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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  find summertime a particularly good season for the things I used to do ... those kids that would hide somewhere for six hours with a thick book (usually fantasy) until one of my parents found me and, for the millionth

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  the same time, in some ways it’s too easy to for me to feel like the ... actually happened in my life since September. I also feel a little bad for ... one. I could write a lot about what this meant for me, and maybe I will

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  posting quite often, for a bit – enjoy!"]recently started posting again ... ="Thank you Petey and the rest of the blogfam for keeping me included throughout ... just made me completely incapable of making a single post for so long. I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  saying, “You got the gig!” It has proven to be a really fun job that I ... being said, I cannot wait to see what’s in store for next year. My whole life, I never really made a resolution for New Years. I always kind of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  at the Z center for morning lifting. 7:53 AM The view as soon as you ... start catching up on my HASS reading for Neuroscience and Society. 11 ... robot as thanks" in return for 15 minutes of my day, and because I am a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  and the potential for the Leveraged Freedom Wheelchair (LFC) to be used ... week left. We have been traveling for the past few days – we were in Siem Reap for a little over 48 hours and are currently spending the

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  IAP for short. It's an excellent chance to do whatever you want! If you ... implement them as modules for Microsoft's open-source privacy toolkit. At the ... (snack bar, a fridge of cold drinks, and plenty of machines for various hot

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  of of United Airline’s weight limit— it was the perfect day for all of ... my luggage in the past hour was enough embarrassment for all of 2025 ... . Despite all my best efforts, I couldn’t get the lock to turn. My host family

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy ... . Why would schools do this? For the money, mostly, because if you make ... “development cases,” will argue that this makes the school a better place for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  could not put my thoughts together while studio’ing it up for midterm reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... would have no doubt felt indignant... as if your “best selves” went

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... develop project ideas for MIT students to work on. We spent most of our ... organization that operates throughout the Philippines and builds villages for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  album[/caption] Her music reminded me of what I’ve tried to do for a ... for the first time, with a short story I wrote over winter break. It was ... for years, like how I felt trapped between the dichotomy of being a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  fun of by everyone in the grade. You'd exposed your own vulnerability ... there are other circumstances, too, in which the cost of trying for ... . For similar reasons (with the bonus fear of getting hate-crimed), I don

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  can say for certain is that we started this fall semester again as counselors for a week-long, arts-focused, pre-orientation program for incoming ... sheets making door signs for the freshman  getting a LOT of cardboard

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  boring (to me). things i did "just for fun" ended up teaching me very ... there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... approaches. for those of you who've already decided to come to MIT, yay

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  working on stuff for the MIT 100K Competition. I started helping out with ... been so much fun that I lost track of time.   The competition ... acquired by Broadcom for $1.24 billion. The competition occurs three times a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  do so likewise this year for you all EA'ers! *[ also = „ÇÇ ... enjoyable drama (to waste time on while procrastinating for psets, lol =p) and ... way - where they put the exam ID numbers of everyone who qualified for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  only had a ridiculous amount of fun, but also left the City feeling ... , I'd highly encourage college girls out there to consider applying for ... departments hard at work and really got a feel for how much effort goes into

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  Hopper Celebration is the largest conference for women in computing ... . When I applied for the TechX scholarship, I was really excited about ... enlightening to see how these issues played out on a larger scale - as well as

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  newly-formed NAACP bitterly condemned Birth of a Nation for "its racist ... . He claimed that he was not racist. When screened at the White House for ... blockbuster, making $18 million. It was the most profitable film for over two

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006