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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  People walking shoulder-to-shoulder down the Infinite There’s always ... hallway. Whether it’s two people who spaced themselves out in the worst ... little bus sick and a cleaning is in order. Then there’s “deadheading

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  is a great place to go to school, but I also recognize that it’s not a ... ?[/annotation] I mean, MIT is objectively great. Now that’s not to say it’s perfect

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  probs have in your room Finally wash that water bottle that’s been in your ... analysis on your screen time reports and then if it’s as tragically high as ... walls in your house, just in case there’s a [annotation note="this advice

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  It’s Wednesday night. I have about 84 hours left at MIT. 84 hours ... that are half-packed. By this point, packing up rooms should be easy. It’s ... hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  beautiful city in the world. I’m serious. It’s incredible. Look at this ... entirely new to me. And yet it’s a completely different feeling knowing that ... ’t really want to do my psets. And that’s okay, because I have a natural

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  finalizing its plans for the fall semester, the U.S. agency of Immigration and ... answer, unequivocally, is yes. MIT’s strength is its people – no matter ... family by thousands of miles. I also know that welcoming the world’s

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  past five years now, and it’s finally settling in that I don’t even know ... plethora of joggers at 5:30 PM. I’ll miss my porch even though it’s falling ... that someone’s out there, trying to give us all a little bit of joy or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  be admitted to college, and why? Thresher’s insight anticipated today’s ... . Yet Thresher’s words do not promote a particular issue or ideology

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  ) that allows you to visualize who you correspond with through email. It’s also LITERALLY MY FAVORITE THING ON THE INTERNET AHHHH. Basically, it’s ... : I would like to make more Cool Data Things myself, so if there’s

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  other 17's. It was my first time on the other side. My turn to tell the ... the 2019's, halfway through MIT myself.   2016 - as a Junior I ... Student Gathering as a student. I tried to impart on the 2021's everything

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  answer the class of 2020’s questions, and Kevin and I got to show up on ... everyone on the outside. You get to hear people’s dreams, you get to see ... . From a blogger to the greatest people ever, Thanks Guys. P.S. It really

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  croissants with your anxiety. These activities do have intrinsic value. There’s beauty in the slope of a curve and the grandeur of Paris. However, it’s ... ! Yale! MIT! Fortunately, you can pause the game during the summer. It’s

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  agreements with MIT’s detachment, so we have several students in our detachment ... Studies (AS for short) (it’s not actually about aerospace), we learn about ... year to year: freshman year it’s learning, sophomore year it’s preparing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  witch and ate Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans and even Drooble’s Best ... most elaborate, but to me it’s still the most exciting! Additionally ... Night Market, an event held by MIT’s Chinese Students’ Club, Asian

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  again. We patiently waited through an introduction to Stoke’s Theorem (to ... snowfall of the year, just in time for Thanksgiving Day. Wednesday’s weather ... relatively tropical Boston winter at the top of this year’s list of things to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  who’s just about to start the college application process, which might be an intensely familiar situation for some of you. But it’s a little ... me, but MIT is a reach school for everyone and it’s difficult to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  of people ask me whether it’s hard to be pre-med at MIT, particularly ... balance work, friends, sleep, exercise, etc., a skill that’s just as vital ... , and as of January 2014, there’s a Stanford Med student blog too!! I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  least not officially. Come on MIT, what is that? It’s breaking tradition ... -neon-game-faces, we scootered our way to viCTory.   Garrett S. '17, Andres A ... , Christina S. '14, Cosmos D. '15, Hesham '15, and Alison O. (GRT)   As a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  with MIT's mission to make the world a better place. We deferred ... and were not able to be considered. We recognize it's a lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a pleasure to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  ESP classes here and here. This year’s 266 Spark classes included ... sends the completed protein product to the Golgi apparatus, the cell’s ... we extract it from a vegetable or fruit. Here’s all that in vivid

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013