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  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  than expected! So, we've been in the kitchen a lot the past two weeks ... some on top and melted it in the oven. It was a really yummy meal and we ... the time when we were in middle school she started making a savory

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  proximal development, in the sense that learning is best achieved when things are not a breeze, but not totally impossible; in particular, they are ... impressive to myself and who I am as a person at this particular moment"]a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and ... conjured is gone, replaced with a begrudging acceptance. I’ll admit that I ... someone who derives a great deal of happiness from a well-cooked meal, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  getting paid to sit in a place that generated so much joy. I love my UROP ... IAP is for. I've had a few good cries this IAP, which is good character development for [annotation note="It's a running joke in our friend group that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  semester, is no doubt a requisite to Course 4. While I love having my little home away from home away from home, it is pretty isolating in a way. I ... case, reviews (as you will see...), etc. Apparently, there is a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.

  

  who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk. ... With an 8% increase in applications, this year was again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 12% of applicants means

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  you who don't get in: Take a deep breath. It's okay. In my psychology ... ; months later, however, both those who hadn't received a raise and those who ... action decisions came out last year, I was at a debate tournament, with no

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a ... read the blogs and didn’t give another school a chance… that is, until ... were fixated on MIT, we did not question that we would major in a STEM

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  , talking to editors at publishing houses who were interested in my book. The ... make. I called my parents in a panic because I didn’t know what to do ... algebraic combinatorics problem set instead. In some sense, I wish I’d been a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  to stress. MIT is a difficult place - but you already knew that.  The ... an objective non-MIT viewpoint, it's kind of incredible.  MIT is a ... pulled an all-nighter finishing three psets." They say you can tell a lot

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  . We [annotation note="I know this looks like a large number, and it is. In recent years, we have typically deferred a majority of applicants ... to consider again in a few weeks."]deferred 10,656 applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  on gloves, and called up a friend who I haven't seen in months, because ... This is a season of stress. The release of Early Action decisions ... -ers and whoever else is reading this: you, who are stressed. I apologize if

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your ... that there are two chem majors who live in your hall. One of them stays ... light in his room is on. You're scared of knocking, though. He's an MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ; You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  tracker (because I am crazy and put a really old tile on it) and saw it was still in the luggage area, submitted item retrieval paperwork to the airport, and have since heard nothing. Legend has it, the bottle is still

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  biology. 7.06: Cell Biology - This too is a Course 6-7 requirement. Not ... stories about this class though (ex. people taking it three semesters in a ... .63: Laboratory in Visual Cognition - This is one of the last Course 9 requirements

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in ... year, and we’re all always busy, so this is, surprisingly, a rare chance ... who are all staying in the Hyatt. “Yeah,” he says, “and I might go to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  faculty involved in the program were also invited. We enjoyed a 3 course ... I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  dad, who had moved to a city about two hours away, would text once in a ... other side of the country. I lived in a one story house in the suburbs of ... a different kind of feeling than the house in Norwalk. This house was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  into Jeffrey'13 leading a cluster of frosh from his FPOP. As is wont to ... 'll probably be ready to be a real person in a year. Many other nerds seem to ... breakdown. But temporarily being a real person this summer -- living in an

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011