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• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... you'd be surprised by what happens. III. As I write this entry, I can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important news! Our faculty, an amazing group of folks, asked how they could help us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I ... I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... can agree to because we're all human. In a world divided along many ... tongue-tied when I told her how close I was to him. I didn't even

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  that anything in particular triggers it. I'll be sitting in front of my ... bed, staring into space, thinking about how worthless I felt, or how pointless this all was, and how maybe it'd be better if I didn't wake up this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  Spanish Incubator, where I would study Spanish poetry and literature in the ...  not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP ... semester in CMS.300 Intro to Videogame Theory. In addition to this, I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past ... of my friends and I rented an apartment in Central Square, Cambridge ... pillow + cover out in Walounge before leaving for winter break, but I had

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  ’m visiting my family in Ohio, and it feels like always. Except, I do miss the ... me while I was shivering under the frigid water in my new apartment ... exposed had that effect. But I was in a rush when I moved out. Plus I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... repeat. (If that's not how you climb a ladder....well I don't know what to ... with the sharp point of an axe (hey, can't blame it. I don't either). So

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  hours in the day (boxes), and there are so many activities I can be doing ... Writing Autobiography"] 21W.022.[/annotation] In fact, I loved this class ... this class. In reality, this isn’t an insane amount, but other classes I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  day, in April, I got a thin envelope in the mail from this school. It ... better. I know that the admissions officers at this school care. I know how ... . I've been on that side and I know how it feels. And if you've now felt

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night's sleep so that I could wake up early the next day to figure out how to pack ... and used to let my cat in and out when I was away, tumbled all these

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  Despite how many mailing lists I'm on, I'm not an active member of ... Verde's. (In fact, the only time I even ever use TechCash is to do laundry. I ... things. So I went with My Suitemate Linda, and we learned how to make

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  . ’25: My IAP is split in half: I was at home before January 14th, and on ... my IAP, I took a class called "Spanish Incubator" that takes place in ... flamenco workshop (ole!) and eating the best patatas bravas in Madrid :)  I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  . There are some things about how you complete the application that can ... bubbling up to the surface, which I can certainly understand. I know the ... You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  . There is an option where you can indicate this. Got it. Ok, how do I ... in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As soon as possible ... an option where you can indicate this. I am homeschooled. Do I still

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  can get from Texas?) Their first posts will be coming soon, and I ... "]annual[/annotation]excitement: I get to introduce you to this year's crop of baby bloggers. To hire ... hours arguing about how great they all were, and finally settled on this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  assassins guild games in a while on saturday, and i got a lot of work done on sunday. things are going swell, so i can't be depressed, right? my last ... reappearing the next day! and haha things are bad enough i can't even write

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cancer on my mind Wait, shouldn’t that be Carolina?

  

  Cancer is on my mind lately. I know how to have fun, huh? But maybe ... breast cancer, or maybe it's because I’m reading this great Pulitzer Prize winning book on cancer, or maybe it's because I just took a tour of the Koch

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  language back in, they’re no better.” The differences between how people ... associated with dyslexia can manifest itself in noteworthy talents. “Dyslexic ... how. Current research in the Gabrielli lab is focusing on measuring

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012