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• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  . As such, I've started developing a plan for how to keep myself occupied ... ? I'm still recovering from the shock of having no work to do so I haven ... stuff you don't want to read about (I'm not a philosopher or a romance

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  “Magic.” Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children who have a parent who has died from cancer, is currently in treatment for ... esteem,” he adds. I am so excited to be a part of this new program at MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a ... wonders of educational television, I wanted to be a cosmologist like Stephen ... -prizeworthy than I imagined, but, also much like a gourmet pretzel, it grew into a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  have missed. I've been reading these comments for a year and half now and ... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” -- No disrespect (I mean that) but why do e-mails from India always have a ... for domestic students but with the following exceptions: 1) SAT I can

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

  MIT Bloggers Sniped Wrapped in which people take a LOT of photos of me around campus

  

  course, I can't slander the good name of Janet without giving her a chance ... is that you can make separate tabs for different topics. It's kind of like discord for your dad. Most groups have a general announcements tab

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  Art A Classes that need explanation can be listed like this: Java I ... where you can send us your latest grades along with any other relevant ... below first. If you can’t find an answer here, leave a comment or feel

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  can make a mean portobello burger. What I ate: Pizza, pasta with ... stations set up in Maseeh, I decided on the safest option there is: a freshly ... 11, 2018: McCormick Hall I really really wish I had a photo of this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Designing the 2025 East Campus Rollercoaster by Zack I. ‘27

  

  throughput and meeting what I anticipated would be a high demand for rides. The ... year for a project of this scope) as the design is iterated upon and improved until it is ready for construction. From September 2024 until its

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 18, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  ’ve found a new hobby (yay for things besides psets)!! This weekend, I ... Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time doing. I waited because I naively hoped that life would settle down into a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  ‘tough’ as a kid. I didn’t often cry when I fell.  Maybe it comes from ... , but for once I was conservative. The tattoo in question was a goat skull with desert flowers on my calf. I cut up a sock to cover it from the sun

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  (arguably more important). Now that I'm awake I can hit snooze for an hour. 9:00am ... , start a blog post or take a walk. And then I'll hype myself up for the ... coursework. The supervision work I talked about last week is only graded for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  ahead of me" days. A quick break from 2.001 will be good though, and I have a couple of things I need to tell y'all. First, Blendie (the ... blender. I was a skeptic (how can you beat WillItBlend?) but I decided to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  dress for a blizzard... If you're from a warm place and you are a ... too can prance around until you are delirious from the cold! Now that I ... lights. Simply put, we had cabin fever. I'm a California girl who hadn

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  you can read below: With passion for both English and mathematics, I ... . Through poetry, I want to depict not only a narrative from a person of color ... something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer) I wrote

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  got to go to Washington D.C. for a week and I met the most intelligent ... home, I sat in front of the computer for a good fifteen minutes ... , I went straight to bed and slept for a little bit and then I went to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel ... school's nominations spots. I spent a week preparing for my MIT interview ... with friends. In the end, I didn't get a nomination spot - and for about

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  wanting to acknowledge it as a possibility) I know that a percentage of this ... question. Just to give you a few ideas: if MIT hadn't admitted me, I think I ... caught up in. Definitely worth a look, even if it's from back in the day. ;-)

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  planning for the next day at night, every night. I needed to recuperate for a ... (a standard unit of measurement), and I come from a strong public ... cancelled and rescheduled for a full 2 days later. Arriving late to my job

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  MIT sucks. About two weeks ago I stayed up until 3 AM baking a cake in ... . Worse, around this time last year I missed two weeks of class because of a ... community can get a free flu shot by appointment with MIT Medical. There will

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  2008. It was a blast, I'm really glad I went. For those of you who won ... board: On March 5th I received an e-mail from Tamara '12. Hey ... . While I'm not a prefrosh, I do enjoy a good pillow fight every now and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008