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  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  scientist like me. (Then again, probably not. Chances are that if you read any ... starting times are staggered - thus allowing for individual race times that ... James and Etta. Let's say that both are taking multivariable calculus at

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  sent me during finals. They are haunting and necessary. 2. Notes from No ... described them to a friend "like stacked rocks." They are delicate and hard at once. They are gentle and severe. I want this woman to teach me how to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  , and the bad.  I want to focus on the happy things. Here are the happy ... love working with this group of people. LOOK HOW PRETTY WE ARE! I ... Cats I like cats. Here are some cat pictures. They're basically therapy

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  have said this: You are receiving this email because you applied to MIT ... it actually said was this: You are on this list because you are ... about the ongoing cycle. All admits are applicants, but not all applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  —WELCOME PREFROSH!!! The sections of this post are: 1. Degree Requirements ... be taken in any discipline. Also included in the requirements are the ... , recommended one per year in the first two years. CI-Hs are pretty regimented

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are ... words? Every word is precious. Every sentence is about who you are ... . Here are some essay tips to consider (in no particular order): Don

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  the message across that even if you are really busy, sometimes you ... relaxation time. But we still made s'mores with friends on Tuesday night, and ... that you are a high school senior applying to colleges right now, and we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  got a little bolder. "Your interests are very broad." He laughed. "It ... 're curious: there are 24 large photographs of caterpillars lining the walls in ... loud, and made corrections live, with the rest of the class watching. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  supervisions are setup within your college (another system I'll talk about in a future blog) and are where a significant portion of learning happens at ... supervisors and I've noticed that there are seven types of supervisors

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  Short Program. From my friends back home, I find out that I made it ... end of my program. I end up second in the Free Skating portion of the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  you miss due to snow gets made up near the end of the year, though I ... of my survival kit.Feel free to substitute your favorite boxed set of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  prose is unrefined—but reading it made me realize why Nasty Gal became ... , unattainable factor that made Nasty Gal famous was Amoruso’s taste. How does ... that are obviously anatomically incorrect, such as the one above. But

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  , children once carried stealthily across the border are taking action and coming out as “Undocumented and Unafraid.” They are determined and brilliant. Some of these Dreamers are students at MIT. Recently they

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  times that these tips are most crucial. Taking care of yourself is ... eating college student are only slightly true, microwave meals became a ... : Take Vitamins Regularly Chances are you won't be following Step 1 as well

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  are two disillusioned 20-somethings echoing the mantra, "I know what I ... until something blows out. But much badder, more exciting ideas are scheduled for the remainder of the day: playing chess with pieces made out of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  seniors all made fun of me and my blog, which makes them so uncool. Tsk tsk. (If you guys are reading this- while you should be doing calc, no less ... been admitted to Princeton University, even though there are so many

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  interviewed students' mothers made a similar decision when they had children ... .) Also, employers are already weary to hire women since they know that if ... respect and have a high regard for women who have made that decision. In

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  here before. A few days later an arrest was made. Two men were ... ’t shake the idea that days had passed before an arrest was made despite the ... black lives, because it just made sense to me. I thought rational thinking

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  you are attempting a task of this magnitude) thus embarked upon a ... , but it made me slightly rethink my plan. I'd have to go for smaller ... number two-ish was garlic fries. Did you know there are no garlic fries on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  icebreakers are often just trying their best. I have also been that person! I ... that moment where I realized I needed to kickstart some name ... participants are familiar with, like a bike, or a car, or Shrek, and invites

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023