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  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  It’s been 3.5 years since I came to the United States from Nigeria ... , Mediterranean, Ethiopian--and as a self-proclaimed foodist, it’s been one of my ... country’s honor in backdrops of explosions. It was awesome.   6

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  ’d imagine belongs to two MIT grads and a master’s student:   Here, on the ... stove is on a different fuse, and for that we are very lucky. Here’s how ... disagree, even though the directions are written on the box, but it’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  ," the Faculty Houses. The dorm's name of '93 would last for ... , which is also the older one: there's never been a point at which ... great copy of the photo, but here's what did come out: (Click to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  School’s done a first-rate job on making me feel like an outcast for it. “You can get a fee waiver once you give us a copy of your parent’s 1040 ... ’t consider my school’s administration supportive or welcoming. My family felt

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  even wanting it to. And maybe occasionally there’s still people on the ... you would do--it’s more concerning if someone has a plan than just a ... eventually, I went to a slot at Let’s Chat, a program started at MIT fairly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  with my friend Tom to meet some of our former teachers. It’s been a while ... school’s been through during the COVID quarantine and the years following ... where I came from anymore. If there’s one major takeaway I got from high

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  occasionally shop for bok choy and Asian pears, but I don’t think it’s known for ... with Doordash, but honestly, it’s a nice walk or Red Line ride.'].7 miles ... Daily Table’s product volume came from manufacturers and growers that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  learning their parents’ language. The second sort of child liked their family’s ... ’t Denver’s problem, even though the area we lived in wasn’t very diverse, but ... unresponsible! Why would she curl such a small child’s hair?” She couldn’t tell I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  ’m having mixed feelings about. On one hand, it’s miserable to be consumed by ... each and every one of them. Last week’s 6.004 lab was literally designing ... - encrypting and decrypting them by hand. The work isn’t a chore; it’s a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  shots), not by proximity to the bull’s eye. Usually I aimed at the bull’s ... with my glasses on. This time I aimed at the bottom of the bull’s eye, at ... . It was my first time aiming below the bull’s eye. At this point I was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  can relate to passages like this: There’s this feeling that no matter ... better, you’re not good enough. You’re a slacker, you’re stupid…There’s stress and there’s shame and there’s insecurity. There’s something to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  the next four (or three or five) years, wherever here is. That’s not very long. It’s going to be as important, as fun, and as life-changing as ... friends I did have were friends from high school or my mom’s students. I don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  went to the nearby CVS and bought one of the DVD’s that was on sale. The ... stop (along with everyone else’s, I’m sure) for just a second. After 2 ... the most eloquent moment of my life, but I think that’s okay. The end

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  easily because of the glare. And that’s why I’m out here, primarily: to ... will ever say that these decisions are easy, but I think it’s important ... comparing more sunny days to how well you fit with the people? It’s not even

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  members of the Nominations Committee of the Undergraduate Association (MIT’s ... ’t mean that our job was done; because our policy impacted MIT’s Rules and ... change. Maybe fewer people showed up to this year’s forum because of Zoom

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  means that it’s difficult to make broad claims about having a single “personality” across all circumstances. On 'funness', I love Elissa’s opinion on ... know it’s stupid”, which sums up my own opinion pretty well too. There’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  my UROP research at another university’s undergraduate research ... of mine who lived in Lauren’s dorm, offered to walk me back. He had ... what’s the trigger?” He asked. “I don’t know. I just feel guilty

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  actually kept 8 hours consistently throughout because that’s at least what I ... another semester to finish. I know I need to reach out to my s³ dean and the ... humbled me so much, this semester. I don’t know what’s going on in the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  Shasta. My sister’s Bolivian mother-in-law taught me how to make batido ... :20,” (end stop) to “The last sentence of Dostoevsky’s White Nights was ... in the family: the thirteen-year-old boy stroking his father’s beard

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  , you have to understand that it’s important to read beyond just all of ... repair results of your specific cut topology? I mean it’s your precious ... -branches, mechanisms, and implications. It’s also really important that you don’t have a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015