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  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  importantly, it's a chance for these youngsters to forget about difficult times at home for just a little while and to immerse themselves in pure camp ... 've already been working really hard to make this year's camp a great success

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  and set-up had all led up to a two-hour performance, and i really didn ... amount of homework to do. i have a weird and unhealthy tendency to keep ... also a lot of fun. warming up to a Yung Gravy song might've been my peak

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  pursue a career in advertising, then you might be able to find someplace ... all: What are you going to study? Would a degree from MIT really be ... need to decide on a major (sometime during sophomore year) and then study

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first ... east coast to a state you’ve never set foot in. But on the other hand ... -on suitcase, and a newly purchased MIT sweatshirt that I probably wore to school

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep ... I’m traveling to a country that has none of my family members in it ... that emigrate to South Africa, a Chinese restaurant owner in Addis Ababa

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  [Guest Post] How to get paid to be funny by Abby S. '26

  

  starts with a now MIT alum who introduced me to the wonders of the De ... considered the most incredible event ever to happen at MIT—a giveaway of 1000 ... Fund for Humor is to "impress students with the importance of humor in

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 31, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a ... actually were given a 15 minute talk in the bus about how to behave while not ... hundreds of companies come and court hundreds of students. It's a time when

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  want to also talk a little about my experience being Course 18 and how it ... subject of this blog post. It’s important to note that there are significant ... to a problem like the one from class, but with different numbers. After

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  on how important it is to rest. It's a nice change of environment and ... her blog post, I'm also trying to make a more conscious effort to catch ... 've been to DC three times before this summer: once on a middle school field

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  procrastinating! A few answers to common questions: Please remember that if anything important happens after the deadline, you can always mail, email or ... app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  piano a satisfaction in being able to play decently well, surprisingly, after years of not having practiced; a continuous panic to try and reduce ... of desperation as you get closer and closer to the end of the day; a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

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

  important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy ... to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... selective a college was because I knew that some would be harder to get into

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks ... -selling author, though, he's a pretty busy guy. We were pretty lucky to get him for a whole day until he flew down to New York City to appear on The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  unlikely to have a real, direct impact. MIT gave me that outlet. Here, I can ... don't think of or look to the UA as a mechanism for solving them. I ... as a senator from East Campus) was to provide the kind of example for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  (universities, etc) -- some have a particular amount of time allotted to X ... example, and a zillion astronomers who want to collect data with it; during ... , and it occurred to me that this was a very legitimate scientific project

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  bike lane etiquette and DON'T WALK IN THE BIKE LANE.

  

  Texan mind could barely comprehend using anything but a car to get around ... (I've got a whole playlist dedicated to just that), with a backpack, in ... ="126911" image5="126914" image6="126912" /] I'll take a moment here to bring up

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • July 21, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  to be employed in the future. (And is a fully hardworking, productive ... to survive a "heck week": rarely. To experience a bad patch at MIT is ... agree on. To experience several bad patches week after week is a surefire

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  these regions with much more immediately important things to worry about ... @mit.edu. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get ... Southeast. Meanwhile, according to ReliefWeb, there is flooding across Latin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... post-graduation fun. Of course you will have a supervisor to ask ... ): "Earlier this summer a had the opportunity to travel to Israel with 21 other

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  . I took a moment to evaluate my options. There were all sorts of ... me to skate on. I tried going left, skating for a while to see if there ... to the right? *skate skate skate skate* Woo-hoo! A bridge! I skated

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008