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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  , especially since I haven't been doing any of that (thinking, that is) for the ... ship it all the way across the country. But we do, so I started packing a few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  the notion that the school year is in full swing :- ... but hey, I didn ... the class or a 100 in the class. I'm not terribly crazy about chemistry ... I do. Well, the academic sort, anyway. ;-) Here's what I'm taking

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  how, until I realize that this is the same world where  “the waitress ... [/caption] Ed is a firm believer in the idea that every poem is a love poem ... , I found you in the dump!    Your heart is a clay pot whose

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  . As I mentioned above, I think the power in this report is that colleges ... it is a very strong report that will help prospective students and ... to do. In simple terms, we want students to pursue the things that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest ... . What I do have, however, is an insatiable desire for free goodies and t ... in, about what kind of company culture I like (hint: Google is awesome

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  conversation format as in exile but is a lot more murky in that I really can ... a story and I think it is really cool [annotation note="in today ... I've never been a natural All I do is try, try, try I'm still on

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  ...but dreams burn bright. To me, this is a decent description of how I see MIT ... There are a few questions that I've often wondered if people were ... . I have only a few days left in Switzerland (I will post pictures at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  do the Overnight Program? No, I'm sorry. I'm still very interested in ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  people that used to know me best. Around this time 3 years ago, I was a ... , I've started to see these years in a new light. I'm starting to feel ... write this, I found myself rehashing a perspective that I hadn't updated

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  high school, it didn't really feel all that different; there is a goal in ... no ceilings. And I could go on a long rant about how that feels ... classes I was interested in/ones that fulfilled requirements, I signed up

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  trigger built in; that for every person, there is a sentence that can reduce ... future, and what i need now is a more reliable way to ground myself in the ... the past few years that i wasn’t managing stress and uncertainty in a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the ... students who talk about taking "discreet math." Is this math that you do ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  though, to meet me, that is. You know where I live. Here a special shoutout ... is really cool for me, maybe I'll play a minutely important role in the ... excited about that and on that matter I think I'll put in a plug for MIT

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  "just trust that this works." But I like how this class had a flipped ... , they were like, "Dude, don't do it, that class is so hard." I also came ... , and aesthetics are not so interesting. But maybe I'm in a sentimental

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  things in college (missed)   Let’s say I want to learn how to do Pogo ... a bit gray and rainy sometimes. I don’t really mind that, and I do ... in June,[/annotation] which has been a while, but considering how many

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  entry was originally titled "Trimalchio in West Egg." About a month ago I ... to see what she's talking about--even though I live in a dorm with two ... Harvard to small highway to Watertown. MIT is in a prime location for you to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  the brightest white legs, and that's me. Hey, I work in a lab all summer ... best you can do is send in an application that reflects who you are ... Since I just finished a 5.60 problem set, my brain is approximately

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  general vibe is very modern and clean and shiny. Beyond that, though... I'm not sure it has a vibe yet. Seeing how new the dorm is, I thought I ... . I think this is widespread in New Vassar, actually. It's a very mixed

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... you have a smartphone? Understand that I didn't have a smartphone in ... like the idea of a "journal" -- a book just about what I do or feel every

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  Slam is held in a different exotic location in the US and, for the second time since I've been at MIT, that location is Boston! In fact, quite a ... asking, Nat?! What's a Poetry Slam?! How do you competitively read poetry

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013