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  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  ). But for those of you rolling your eyes and thinking right now I'm some ... 's a thrilling one. I'm still putting on the polish, but I'm very excited

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  ironic now. This is why I'm going to be cremated when I die and have my ... where my college ranks on any of these lists, I'm pretty lucky. In the ... is trying to kill you. I'm pretty lucky. Stay tuned for two pictures

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  Jessie L. '07 I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog by ... Ceri R. '16 Memories by Latasha Boyd 6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a ... a human doing by Caroline M. '18 In which I am somehow still an MIT

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  big cities alike. As you can probably tell by the fact that I’m writing for, well, MIT Admissions, things didn’t go the way I’d planned. I’m ... . And I’m very happy I made that choice. But that didn’t mean my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  ."]where you want to live.[/annotation] This year, I'm serving as one of the two ... help organize and put on all these events. I'm also newly a ... !"]sophomore[/annotation]and as I drive to MIT for Year 2 (I'm writing this in the car :D), I can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  been able to take a photo with truly everyone in it ^^; And of course, I'm ... (and no, I'm not at all Latina lol) by cooking with Spanish House which ... well I know them, actually, and that they might think I'm weird

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  usually go in the back door when I'm late but today, TODAY for reasons still ... I hit him with a door. HIM: AAHH!! ME: OH! Oh. UH. SORRY. Sorry. I'm really sorry. Are you okay? HIM: Yeah. Sorry about that. ME: No no, I'm

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  made of glass this term. I'm leaving MIT! It's totally sad. I just walk around and I'm like, "Oh no! It's the last time ever I'm going to forget to ... my model. I will indeed be taking zero units at MIT next term, since I'm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  that I'm not very good at Course 6, and as a result, not very good at ... paragraphs and sentences depending on what type of company I'm applying to. I ... interviews are my worst nightmare. I'm not very good at thinking through coding

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  of you who were will know what I’m talking about. The universes within ... by James M. Cain - This is a novella, and was originally published in ... I ran out of time to read at all, let alone in Japanese. I’m

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Gryffindor INFJ O: 93%; C: 75%; E: 58%; A: 68%; N: 43% Type 1 wing 5 "I'm too ... same personality type as Iron Man. I'm ok with this.” Joel G. ‘18 ... %), neuroticism - high (58%) Type 4 wing 5 On being INFJ: “i'm no mother teresa or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  becoming less and less invested in classes during her time at MIT. I'm not ... , I visited pika with my friend Caroline M '18 and Michelle (the blogger ... 't anticipated her interest in economics. I'm the same--I did not take a single

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  vs. Yale nor application acceptance rates for any school. (Again, I’m ... mostly, I had a lot of luck. I’m lucky that I had people who inspired me ... formaldehyde to emphasize learning by visualizing and actually doing things. I’m

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the ... me to the Grace Hopper Celebration in October, which I’m incredibly excited for—and I’m giving a talk on plane crashes to one of our internal

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  I've been reading popular science for a long time. It's why I'm interested in science. It's probably why I'm at MIT. I have tremendous ... profession? Maybe that means science research isn't right for me? That I'm not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  while, if not ever. I’m sad to leave behind my childhood home, but I’m ... 's moved on without me. I'm just upset that some parts that I was familiar ... . As I'm getting prepared to move away from it, I'm starting to see how

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . I’m half Chinese and half Ethiopian.” But I also felt this phrase was inaccurate. I should have said, “I’m both Chinese and Ethiopian”. I’ve always ... was half African, so my hair was naturally curly. At MIT, I’m taking a

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

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  -inflicted. I convinced myself to take six classes (!!!) this fall, which I’m ... energizing time of my life. I’m taking six classes because I’m excited about ... which I'm not struck with exhilarating thankfulness for the position and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  admissions] made a mistake." As a peer to these prefrosh, I'm stressed - and as a senior who knows what's ahead, I'm sad. In the fall of 2012, The ... this post I'm going to highlight one result in particular: Some might

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  said what we were thankful for (i.e. Dima: "I'm thankful for the Burton 1 freshmen, without whom I would not have passed 18.03. ...at least, I think I'm ... didn't eat because I'm (thankfully) a vegetarian.. basically, there was a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007