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• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  in quarantine, and I will tell her about Boston: how I wasn’t prepared ... masks. I hadn't been to that park in forever, which isn’t all that surprising, given that I’ve only lived in Tucson half the year. My cousins

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  open-book like how it used to be. You know what would happen? I would ... the way that MIT changed my brain. And I would turn that test in blank ... fixed. For three straight weekends in June, I went on hikes. My road

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  to interact with it in a big way, I wouldn’t have come to MIT. I would ... rocky Appalachians. I was all over the place. The meditation camp in New ... . Happy. And that above is mostly how I felt. Then I went back to Mc

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 ... 've got to say I would've rather served myself instead of being served. We

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  video, I couldn’t help dreaming about how I would use the tool, and how ... platforms: How can we present content in the most intriguing way? How do we ... automatically score them? How can we organize and visualize data in a way that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done ... worked out okay. In 2014, we denied another student, whom I'll call CT. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  , that pursuing skating and MIT meant I would be subpar in both, not able ... ankle the week before, and wasn't sure how much I would be able to perform ... pursue the sport. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, how I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  would finally realize how stupid I was and how misguided they had been to ... as chances to clarify misunderstandings and learn how I could improve ... updates and discuss what you’ll do in the coming week. I’ve been fortunate

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  honesty I don’t think I would have noticed my school's lack in drive if I ... high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or ... early morning emails telling me where I might have potential flaws in my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  all the (hopefully) awesome entries I'll be putting up in the next few ... decided to go to MIT. In some ways, I am still surprised I got in to MIT ... mistake and make sure it doesn't happen again. (Ask me how I know.) Sorry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  . firstly, people mostly take classes in only their own major. i had the ... holes. so an example of a not-complete space would be rational numbers. i ... and then, there would be no limit point for this sequence in the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  dream in which i miss[annotation note="i'm leaving in eight days, next ... is painted blue; i feel deliciously underwater."]open my eyes[/annotation]in ... in six minutes anyway. 9.24 - 9.35 am: i check my email and catch up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen ... ." the 2018s were all in your place last year. i spent the whole of ... to you. the most important aspect of a college is how well you fit in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  hour every day. I take the whole hour and spend it complaining about how ... until eight, I saw someone running outside in a t-shirt. She looked rather ... the little things that I'm pumped about, in no particular order: I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  ." I noticed that it had to be in by February 9 or I would suffer a $40 fine, so I figured there'd be no harm in doing it tonight. A few moments ... MIT. How does that feel." Now, in my mind I know that it was a long time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  heart soaring. I’ve suddenly found myself busier than ever. In the past ... until a month ago. Whenever I thought about career stuff, I would freeze ... on, but when the direct funding deadline passed and I had nothing in my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  'll probably bump into more people i know. i'm not sure how i'll handle that. in ... there was this time three weeks ago, when i was still living in baker ... front of the house. i think that was the first time in five months that i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  rfong style, I celebrated by buying a 14oz teapot. Just kidding. In even ... Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages ... in. Where am I, anyways? Second excuse: I started working for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  junior year of high school I would look at major requirements and think of ... .[/annotation] So imagine me flabbergasted when I learn that in addition to all the ... "]HASS requirement,[/annotation] MIT is [annotation note="I actually have no idea how

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  about interdisciplinary research in the life sciences. Now, I'm back in ... would you admit?" I never answer questions like that, because we don ... individual merits. Maybe they'd both get in. Maybe neither would get in. And of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004