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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  completed this goal last week! I think by the end of 2020 I’ll have read a little more than 10 books as I’m in the middle of reading an eleventh book ... organized. Some of the poems were a little short and border-line meme

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  place a stick of incense in the incense pot at a temple festival. Now ... and today, and I thought I would post some of the good things that came ... . Thus, I hardly spent any time in my room during the first couple of weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... . The pros simply outweigh the short list of cons. Yet I have friends who ... the positive side, this constant stream of commitments keeps me focused

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  undergraduate can get a meal plan regardless of where they live. The final section of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  my parents, the only form of exercise that really occurs at my home. I ... vivid memories from childhood is nearing the finish line of the end of ... tune of the first Attack on Titan theme, which is still on my running

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  I just turned nineteen, and the journey billed as the first year of the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same ... information technology and toward the pursuit of transportation. I'm nursing my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  wonderful way to say goodbye for the summer. Speaking of friends, my best ... friend. Is it emo enough? Spotted at the Boston Museum of Science: one of the sample songs to learn about sound was performed by the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  boxes in Saran Wrap. Inside the boxes, I carefully loaded all of my ... 02139. My flight was set to leave in the morning from the B terminal of ... envelope to open at the gate, which contained photos of my parents, my sister

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  that is possible. Most students take the most rigorous version offered of ... provided good answers to a lot of the questions about the process): The ... provide a lot more of information about myself other than what's on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  of it, not a mere tourist or spectator of the rush hour crowd. I go to ... the sense of overwhelming relief. MIT has been home, sure, but it doesn ... pay for in full, where you are the master of the domain, kitchen and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  .013 and 7.014 are offered in the spring.  All of these classes cover the ... Congratulations to the incoming Class of 2018!  Each and every one of ... of your comfort zone, and it also is the perfect way for you to start

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Year of the Dog Happy Lunar New Year!

  

  Happy Lunar New Year from Evie* and the entire Office of Admissions! *Evie is the dog of Associate Director of Admissions Joanne Cummings, and is my favorite pooch in the world =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  calendar of note (aka, all of the things on my calendar): Science Bowl ... about the direction of our club and other high-level issues that are hard to address in the middle of the semester and running programs. These

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  the plethora of information that has made its way into the gentle folds ... last but not least: the abundance of information that is shared with all ... flying at an altitude of 141 feet at the ground speed of 3.1 miles per hour

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity ... can filter through the options to search for the kind of program that ... undergrads at the moment. Whatever the case is, it's not the end of the world

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  the offer details, and sent me the offer letter to sign. I still kind of ... The end of the semester has come and gone, and although I meant to ... . Last year at about this time, I reviewed the status of my progress bars

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  spoilers for the book siddhartha   i. at the beginning of my ... is introduced at the beginning of a text (oftentimes in the form of a ... interaction a synthesis is produced that incorporates elements of both the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  major by the end of their freshman year. If you're really, really unsure ... bound to your decision. To change your mind (by the end of sophomore year ... declaring your major at the end of the year. My impression is that joining a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  . This year, for REX, one of the things being built was a fort ... being the actor in a movie you don’t know the plot of. I was pretty ... weekend. It’s set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s robot novels. Some

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  class. Mike Conti (the instructor, and author of this) gave us a talk on ... , where the other 2014s were waiting with a bottle of wine. We toasted, and ... (Monteverdi to Mozart) class. We discussed the score of a Bach French suite (No

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013