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• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  , whatever. Anyway, I want to know - how hard is MIT? Because I keep hearing it ... think it's kind of hard. OH, CHRIST. I HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING IN." (I ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... check if Lupe was in his office. I went to the fourth floor of building 14

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  I guess there are some things in life you can’t control. For me (and ... , everything would be TERRIBLE and I would be SCREWED. But that didn’t happen ... the Charles river. If you ever find yourself on campus, I would highly

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  on the old boat. In fact she was rather demanding, although I must say ... rummaging about in the archives of the Bodleian I had found an old map of ... paintings I have ever seen, complete with ancient inscriptions in a mysterious

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  love for Clay Aiken. I mean, how else would he hear you except during a ... hesitant about seeing good old Clay in concert. I mean, look at this: Now ... Doves Cry.. I'd heard this like a dozen times in the car driving up to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... little Christmas tree in front of the Student Center. I saw this snowman ... attendance. In case it is confusing why I should care about this, I work in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  , I decided to focus instead on Education. I was planning to work in the ... major options left. And now I’m (almost) officially a double major in ... ’s exciting too. UROP Project: How to Fail Six Imaginary Students In out

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  for two summers when I was a kid), but I would usually always stay in ... family in Nagano and Kyoto; I would go to karaoke bars and firework shows ... and internships in Japan!!"]MISTI Japan program[/annotation]. I was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... important task in my life, such as a semester, ends, and I am adrift

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  read." Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince would soon be released. I ... . Even the dome was in the mood to celebrate the release of book 6. I ... instead of in my room, I spent my evening reading the book sitting on the

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  would end most days unhappy about how I had spent it. Many of the long ... , albeit in the top 1000 most used words in the English language. I tried to ... the older bloglums give their updates that I decided to post too. In

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live ... honest, I got to know the other people in my seminar but I didn't really ... professor both personally and professionally. How else would you find out that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  ? At least for me, I would be so excited that I could barely sleep the ... , my backpack would be loaded with paper and colored pencils, and I ... changed a bit, though not as much as you would think. In preparation for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  engaging in social activities would have felt pretty lonely. More broadly, I ... intelligence)."]6 and 18[/annotation] at MIT! In high school, I loved browsing ... about how MIT students spent their days in classes, clubs, or hobbies, so

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  stuffed full in my brain. At this point, I had realized just how stressful ... sleep, how I would avoid COVID, when I would get to Boston, if I had ... everything that I’d done wrong in the airport, and how I could have fixed it

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... Spencer '07 in a 654-seat theater. That's a lot of seats. Now, I have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  than the norm. i think i would like to live in boston - i like boston a ... i mentioned this in my previous blog post about LA, but let me ... sleep in till 7:45"]i usually leave at 7:33 to catch the 7:51 bus

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  would win in a fight: James Bond or Wolverine? "I'm sitting in lab right ... Jean Grey vaporized him in X3. That was awesome. Also, I like how at the ... how I started this entry three days ago but sometime betwee now and then

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  be smart and I knew how much I liked the people in the admissions ... terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in admissions. To tell the truth, I didn’t know one could have a career in

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  next time I was in a hackathon, I would finish the project no matter what ... that uses it. One of the most interesting companies I've seen in this ... MIT for years, but I still haven't competed in one. So I figured Hack

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017