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• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  'd stay up until 2 a.m. in hopes that we'd get to see a sliver of change ... how much effort I put into my classes, I can't seem to get a result that ... effort I put in to make a change. How long can I hope that this time

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  way to the Kendall T-station. Let me give you an idea of exactly how ... used to say, “Walk in like you own the place.” Marching through the ... move very far away (Boston). Before coming to MIT, I had lived in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Get Animated A holiday comic.

  

  A random highlight of some holidays is getting emailed the latest comic from my friend and former apartment-mate Jen '01. Here's her comic ... Jennifer's Comics. Jen is also a fantastic baker -- if you want to drool

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  . Wondering if you have space to squeeze in an astronomy elective? Add it to a CourseRoad and see how it fits! Want to see what it’s like to be Course < ... ... … which, due to a bug in the system, wasn’t actually mine at all, but

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  about how to address certain longstanding dynamics in the house that ... and a number of faculty, staff, and alumni in work to promote personal ... appreciation for the position we are in given our responsibility to provide all

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  important deadlines approach, everyone hops in to get the task done. Also ... " or "comparison" it can get tricky!  Finally, in order to test the ... ) program gives MIT undergrads a chance to do meaningful research in cutting

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the ... schedule, or the work that needs to get done, but it does mean I never have a ... things scheduled, then. Good that I know how to fill my weeknights and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  currently in Manhattan trying to find my bearings and eat as much cheap food ... apartment in Hell's Kitchen a mile from Times Square. I can't say how much ... how much time I've spent finding new places in the city. Everything is

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  an avocado that's getting a little ripe, it's much better to eat the ... hosed. Like fire hose. In my face. Get the picture? Oh right, pictures ... 's generally the same day they're passed out. That means you get one week to

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  like, socially. And no matter how I try to frame it in my mind, making ... Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the [annotation ... dorms was an experience in and of itself. In trying to figure out who

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  get shot in the parking lot. So I wasn't expecting people to come out to ... part of the line was confined to "Hmm, I wonder how many people are in ... and get right down to business. What's happened since you last heard

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  strategy so you never want to visit their website or see their logo ever ... have been helpful in exposing me to new concepts to think about and ... --rare and funny to see so many professors in a room bantering. jamelle bouie

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  . Usually I'd mention how you have to wait to get off the plane but this seat ... , or FR) This is the seat you'll probably get if you check in late and it ... . Have to store all of your luggage in the overhead bins, annoying if you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  is good news! It means you still have time to get some summer reading ... actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of ... learned how to eat.” Hmm, it is a good book. But I’m still eating cupcakes

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... just got back from my second visit to the beautiful town of Punta Cana in ... ! The first time is absolutely terrifying...but you get used to it. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  's been very friendly and generous, going out of their way to include me in ... context to lend. The hardest part about this work is getting up around 7AM ... , so basically, applying technology to the analysis and optimization of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  grad student for a while. At minimum two years, even more if I get in to ... academia. It's really hard to get in to the Media Lab and I may not be ... you get funded for the degree). Apply to jobs in the real world

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  interests to get in and stay in shape. For the PFA, the goal is excellence, as ... . Cadets may also get the chance to ride in a fighter jet (typically an F-15 ... more job specific training. And, of course, you’re allowed to stay in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  't know if I would get in or not) and I applied to some places where I was ... to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  'm just getting lazy and set in my ways in my old age. Last night Adam and ... , though, because I'm not really getting to the heart of the issue. Spaghetti ... suggestions as to the application process? How was it when you applied? How is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005