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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  A few weeks ago, I had the best weekend in recent history. Of course ... ’s what I ended up with - I had to stop myself before it got out of hand ... unexpected details go a long way in raising your spirits. For me, that little

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  're doing. 12:45pm – In which I decide to write a poem because I don’t feel ... . If you are also sitting in a green armchair, you should play these ... look back on my summer UROP in Boston As I’ve mentioned before, I spent

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  lot of topics in math which I hadn't encountered before. I also made ... Several classes I've taken at MIT use a platform called gradescope ... respond with a message of their own explaining their rationale. I ended up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15/18, at 12:15 PM ET

  

  MIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the 15th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your My ... I've stopped watching this duck being luxuriously vacuumed long

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  some new sounds, check out what the bloggers listen to, a good 2019 ... . I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it not once but TWICE because I was deferred the first time around in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  los angeles, and i too am in los angeles, and i am working for a game ... able to attend either. but a few weeks later, a few days before i ... . this was a poor decision in retrospect, but i had slept in [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  everything in what feels now like a hazy blur. I know some of you reading this ... efforts) immediately stuck and will forever hold a place in my heart.  I ... and half in his yard. I miss Sam’s death trap of a car, with dirty

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  . When they told me I should start wearing a boot, just in case, I couldn ... it: I did! Since my injury in preseason this past fall, where a ... weight on the foot for three months. Nevertheless, I was in a boot for two

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  . Assuming a new identity, almost hiding in plain sight with every costume I ... ache in my chest. Envy? Loneliness? I'm unsure still. Probably a mix of ... I met, I felt a pit grow. Jealousy sat heavy in my stomach. Envy thick

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  another "day in the life", only on a day when I have nothing to do. 2. Adnan ... 'd fill you guys in on some of the nuts and bolts of a life in science. Often, professors just assume undergrads know what a typical career path

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  semester was a total blur. In some ways, I did it wrong. 5 classes and a UROP ... s, you'll see what I mean soon!). On most weekdays, you can find me in ... photos a short blurbs to show you all what I've been up to! Walter Lewin

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  . Matt suggested that I dress up as an iPod, which was cool in a way, but ... it? I was a 5600 Mega-ohm resistor... Plus or minus 10%. (Check out ... are all very welcome. I hope it helped you chill a little about the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q&A ... instance, what if a student indicated that she was interested in majoring in ... airplane example. He listened to what I told him, paused for a moment, then

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  week, I start a brief program with D.E. Shaw in their Discovery ... Hi everyone! Apologies for being gone. I have a lot of blogs backlogged right now and I'm trying to rush through them. Here's what my house

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  a close friend. In this post, I'll describe how I made the decision to ... nearly six months in a household I had long since outgrown. The next few ... time into the activities I've left behind in my journey as a student

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  In my continuing quest to obtain a teaching certificate through MIT ... does that huge increase in mass come from? I want to hear your answers and reasoning in the comments... just think about it; no Wikipedia! I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  ’t notice, I’m a newborn in the blogging world, with this being my very first ... living before you get to campus. Personally, I had taken a special liking ... month or two later that I had secured a spot in my first choice dorm. Room

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  should be admitted to MIT? At what point in undergrad did I become someone ... what value, if any, such a statement has. I’ve discussed this blogpost ... . I was able to exist in this space in a way that I needed to. In a way

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  computer in grad school. I suppose I should mention, in case it wasn ... Like Laura, I also read up a storm in the summer. I (re-)read Robert ... Monkeyluv last week, and I am currently in the middle of a book I've been

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  you should subvert it to go beyond what you can do. — I'm stuck on the ... getting more and more tired and a fear of slipping creeps in on me. I squirm ... , waiting for something but not really knowing what. After a bit I thud back

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023