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• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  public a LOT of times: for MIT Monologues, where I wrote and memorized an 8 ... love everything that’s going on — the classes I’m signed up for, in ... In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  for us to be able to do anything in the fall semester. Unfortunately ... occupational safety."]MIT EHS[/annotation] to prep for build in the fall, which ... Haunt that we run for the frosh. In essence, because so much stuff is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  them was a big step for me in my origami design journey, and this ... in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... semester), but now I have a brand new batch of internship origami for your

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  , but it's definitely more for people who write longer posts. The check-ins ... photoshop Jeremy's avatar to look more like Eminem. The level of activity in ... , unfortunately I am not going to post an ad for your startup on my blog). It makes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  building wells in an Ethiopian village, or something simple, like watching a ... hits all seniors at different times: seeing friends for maybe the last ... adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  's tempered by the fact that I look so outstandingly bad in all of them. Still ... professors that, in order to make up for not having a problem set one week ... DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in ... brook on each side in an emerald meadow spotted with summertime flowers

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  importantly, we're all here for each other. Well, I decided that regardless of ... from Bentley University and started an Indiegogo campaign to feed 100 homeless people in Boston this Thanksgiving. We partnered with a homeless

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  ’ll provide an excerpt of that excerpt here, where, in describing his outdoorsy ... countryside to escape the Boston bubble for a few days. I’m in a club called ... Last Friday in my [annotation note = "my first-year humanities

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  . [annotation note="In the end I'm confident this was the right choice for me, but ... This summer, I became obsessed with climbing. Climbing is an exercise in creativity and fitness originating from a very simply defined

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  ? Heroes: Is Mr. Bennet (Claire's father) good or evil? In an earlier ... for your mind, not your body. Look at the bright side: unlike the real ... stressful! So we agree, we are all stressed. For this entry I propose that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official ... an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an ... (located in the MIT application portal) after you submit your MIT Quest
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home-academic life happens round the clock in the kitchen, over food and homework and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  -based classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active role in their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top ... Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  fixed. For three straight weekends in June, I went on hikes. My road ... again, without a need for always trying to better oneself — in essence ... this. i've always tried to strive for happiness in the present, and it

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  't stifling. Today was stifling. Today was sauna in an oven on the sun. Sweat ... for the meeting, however, so we stopped by the side of the road to look ... 've ever experienced, save for surviving Mt. Fuji and flying an airplane

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or ... , your career path, or, in this blog post, your home for the next four ... choose it for yourself and that you choose it for reasons you believe in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  . For reference, there are 525,600 minutes in a year. Congratulations to ... , with an impressive 132-day listening streak for The Smiths. That's almost ... we've all been awaiting anxiously for so long... The fall final exam

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  didn’t want to spoil it for anyone. in my last group therapy session ... ... being a high schooler is tough, man. being a high schooler in an online ... where it lives in my mind and peering at what lies within. some of this

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  , although the only evaluation for Cambridge occurs at the end of the year in ... have preparing for quals in grad school -- your knowledge needs to be ... are expected to master the fundamentals for serious research as an

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008