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  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  , which means heading to Copytech for 10 minutes a week and as a result ... 've helped out in admissions. And I wasn't even looking for these jobs--I just ... , or some guy raised his hand in recitation and asked for a note

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  A month and a half ago, a 450-seat lecture hall at MIT filled with people, and those peopled filled with eagerness, then silence, then ... are a lot more people who want to reach for that vision with me, because

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  least if, like me, you're a fan of both productivity hacks and science ... a case) Spotify (for background music) I split Safari and Sublime ... fall asleep ...and that's basically my life, 5-6 days a week, for much

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... you may have at MIT that involve hacks. And so with that, a quick primer ... , weird statues, a 3-4-5 triangle building, Kresge, the Green Building, and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  wasn’t very reasonable with him at first and refused for a while. But ... sleeping and eating right and making a little time for being with friends ... summer visiting China, UROP-ing for Mediated Matter with two weeks at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  , Christians. One has navy-blue hair. She plays the guitar and sings with a navy ... three floors above me sings a song she wrote for Matthew and for Christina ... A cold and biting wind claws its way across campus, and a motley

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  was lined with trees and a path of white arches, which looked like they ... and always falling short. Eventually we’ll walk out with a deep understanding of our fields, a fantastic tolerance for failure and late nights

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  with me past midnight trying (and failing) to build a snowman. I’m sorry ... communication skills for prefrosh. I didn’t do too well and had to take a CI ... , terming the disorder a mystery both to the onlookers and the affected

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  floor of building 3 with a graduate student and we were both working ... that and began writing this post with a heavy heart. … Monday, April 15 ... say with confidence that this is a peaceful and loving city. When I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  later, I woke up at 3 pm after sleeping for 14 hours. With my eyes wide ... looked around my room. Messy for the past month, it was cluttered with ... long talks with friends. I hadn't done anything for the last few days and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  ) spending three hours with a bunch of other nerds and a stack of pizza boxes ... and I said "MIT," I got a lot of blank looks. My school was in a small ... exhibits, sit in on a sea turtle surgery, and play with the octopus. The

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  walking motion, and looks way more like a natural human gait than Asimo does ... brushing my teeth and washing my face, throwing on clothes, fussing with my frizzy hair (quite overdue for a wash day by now), giving up on it, rushing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  other--they both responded with equal and opposite awkwardness. As you ... different from what they wanted or expected, on both a physical and emotional ... . Take this seriously, so that you know what to look for--for yourself and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  students for dialogue. Some lure us with cookies and tea. Others with pizza ... surprise and a victory over the demons of laze. It came when all my socks ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  with a family in my first few months at MIT and for being home to many ... is a Cook-For-Yourself dorm, which makes dorms with [annotation note="a ... , TT was a lot. Every time someone advocated for us and some of our

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  cause and effect, a demand for precision, and a powerful curiosity about ... aid:a) Fill out the APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL AID and send it directly ... for a student’s “principal recent school and community activities and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  I've been blacksmithing for just shy of a year. This fall, I took 3.096: Architectural Ironwork, a class which not only counts as both 2-A credit and HASS ... ![/caption] The fourth one experiments with leaves (a success!) and twists on a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  to survive college and maybe even leave with a degree and some shreds ... hadn't slept. And it was the 3rd time this week. So my schedule was a ... confuse luck with law, and assume that I deserved anything but an F on both

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  . Sheets, a comforter, and pillows and pillowcases. Your room might come with ... only a sleeping bag (good for retreats or sleepovers) and had their ... with a $200 discount for being a college student, as well as a rebate on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  doors and streets fill with crowds looking for late night entertainment ... exploration. Armed with an all-powerful MBTA Pass (with unlimited trips for a ... ,” Faneuil Hall (with Quincy Market), Downtown Boston’s prime location for a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015