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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  Previous me wrote in a blogpost that I "did not want to write about ... habit hasn’t died, but really it was a decision; I came in determined that ... obliged to finish. That was a great tactic back in middle school, when I had

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  . Classes are done, grades are in, and I’m beginning a senior-year road trip ... today. (In fact, I’m starting this post on a plane from Boston to Las ... goodbye” kind of way. Rather, it’s hard in the sense that I don’t know what

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  advance screening tickets to Corpse Bride courtesy of LSC. Of what I got to see, it was an awesome movie. I definitely suggest checking it out just ... pray tell, what did you do Thursday night? Bryan: I did 18.03. Bryan: I

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  fade away into nothingness. I'll be no one. What chance did I have at a ... it in the air. I hated myself for a long time for thinking I could go ... It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  this is going? Pride goeth before the fall. Last week, I...I...I have a ... 'snot like I have a choice (wow, that was the worst joke ever. I should be ... walked in, and I left really fast, because I probably looked like a weirdo

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  , not a crippling imbalance in work-life matters and how I deal with them ... 've-fallen-into-the-deep-end-of-knowledge classes I've ever taken. And that's in both a good and a bad way. At times ... limited if I'm in a money-saving mood. That all changed when I started to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A circle of shared breaths rediscovering synchronized skating at MIT, by Eleanor L. '27

  

  . Before we continue, I should give a quick intro — hi! I’m Eleanor, a junior ... from the loss of a friend in October, I realized it’d be too lonely to ... program worked out in the end! 👀 What I jotted down in my notes app that

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  it might have even started before I got here. I heard a lot about ... done so horribly, so atrociously on any exam in my life. I got a ... belonged in a very caring community in Denver all my life. I looked at all

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  (Check out what I did last summer!) I'm staying on-campus again ... MIT). This is what I do in the day, except for weekends. Not only do I ... exercise, so I'm not stuck in the gym wondering what to do. I'm working out

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  that I should consider what team will be the best use of my time in terms ... a few years before I came to MIT, I was confused about how things ... in RTA would give me clarity on what I want to do for my last three

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  .org to register. There is a randomized lottery to get in, but if you want ... "Sept. 19 & 20", and, the year before, you had to click on the "C" in ... undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  specifics. You should learn to shut up once in a while. I hope your eating ... was in fifth grade, right before spring break. I was called into the ... weekend I almost killed myself. I spent a lot of the weekend in calls with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  concentration in product development. Toy design was a huge factor in this, I ... !), and an interview I got package in the mail. I opened it up and found a ... Hey all, just thought I'd take a break from the "OMG, CPW TTLY PWND

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  like a really good idea. But I’m happy with what I have, and I hope that ... translate to a day in my life where I feel like I'm on top of the world, doing exactly what I love to do. In my very first post, I set sidequests for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  ! What I did not acquire at the MIT Career fair: A job. Yes, usually ... more interested in sophomores or juniors. I do not have a resume. The ... What I acquired from the MIT Career fair last Thursday: 29 pens

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a shoebox pc clips of summer

  

  and befriend and laugh with. i get a taste of what old toons might have ... 'm taking. before i know it, i feel content: it's a good summer. ... before i know it, it's halfway through summer: i started my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the ... short answer essays. So be careful in these sections, too! What happens

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  make us immortal, we should check first to make sure we'll have someplace ... ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so ... civic media THING I SAW: data visualization by web du bois THING I MADE

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  as a general overview, I'm working in Merck's vaccine division this ... , I'm awake before the sun has risen fully: I'm living at UPenn this ... becoming a doctor, I wanted to get a little insight into the pharma aspect of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  should I attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... comments in viewing my dorm when I was a student at MIT but for me it was the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013