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  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  how I was going to represent those episodes on a plate. In the weeks it ... to figure out how to use it. In this project, I knew I wanted to focus ... childhood shows like SpongeBob or Dora. A lot of channels I had access to in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  they might get in. I said I'd of course tell them to take a shot and see ... , like a misunderstanding about whether MIT students have to live in a dorm ... love of my life. And choosing not to choose (in this case, staying in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... sailing photos, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to bring ... 'll write about the final product soon! (8) Because we get cool toys to play

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  video game metaphor was easiest to conceptualize in comic form, so enjoy all the references... including a couple cheesy direct nods to MIT amongst the autobiographical brainbarf in which the monsters are classes and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  the Charles for the 4th of July, and argued endlessly about how to prove ... the MIT bubble. People flock to San Francisco or stay in Cambridge and ... organizational snafus. I told myself I was trying to jump back in to school too

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  to be in a startup, like a new burgeoning start-up that’s trying to get its foot in the door, get its bright shiny idea to actually work. Of ... wanted to spend 12 hours on 2.009 in one sitting again. [carousel image1

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  ? Would you even see it? How would you react to it? Maybe, even if you had ... , but because in their worlds, they never have to practice that ability ... --look not much different from a green apple to those who live in the grayscale

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  seemed to be, “I feel like I would get different results if I took this test in a different mood”, which to me highlights a key flaw in any kind ... to “better manage” people in workplaces or worse, while hiring people

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  ? There surely has to be some foil to show how deeply enamored we are with ... 40 minutes just in case it starts to burn down. [carousel image1 ... to hall, but Winnie was right. It took an hour to get everyone packed

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  worries in a tangled cloud around me. I'm trying to sort through them one at ... of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... in nostalgia, to bask in the carefree memories, to avoid facing the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  and pretending that you’re battling demons in order to get a better pump ... Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick 2AM lift often turn to their in-building fitness facilities instead

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  was in desperate need of some de-stressing) then came back to Cambridge ... most beautiful places to visit in England for a reason! The charming town ... dinner held at different colleges where students need to dress in formal

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  how algebraic expressions change in response to change in their ... .424, information theory. The other seminar topics we get to choose from are real ... -depth explorations of the topics of our final presentations. In 18.304, I got to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  projects turn out, and not all grants get accepted. In order to succeed you ... lead to a lot more than an admissions decision. If you get in on ... that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  , we always went to Shanghai, Nanjing, or Hangzhou, always somewhere in ... China, I was four years old. We arrived in Shanghai and went straight to ... would also say to me, in Amharic (the national language of Ethiopia), “we

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  desperately wanted to distinguish myself in some way, but I always felt that she ... exploded with laughter in the middle of my physics lecture as soon as i saw ... if you know either Nisha or me in real life—even tangentially

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  watching (i.e. water polo), it was hard to know how good MIT's varsity teams ... first students to arrive in the fall and practice twice per day before the ... full schedule during soccer season actually helps her to get more work

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  response to “how” is that it was facilitated by parents and their connections ... (which can also be read “what is the minimum that I need to do”) in order ... generated by pbnify.com[/caption] In a rant post many years ago, I referenced

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to ... ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... nothing to do with you. I’m making this point because getting rejected from

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016