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  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  wild, man. It is![annotation note="I can hear you laughing, everyone over ... like a freshman, i.e., to be naïve and excitable. And there ain't nuthin ... move again once REX ends through FYRE, the first-year residence exchange

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  squeeze; I never left time for a vacation, and the end of my senior year it ... recharge after a couple months of work, but at the end of the day I was still ... high school, and I got back into it in a big way last year. Likewise, I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  back-end of major Microsoft stuff. I didn't have an interest in hardware ... management has been pretty obvious. In high school, I lead a lot of different ... Allan '20 pursued 21E and they ended up a-okay. I had a lot of chats with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  Hey guys! I know it's been a little while since I have blogged. The ... lives of MIT students. BUT, right now even though I have both pictures and ... Fall). That's because most of the things I'm doing now as an MIT student

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  'll reproduce the post here: I'm a senior in high school this year, and will be graduating come June. I have had all A's throughout high school except for last ... in and I was getting crushed. I wasn't the greatest student in high

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  ended with “rainbow-colored meaning,” so that was quite a pivot. I took ... This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  at the end of the road. I also have finally found the right balance ... relationships?  Bryan: High school -- not really -- I superficially keep up with two to three, but high school was 18 years ago, and I'm a very different

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  very different from high school. In this regard, I am from a very conservative family. I did not "date" at all in high school; it was more or less ... ending anyway. I promised you objective statements, based on my experience

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  high school even though I normally went to schools where half of the ... So quite recently I made a post on Facebook about a few things I had experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  Spanish. I was a beekeeper/researcher for a summer in high school ... the most eloquent moment of my life, but I think that’s okay. The end ... mostly I go by stephlin, steph or “yoooo.” I’m currently finishing up my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  -percent-Asian high school would express a similar sentiment. I know that I have close ... 's what I knew, graduating from high school: 1. I wanted to build things ... , because I was also a flourishing high-school poet (with all the associated

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  of positive difference. So what am I going to end up actually ... ’re lucky, you might get the passionate ramblings that end with “sorry, I ... major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  dirt, and sunbathing. Sadly, he passed away shortly after I moved to MIT. I was devastated, but luckily, I still have many pictures to remind me of him. This semester, I was fortunate enough to take a class at MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  's how I was in high school. I procrastinated like you wouldn't believe, I ... wanted, and by the end of it I didn't feel very fulfilled. But the good ... fact in studying here, no matter what major you choose I can almost

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  high school doing this activity, I feel like it became an inseparable ... for some odd reason I've read dozens and dozens of SAT essays that end ... I think the college essay is a lot like froyo. It comes in a variety

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  to do this by the end of sophomore year. I'm running a little behind. 1 ... (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my bike coming home from cheerleading. If you disagree... don't tell me. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  , which was on the high end of the HP stat distribution. I started with two ... . The best thing about the robes is that I've kept them after game end ... live-action roleplaying group. Over my time in the Guild, I've roleplayed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  These past few weeks haven't been easy. I've had to stay up really ... support can go a long way. I've been very lucky to have the amazing support of my family, my fraternity, and the rest of the MIT community. And I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  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 I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it would be interesting to document my Thursday because I usually end up

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014