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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  As exams become more and more of a reality that I can't ignore, I ... in how a few greats, such as Lincoln, Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie ... artist Nina Yuen. I can't put my finger on what it is about the videos but

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  enough to enjoy. now that i'm back in school i can feel how different it ... senioritis in high school, but i think i have it now. i can think of many ... schoolwork. but now i know how different not being in mit feels like. from the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  are you?" and she checked out "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days" but I don ... three-day weekend. In the meantime, I'm going to be your very own Kiefer ... fellow, I decided to open it up and look in side as per deskworker rules

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  the Great Depression, he was born out of a need for a hero. But I can ... story follows him learning how to use his power in a low stakes opening ... recently.   I came home from college having all these plans for how I would

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  a) get a doctor's note saying I can't live in the house by some ... You'll recall in this blogpost I talk about joining Greek life and ... love the sorority a lot and I love the people in it. I often go back and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  your applications, I know how much energy and care you put into them. For ... staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... your applications brought back some memories for me. When I was in high

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred ... try harder. The surprising thing is how different these messages can ... in and day out. extremely smart? again, i wouldn’t object, but i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  all my extracurricular commitments, and I can’t emphasize how horrible ... how my grades said I did in the class, I was just happy that I learned ... classes too. I want to learn as much as I can in as little a time frame as

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea ... students write their thoughts about life in college in blogs. These honest ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  else. I rented out a small room in some building, I learned how to feed ... 'm forced to partition myself, to choose how much soul i can put into each ... One. In October 2017, I left home and lived on my own for several

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  socially at your own pace. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I called ... last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check-in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  encourages a listlessness that i can't banish, no matter how [annotation note ... disappointed. how did i lose motivation so quickly?? the surge of excitement that ... bed at 10:03, i can't believe that i used to get up, eat breakfast, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  ’t try to work in a fog. I know how to say “May I pet your dog?” in 5 ... lactose-intolerant. Although not so much so that I can’t indulge in ice ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  conclusive proof that every geek in the world wants to be the master (I ... , rounds the corner from a hallway orthogonal to the one I'm in and sprints ... hall, and slams down into a couch next to Eric. I stand in the doorway

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  year just flew by in a weird sort of emptiness. It didn’t, of course. I ... actually happened in my life since September. I also feel a little bad for the negativity in my previous post, though I do stand by it, so this is

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  in the next 6 weeks. You can see if there is a session near you and RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... and California. I'll try to post some photos, too, so you can see what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  thinking recently about how I love Tucson but I may never live here again ... survival as living things in the desert only can. Let the tattoo remind me of ... in the coming month, so I felt suddenly inspired to get one now. It

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  failing, and falling back on P/NR. Sometimes I just can’t find the ... take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I’m writing this of course. But I can’t find the motivation to study. The

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  itself clocking in at  3-4 Zelda OST, 2-3 Queen Songs The more I thought ... references and important concepts in my life, I found the units that defined my ... . How do you measure a year in the life?

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  .  As you can see from my bio, I am not from Massachusetts. In fact, this ... in April in recent years). Boston runs on Dunkin.  I feel like ... before, but for some of you, this was your first time. I also know that

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022