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  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  to make a long story short, my senior year, I decided to start a ... commute killah. Need to be on a bus/train/plane for a long time, but not ... support worker. But a microphone is a suprisingly handy thing to have – it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an ... students. We have a position called historian whose job it is to do research ... the oldest floorpi graduate I knew, Charles T. '10. This lead to a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  Flashback to about a month ago, when Chris sent an email to all the ... to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later ... -lived time capsule, which was actually pretty fun to delve into for a couple

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... Engineering?" It's funny, because I remember going to a choice of major fair in ... to work on a double major, pursue other interests, or, if you're like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  drawing me back to a cycle of self-blame, taking root in my head and placing ... a pass/no record grading system across the board. I have to admit that ... most of the work I had to do, putting myself in a pretty good spot when

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  sequel (or what I thought would be a sequel) to 6.046, design and analysis ... , and I built a bookshelf with Cory to hold our disassembled Legos. After ... heart, even if it wasn't a good idea, and it's hard to transition to the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  't have the time or energy to write a huge post about this, but here's some ... middle of a semester can be hard, sometimes, due to scheduling and school ... it, and I wish I'd gotten a chance to do this earlier. Costuming and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  , I made a separate Instagram account to serve two dozen followers split ... that are relatively unprocessed. I would be doing readers a disservice to ... the river multiple times a month with the singular intention to go to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  new journeys. But as I get ready to start a new journey of my own, I ... example to all and lived a beautiful, full life. These are some snippets from my last conversation with him, which I was so lucky to film about a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  been able to take a photo with truly everyone in it ^^; And of course, I'm a blogger, and have gotten to know a little of the administrative side ... community. I look forward to being a sort of big sister to my student groups

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... fourth floor. We have a beautiful view, and three large windows to watch it ... to cut them. Place the potato (or equivalent) and garlic cloves in a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  questions intentionally designed to help us get to know the student as a real person. But this isn’t a blog about how to write a college essay. If you ... learn so much about all of you, so I thought it was our turn to share a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  . I drive an orange 2005 Nissan Murano, which is to say a short, squat ... , there’s a perfectly flat surface from the hatchback to the front seat ... to look like a chic tiny home. For further reading: Stephi Lee on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  again. There is a tunnel from lobby 7 to the basement of W20. Farther ... the rocks are starting to melt. A group of identical Sloan students in ... . ‘18 It is 5 am. You are startled awake by the answer to a pset problem

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  Israel: http://benbellinisrael.wordpress.com/ I was trying to think of a ... I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... early afternoon to see the sights. There are a few attractions to the town

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  for those who were just curious as to what a decent college application ... , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don ... a good day. Most of their parents are middle to upper class, working

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  [annotation note="Anyone with a bad idea can apply to receive the resources and ... of ingredients turns into a mountain of cookies[/caption] To make a ... chocolate chips, in addition to a ton of baking powder, baking soda, salt

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  who's a better writer, and I just took the opportunity to razz him about ... Fair. The fair is held every year at MIT, and Adam's award (a trip to a ... According to my hit counter as well as by raw comment count, my entry

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  became a conscious idea in my mind. It is almost absurd to think that the ... kind of hard. It’s only been a few days, and it’s hard to process how I ... from 5 to 7 pm is spent out on a turf field. Nearly every Wednesday is a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  I tried to create this video as something I'd want to hear as a ... always-inspirational things to say. Here are a couple of my blog posts that ... bloggers, but I can't link to all the posts here. They're just a quick search

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014