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• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  ’ve got a bajillion things to do. And today, I will not finish all of them ... as a freshman in high school. She is me at the core. She is enough to ... was something you wanted to experience. A good, hearty challenge? Being

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  , so these types of games are always a lot of fun to play in.  Best ... , we rented out an airbnb in Maine to spend a weekend together. I have ... a typical day, I wake up at 9:00 AM to get ready for the day. Before

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  , which is important because you have to write a thesis to graduate ... Opportunities Program - a way to do research for pay, credit, or as a volunteer ... get a UROP in EAPS - generally all you need to do is find a professor

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  recommended and which appears to be important for admissions. Would I, as a ... For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... without a formal AP class. You may want to annotate those exams in some way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  anyway. Also, read to the end for a really special surprise :) Things I originally wanted to do during IAP: A micro-internship at a civil ... internship took up a lot of time, okay? Anyway, to the [annotation note

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  mechanical engineering, I made a point to have a more relaxing IAP while still ... back now, so that's great! Though I have to work a little more on ... SIGGRAPH only comes once a year, so the time leading up to it is quite hectic

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  Dance at Duke, gave a profound lecture to a rapt and engaged audience. He ... 'm qualified to be here because I am a black man in America, and that does not ... 'm not here to get you to buy a CD. I don't care if you come to my next

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This ... they felt. Next semester, when the freshman class switches over to A ... friends from high school to catch up over a solid In-N-Out burger, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  officer, I think that I would have had fun trying to be a journalist. I like ... a chance to hear what she had to say about her experiences at MIT ... Valley with a population over 4,000 students. How did you get to MIT? I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  traditions are a way of transferring spiritual energy from the speaker to the ... in a week of widespread nausea, largely because i kept expecting to ... . similarly, there was a period in college where i was focused on trying to find

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  choking hazard to young children. Blahaj is a meter long, nearly body pillow ... to perform what’s called a holy trinity, a move usually done with a ... you a Blahaj enjoyer? Do you have a baby who wants to meet new shork

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  BUT ultimately led to a lot of frustration because that's when I got a ... more important to heal than to try to train and re-injure myself ... (I had submitted my 2 weeks notice 2 weeks prior).  I had a few days to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  wanted to talk to me as a homeschooler. At some point, the organizer got ... friends later forced him to go to law school. And there were a couple of MIT ... to groovy concerts with! When you were a prospective frosh, were there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  , erased and redrew, over and over again. I remember taking a ruler to add ... a major at MIT my freshman year, I had come to believe that precision ... emerged from my search with a surprising decision, choosing to change my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  (growth mindset!) and I needed to figure out a way to represent this that ... decided to go with a middle of the road paint brand, not the cheapest but ... room being able to see my planning. So often, when you move into a room

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  , you have my permission to put down your AP study books and take a look ... Hockfield sent a note to program director Ed Crawley, saying "I greatly ... trying to invent a different way to make the helium blimps they saw race

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  was pronounced Co-op (rhymes with low hop). I got to MIT and all of a ... into the bookstore, getting a refund at the end of the year equal to 7 ... to the important stuff. The Coop at MIT is one of my favorite stores

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  new information about my life just dropped [ from the archive ] roses, thorns, and buds

  

  committee GSD a while back, Jinhee W. ‘26 decided to switch it up. She instead ... new. To be completely honest, I don’t exactly get what a bud is – some ... , Missouri, to Cambridge. The 18 hour drive was a massive undertaking (mostly

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • February 21, 2026
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  muscles tremble at the end of a workout, when you’ve pushed to the edge of ... while living in my car, to shower — but I never hit a solid routine. A guy ... , since you couldn’t skip a workout and promise to make it up the next day

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  allowance" to incoming students, I decided to apply that money to a new laptop ... for me, this means that I have a ton of data analysis to do. Basically ... people mention enough to prospective scientists -- a decent percentage of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006