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  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  very strange looks. Whatever. Let the world judge. Also, I can't resist ... towels this week, or 2) suck it up and put them in the laundry. I picked ... of my chest instead of where my heart is, so I survived. I hobbled into

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  board, waves chalk in the air.) "See? Blue." "And now I'm reminded of an ... have a normal, stable relationship, and down here in the third... oh, I ... As it's been nearly a month since I posted (yeah. I've been hosed. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  job opportunity that I had always been looking for (a job in an entrepreneurial environment, a job in a consumer electronics company, a job where I ... side, I had the option to work at a startup in Cambridge called Geo

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  , I will put off other topics for later blog posts, where I can properly ... friends, in the order they asked. Scretious Scretious is… I guess the best ... this: Bunnies can be found on Killian Court at midnight, and in front of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  built, it’s a virtual space where the layout artists can come in from our ... . But I would say scenes where you can get a lot of emotion from animated ... epiphany are they going to come onto in the third act?” I think that’s where

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  that make sense with where I am now. i. ambition Now, in high school ... even broader. If I can get into some of the top schools in the nation ... Earlier this summer, sitting at a bar in Berlin, a friend and I made

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  here. To now! In those ten seasons, the show matures, where you can see ... me. I started watching it with my high school boyfriend in junior year, where he swore it was one of his favorite shows ever and insisted I watch

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  interview in Japanese conducted by my professor, where a partner and I were ... item in your hands and say, I know how this was made, or so you can look ... swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  , dance performances, and more. Shikhar asked, "Can I send in softwares ... well too). Is the recommendation process set in stone, or can I use his ... . Emilia wrote, "I live in Ecuador, am about to enter senior year and am very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  Time Machine and jump back 9 years to when I was in 6th grade, every weekend, I ... today. Charm School is an annual IAP event in it's 14th year where ... you have a library card? 'Cause I'm checking you out." "Baby, can I be

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

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... ways of the humblebrag, I was challenged. In addition, I was confronted ... (and still am). In addition, I felt like each of the essays I wrote could

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  where they can do productive work in the span of only a few weeks or ... obligations make me feel like i have weight in the world, like i’m not ... fulfill me in different ways, and i need all three to be really happy me

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  This semester I built a Tamagotchi: a 2000s toy where the user takes ... II comes in! I took this class for one main reason: the final project ... these components be positioned on your actual board? I had to keep in mind

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I've successfully woven in my crocheting with my life at MIT. But why do I spend so

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  , Electrical, and Aerodynamics/Composites. I’m in the latter of these, where I ... that you can’t see I clearly messed up. But in the end, I got a decent ... A quick note before I start: VOTE (if you can)! Find your polling

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ...  ever! Unless I got 20 points out of 20! (that is, 20 factorial), in which case I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  heartbreak that creeps up on you: don't wait for me, I can't come, that slow ... this has turned out to be somewhat true in that I have never had a ... somewhere better than our public school in Portland, Oregon. (I cast my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  I'm in my room in Senior House (which, before you ask, is not just ... arrived on Saturday from Florida, where I was spending time with my family ... concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  can say is that there's a lot in the environment, the way that I grew up ... burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  phone number, his email, where he works, his wife's name, but i can ... the deadline, so I'm taking a break from my New Years vacation (in ... summer?" And Ashish wrote, "Can seniors also try for the SSP. I am asking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005