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  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  special arts program for his junior year. It’s because writing is hard ... wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I ... some advice for those of you worried about writing, or worried about

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . BSU is constantly working for our best interest, the National Society of ... . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to ... the same for black people at MIT   It seemed to be something

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

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  frizzy hair (quite overdue for a wash day by now), giving up on it, rushing ... been before (1-390) which is surprising, as for the last two years all my ... wasn’t something I’d be planning for in the short term. And yet, my last

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  was waiting on... but that's a story for another time."]EA decisions ... could get the argument out of the way in advance. I googled for various ... before her decision!"]enough,[/annotation]and they were, for the day of. I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  leave the Boston area for graduate school. I think that those two questions have the same answer. When I arrived as a freshman, I signed up for ... sinking. Actually, that’s how I felt for my first three and a half years at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  reality for three whole months, I thought to myself: What on Earth am I ... , I have worked at a university, a non-profit, and, now, a for ... bus. And along the route, when I'm not doing my best to avoid double

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  : “Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.” There are a ...  Random Hall's 40th Birthday Hack.) Birthdays are special times. Times for cakes ... people you'll be friends with. Look for communities that you're excited to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on ... for the past 10+ years, I have had no need for a car and have instead happily relied on public transportation to get around. Recruiting for MIT

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i ... with joy and curiosity and energy, which, for me, is so much harder than

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  city above. Ia, Ia, Cthulhu fhtagn! Photos attached. Then, for 6.815, we ... ) with tape. This is a sign I made for my floor; it twinkles and stuff. I made a new floor sign for Loop #diy A video posted by Rose

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used ... :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... 's only pay attention to the dominant traits. For students who are

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  Hello guys! Sorry for the super duper long hiatus :( After my final exams which ended early June, I immediately set off for some traveling (I ... for MIT students who are considering spending one or two semesters

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  taught me how to stand up for myself, hold others accountable, and take responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and made my shoulder available for others to cry on. My friends have pulled

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  for our living spaces, and 2. the free art is REALLY GOOD. the program is called SLAP, which stands for the student lending art program, and i suspect they chose the name at least partially for the sake of an amusing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  counted traffic today!), for the most part our studies are focused on three ... , this semester has given me a much greater appreciation for what it means ... the world works. Nothing can be done without consideration for politics

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  given it a second (or first) thought, except for a conversation I had with ... , and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share ... around for an hour until 7pm, when I was allowed back on (the reason the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  this entry. I've been biding my time, waiting for this day and the ... limbo of deferral. This entry is for the deferred. This entry is my story ... questions (What do you do for the pleasure of it? Which department or program

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  gifs) I visited MIT for the first time during CPW, and I came in ... was the right place for me to be pre-med...despite the fact that I would ... Greggor Crowley. (Best advisor ever?? Yup, I think so!) Together, we've come up with

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... would make for a particularly interesting blog. So instead, I figured I ... 've written countless posts on reading in the abstract: what we look for in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014