ... to work for a school where I can honestly say that. There's a lot more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  lines to strategize how last-minute I can rush to pee before the last ... , just like I did in high school. That bus will bring me, and a few dozen ... third year since I graduated from MIT, in June of 2013. It is also the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  . Today I feel how you feel. I don't know if I can still pass the class with ... feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more than anything else in the world. I had already submitted my EA

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a ... where my college ranks on any of these lists, I'm pretty lucky. In the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  In the time I've been at MIT, we've had some interesting characters ... auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in ... saying that I am by no means and expert in anything related to business

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  much I can say before it gets drowned out in a pile of words. These are ... hometown in Alabama during the second week. I was staying in Georgia with my ... that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I ... I'd leave you with the things that, in retrospect, I think are ... in your life when you can. If you write your best papers the night

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  , Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Wednesdays, I may drop in for office ... “participate” in Harvard College now. What’s even more exciting is now I have ... different campus layout. I look forward to lounging in our non-mahogany rooms

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  community while being honest in what I do, believe, and want so that I can feel and create my own freedom in how I change." Well, somehow I ...   In two days, I will be officially graduating this place. I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  a career in aerospace research? How did I figure it all out? These are ... -sensing constellation, which reminds me of how much I loved learning orbital dynamics in ... After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  HOW HOW HOW can I make this bigger/smaller/faster/better?". You still ... means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... Engineering?" It's funny, because I remember going to a choice of major fair in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006