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• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  job where I can cry publicly on the front page of a globally renowned ... so genuinely happy about where I was in life and where I'm headed. I ... old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  , where i know if i put in enough hours, i can do it. if i ask the right people for help, i can do it. it's not like homework where people actively ... these things, nor can i participate in them. it's always been easier not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  inflection. Jess disagreed, unbitingly. I can't blame her much; Jess and I have ... by jeans.)] Case in point: When away from campus on vacation, I turn ... crazed gourmande. On Monday morning, I woke up on a friendly couch in New

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  , with the pig farm in the distant top. The area where water collects ... Nobody can. We can mobilize and make this happen! Help eradicate the most prevalent and preventable problem in developing areas around the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I ... picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  water war weapons. I have sporks on my shirts. I chip in to buy our ... of paper. I can only guess what happens to those lists of names, but I ... solution. I spent all of my time at a particular fraternity in hopes of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  been someone that has traveled in a pack. In high school, I had a group ... ="A little brave to post this on a public platform where any of them can read ... myself in having the best friends in the world. This semester, I felt a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  (which are actually in June. Silly Cambridge). I can't wait! ... . Yeah... But I was lucky and only had 5 exams since I came in during the ... did I realize... In true Cambridge fashion, projects have turned out

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  Road. There are campfires in driveways, where you can stand by strangers ... lively murmur and a beat in the background. IAP is one week in. I spent ... passed. In the beginning, it was like a full-blown middle-school crush. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  can today. In Marsha’s memory, I will continue to advocate for the ... community. This reminded me of a conference I had recently attended, where ... markers of excellence in their application and I will understand that their

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or ... early morning emails telling me where I might have potential flaws in my ... getting into MIT, but I think having a little faith in yourself can

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  . To be completely honest, I can’t see a future where that’s true for me ... better. In the two years I was gone, I[annotation note="unless you count ... a pre-lifting state. But, I’m doing it. Again. My first day back, in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  world in my UROP, where I take ground-up turkey carcasses and put them in ... entry was originally titled "Trimalchio in West Egg." About a month ago I ... summer. I was really puzzled by the last line, in which she said she couldn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  friends I can reach out to. And people probably think more highly of me in ... . Apparently it was even worse last semester, to the point where when I was ... warned me against ever taking it in the fall. I think the course staff

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new castle, Maseeh). Since it's the newest dorm on campus, I don't really think the world knows much about Maseeh, so I'm going to give an e

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  sets. I can imagine the outline of the forest I would see in the distance, in the morning. Except that I won’t see it in the morning light ... after. From her balcony window, I can see the bright lights of the town

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  college, where it was slowly accumulating dust in one of my drawers since I ... Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... in me. I look back at who I was a month ago and it takes me some time

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  head. MIT, the place that I call home, the place where I learn and live, the place where I felt safe, threatened by armed people? And all this ... about these things can be comforting in times like these. You never have

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  As you may know, I lived in Next House as a freshman, and while it was a great community where I still hang out and pset at frequently ... getting to the drive-in window where the lady says, "Here's your Big Mac

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and ... . There's a little black plastic part on the main bar of the bike where I ... in." "I am sliding it in." "Hold it so it looks like a U, not a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006