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  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  not belong on the MIT admissions website” post. At least, that's what I ... hours in the day. To my surprise, I felt lighter and more free to pursue ... out, realized “wait no! I can’t live without that!” and brought it back

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I really enjoyed Ana's recent post about a single day in her life, so ... into them in the hallways. Most of the time it's because I genuinely don ... pursuing a career in writing or the media industry. I'm hoping to interview

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5 ... it. I love 2.009 because it has high stakes in ways other classes don ... community. This was one of the only classes where I felt like I was really

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  where I will ultimately end up for med school (that comes in a few weeks ... fateful day in September, so long ago. So, no, I have not forgotten about my ... blogs I promised in here will still get written, but I need to finish my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  I remember exactly where I was when the email got sent out. There was this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to ... came out, I was sitting in the McCormick lobby, with our Head of House

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  prefrosh can choose where they want to live instead of being randomly placed somewhere. I love that students can find a family in their living group and ... throughout their time at MIT. I live in the dorm Burton-Conner, which I have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  here. N: I can't tell you how many parents were on dorm tours and at ... best thing you can do is find out if you feel comfortable in the MIT ... , "I never thought I'd be in a fraternity/sorority." K: You might think

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  . Instead, I can be happy and content and find meaning and value even in ... , but do I know anyone still in Boston during Winter Break?   ... -plus-miles-away-in-a-different-continent-where

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  ) asks, “When's the latest I can get my article to you?", to which I ... Cormick article so I'm not dying to see it at this moment. 8:28pm: Rebecca sends in ... are people in Bexley too. Oh, I think it was about their “student

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  . It feels like I've grown. That much, I can tell. But in what ways, I ... February to April. For Spring HSSP, I was in charge of dealing with class ... , obvious, but it really wasn't something I did before, not in any serious

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  As someone who is notably not a millionaire, I started working in ... , in the random and subjective order I thought of them/was told about them. Note #1: I have of course not worked all of the following jobs in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
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  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  in the pathways of imagination where I do make it far, I picture myself ... call, or maybe even in person in the distant future. I can hear the ... is gone, in the past, and I can’t reasonably expect to return to square

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  like to be in a class where I don't know everyone's name, and not ... , not the Claymation videos.) The only similar event I can recall would be ... (you were always on time, weren't you?)(That's okay, I wasn't). In

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
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  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  so about once per week, which isn't too often. I can't believe I ... really packed and then yesterday I literally just did homework in bed for ... thinking about what/who/where to film every single day, but I'm definitely

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  because the application process can be somewhat of a crapshoot. I'll add a disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the ... get an offer (or don't) soon after your on-site. I can't speak too much

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  ? Where can you get cheap textbooks*? Your classmates and upperclassmen in ... degrees). * To my credit, I was fluent in Python prior to entering MIT, so ... 're racing around in the dark (more all-nighters and late-nights you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  , I was looking for people in history with whom I can personally ... last year, i got an email from sandy, the head of house at east ... pick out a piece from their collection that they can hang up in their

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
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  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  didn’t buy it. Would be so good on my plate of Cheerios right now, but I ... , despite its cream-filled protests, was chucked into a refrigerator, in which ... probably figured, "Hmm, definitely not mine. I’m lactose-intolerant."" Other

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  weeks ago, I joined an a cappella group, and I did wind up living in East ... feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... few weeks ago, I made a trip to 7-11 in a shirt, a long jacket, and no

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  Bemis House of the East Campus Alumni Houses. But that was all in the ... of everyone at the Institvte in front of Killian. I don't have a ... find themselves in places where they don't normally go. You've

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015