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  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts ... lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the ... opportunities available at MIT for students at many levels of mastery. But given

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  Fun fact: when George Washington was a young Virginian, his driving ... out pretty well for you, didn't it, Washington? The statue in the ... command was something he had long envisioned for himself and driven towards

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  two majors, along with a slew of classes in between that I took for fun ... your lab report; then pull another one after that, just for fun. Learn a ... for fun; memorize the Saferide schedule. Get to know Tosci's; decide

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  we really wanted was the big shiny silver trophy you get for being the ... play 3 games in one week, reuniting with opponents that we had already played (and beat) previously during the regular season. Here are the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  this medium has the power for real social impact, through identity ... STEM stuff (cause you can get some pretty cool results while having fun ... factors. Points that land in the red area indicate we should realllyyy drop

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  smell and sizzling of hot breakfast, and coffee made for me as consolation for the early waking. There was a snowstorm. There was the walk up ... in hats and my cousins and my brother and my sisters and my best friend

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  older brothers or sisters, with whom I am competing for a space in an ... that out of the way, I'm writing this entry for a few reasons. One ... something like a "stay tuned for my next blog entry, after graduation!" which

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  your problem sets. Punt your problem sets. Play board games. Apply for ... empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions ... 're here, now, carrying a Nerf gun looking for people to shoot. Worry

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  experience as long as YOU make it happen. Best of luck for wherever you go ... a class. It's been a hard few weeks for my friends too, with the long ... 's also been a rough few weeks for the MIT community overall, with the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  you if they do happen to be things that you do for fun). Just be honest ... You Do For Pleasure ("pleasure" - 100 words), Department at MIT ... admission officers ("adcoms") are not looking for "standard" answers, and you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... wanting to create words and stories. So I imagine that for the both of us, BEA was fun and immersive. To me, it was also somewhat intimidating

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... and meanings for things they are called “hacks” here. People who pull ... ”) Center. Hackers have played to the strengths of the unique physical

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first person I met when I arrived at MIT for ... the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a ... article ranking the top 50 world universities. They had us at #7, behind

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  fifteen days. At four separate times, the TAs for the class emailed out ... creative exercise (so don't make fun of the stupid science I'm doing here ... , ash and debris blow up into the atmosphere for days, creating a dense

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  highlighter for, circle in big red pen, make it the focus of your case. In fact ... absolute best to read your application. What you and I are missing tonight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  something like “exhausting and overwhelming, but fun.” I don’t think that’s a ... , which you take to earn credit for an MIT subject without taking the class ... , or I revise for an ASE, or I’m walking over to the other side of campus

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  freshman year) Pros fun place for working on group projects seating is ... embarked on a quest to document the best study spots at MIT. most of these ... ="87065" /] Pros booths are great for solo/partner work comfortable seating

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  . You've heard the story, but you're there for new perspectives ... ingredient. —anonymous going to Harvard, but for a fraction of the cost. —Robo-CJ Throwing yourself into water jumping off a 50 meter tall cliff into the ocean

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  ! It was for like 30 seconds, for a variety of reasons, but it was cool just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... 's going on with both of these majors. For the edification of frosh and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
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  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  life. For those unfamiliar, cross stitching is basically textile pixel ... -stitching career! For nearly 2 years  back in 2011 I spent almost every evening and ... with me. I created patterns for a host of South Park characters and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020