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  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  from all the times I fell on my poor, poor bottom, and I'm pretty sure ... farther (further? does anyone really know the difference?...Of course, now I'm ... like I do when I'm snowboarding. You might not be as quick at learning J

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  understand that yes I do in fact have ADHD, and no I'm not taking advantage of ... at the top of this summit is breathtaking and I'm taking a moment to ... Senior Week events, I can tell I'm getting high off low-oxygen altitude

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  pleased that the undergraduate educational opportunities at M.IT. have ... we at M.I.T. look forward to the coming exchange of information as you ... self-reliance are central in M.I.T.’s educational philosophy. A strong

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  ! With this blog post, I'm pulling inspiration from something that Prof. Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I'm ... things considered, I’m doing pretty good! I got my first dose of the COVID

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  I'm writing this blog post's introduction from an Amtrak train ... York City. I always manage to overheat when I travel, so I'm only wearing ... Express, I'm in short sleeves. A few minutes ago, I got up to stretch my

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  class. Seriously, I'm talking to you, overzealous frosh."]18 ... the light of day soon). I took 21M.301 - Harmony and Counterpoint I this semester. This is the first real music theory class, after 21M.051

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  of this week, I am officially a published researcher! WOOOOOOOO!!!!! I'm ... in the future I'm in the process of writing a few more papers right ... - because I'm not physically at the conference, I would sometimes tend towards

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  calling. I haven't blogged in forever. I need to reply to that email. I'm ... chainsaw outside? I am not sure what's going on in this class. I'm typing ... and the clementine I'm eating burns. My mother is a fish, Jewel

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  or sad is sort of like being full or hungry. When I’m really full ... hungry. When I’m ravenously hungry, I feel like I could eat everything ... fullness. Now that I’m (fortunately!) doing a lot better, I remember only the

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

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  (still) parentheticals. Off to a rocking start). I'm sure at this point ... post-MIT) experience. Identifying as a hipster-sans-the-fashion, I'm inclined to do something different, but as a last-minute blogger, I'm not

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  . Because I’m a stubborn pedestrian, and because [annotation note="i’m ... own feelings. Before I begin, I think I have to provide some context: I’m ... structures is farther up my alley than telling you what’s in them. I’m sure

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  my offer of admission. It's been too long ago that I know I'm inventing ... . The icon on the browser changes, from the letter M to a spinner. Seconds ... . If I had a plan, it ate the plan. …But I'm still me. So I can come up

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  ="86710" /] 6th Floor I'm a 6th floor devotee. I romanticized it so much last year that I made a playlist for when I study there...yes, I'm serious ... on, so I'm not sure how reliable of a spot it is anymore. last year, it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  medical decisions, and I'm sure that's reduced my capacity to make as many ... suits,” he said. “I’m trying to pare down decisions. I don’t want to make decisions about what I’m eating or wearing. Because I have too many other

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  . Together with photographer PJ I’m covering Residence EXploration, a multiple ... have it). **** Quite possibly the most terrifying moment of my life (I’m ... suddenly I’m no longer surrounded by people. Someone is helping their baby

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  remind me that I'm at the hardest school in the country, the fact that I'm even there is astounding, the fact that I'm passing classes is ridiculous ... , chemistry, and biology. I used to loathe physics but I'm slowly warming up to

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  translating certain MIT concepts or words or course numbers when I'm talking to ... it's really hosing" or even "I'm doing a UROP in Course 7" don't mean ... some extent, to my parents, it's like I'm talking a foreign language

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in ... , and I’m trying to find ways to deal with this sudden loss of purpose. If I’m not working out to get stronger and faster on the soccer field

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  for literal months now. Every time I start writing it I feel like I’m ... Harvard, Wellesley, Babson, Tufts, (and a bunch of others that I’m probably ... ="102008" /] We do lots of events across Boston is what I’m trying to say. Some

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  nasty habit to talk in absolutes. I'm guilty of this to. They say things ... being a resource for students, current and incoming, and I'm so excited to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021