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• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys ... alarm clock. A place where kites adorned the sky, glistening in the ... every way possible, every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  Note: This entry is the second part of my blog last week, in which I ... -looking poster!   I’ve been fortunate in my life because I was never aware ... once I got to MIT, where women make up about half of the undergraduate

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... to the liquor store across the street. I'm in Greenwich Village. I ... 's the title of the first chapter. That's how I feel right now. where i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... ." I've found solace in my writing classes and creative outlets: writing ... 'm reminded of why I'm at this school in the first place. Being an MIT student

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  , especially in a world where leadership, interpersonal, and management skills ... group processes…The description for a good leader can go on and on, but in ... Activities, etc in which students can become involved. http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  feel like I grew a lot in a few weeks. I came into MIT with a basic ... existing in this spot. Sometimes, I got to help others. Sometimes, I got help. Both helped me grow. I also got to hone in on some stylistic choices that

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... can do anything I want and she is powerless to stop me, I still think ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  reasonable amount of energy where I can reflect on my stance on friendships ... , but in reality, I was going to struggle where ever I went. And in the ... extracurriculars or the people who sat next to me in class. I was the proud introvert

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  , have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in ... pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed. - I actually was in Alaska ... neck muslces later I was boarding a plane to Seattle in a neck brace. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  ’ve changed in these few months at MIT into these last eight minutes? can i consolidate the fragments of ideas i’ve considered in this past hour? can i ... damn, i haven’t blogged in forever and it’s stressing me out (alongside a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  where in centuries past, male patrons of the opera could stand and watch ... Shiozawa. Afterward, we went out for drinks with Germain. I can’t believe I got to chat casually with a Paris opera star. I'm in the same picture

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  In last week's blog entry Diversity or Merit? I included the ... air-quoting so hard I might sprain a knuckle) in their admissions ... role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... school. All my classes are remote, and I don’t have campus access, so I can ... readings, in-class discussions, and essays). I really like Prof. Campbell

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  gathering in Allston. I’m at Life Alive in Cambridge now, writing this, while ... . The runners were going about the pace I’d shoot for in a three-mile race ... another, which had a backyard near some train tracks, where I’d been once

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  So I thought I’d show you just what I was talking about in my last entry where I talk about the horrible trigonometric torture I endured in ... think I have a fictional character crush on Piz. I can’t help it, he

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  watched it during a phase in my life where I truly believed that all art had ... I: Just One Look and I Can Hear a Bell Ring I live on a fairly ... film so amazing? Well, I can give you a basic pitch. Mamma Mia! is a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  where you're going in the first place. I must look either homeless or ... of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also ... used to see him when I made solitary adventures downtown on Fridays in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  It's so nice to be graduated -- I can make lists of things that I ... that I did. In an obvious sense, money is good, and I've always felt that ... having a job impaired my ability to do my homework -- in fact, I've found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  where you can pick up a poster of the LSC schedule. As for freshmen, when ... : I can't say much about Residence Based Advising since I never went ... residence hall and participates in activities with you there. What I think

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  pursue two years of research in high school, and I loved it. I loved it so ... your life that are most important to you. Embrace your mistakes. I can ... fact. Even so, I am still 100% in favor of the traditional information

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007