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• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  gruel and I'd look in disgust at how they had ruined the very nice thing ... every direction before even leaving home. I'd watch in awe as Ellie would ... I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  not I like this new development in my life. I’ve always been a big proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  knew would be due in a few days. I got my forms signed, chatted with the ... how eventful it was....everything was sort of...boring. I woke up early ... adventures in Italy (which I still haven't told you about, man I'm bad at this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  was ten, and I was in fifth grade, and now I am twenty, and I am in ... . In many ways, I am now, since coming to MIT, more like my fifth grade ... did it. My grades aren't in yet, but I think I did it. At the start of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  that I would, in fact, be attending their school in the fall, I thought I ... and toasty back home in Oregon. I remember my first night walking back ... the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  because I was too afraid the narrative would escape me in the morning. One ... I would know when I really knew the meaning of this saying. Thinking ... until I found myself sorting laundry at 4 in the morning in the basement

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  about EA decisions being released next week. And I wanted to check in ... I come home each night and tell my wife over dinner how lucky I am, because I never seem to pick boring applications out of the pile. In fact, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... and how it works, I've found it difficult to figure out how to use that ... how to get to it is really satisfying. Additionally, I like the two

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  coincidence that would never happen again, or whatever. And now that I'm almost ... is cross section of my semester in screen shots. 1) I hit exactly $0 ... ordering the Indian food I have open in another tab. Peace out, cub scouts.

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  that anything in particular triggers it. I'll be sitting in front of my ... , filling my body like helium. All the energy would leave me and I'd lie on my bed, staring into space, thinking about how worthless I felt, or how

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  ) where I got to meet a bunch of cool MIT alums (some of whom actually read these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I ... 6 a cappella groups. In true MIT spirit it got hacked (see pic below

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  University. I was thrilled, here would be my first chance to learn in an ... world. I remember the days when my mom would ask 7-year-old me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I would tell her about my plans to traverse

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  days, I would be the only one in office hours. But I ended up learning so ... -inducing, so I would recommend this class for people interested in this area! ... . Right now, I'm sitting in Hayden Library, watching the sun sink over the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I ... like though! At MIT, I have explored areas that I never have before in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  how i managed to slide in"]seniors[/annotation]. i'm starting to gestate ... to already, or how many i'm going to frantically apply to in the week ... while and i'm really excited to finally be in it. i was a bit irritated by

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  i guess this would usually be the time of year that there’d be blog ... lot of time thinking about you over the next few days. i wonder how all ... powerless. i wish love was the kind of thing i could package in a box and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  . Who would have thought I'd need to remember how to do things like ... year (or next year, or in five years... whatever, I don't discriminate ... 's one thing I hate in this world, it's physics). So, applicants, gripe

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  good thing. How else would I have learned about bioengineering? Fast ... When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer ... surgeries and hold a defribillator in my hands and say "Clear!" As a kid, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  less than stellar. I sat in my assigned seat at a table next to Jennifer ... making the final cut. This is not how my college applications went. I was completely myself without any pretense of normality, and I was sure that would

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014