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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style ... style, ranging from "Hesitation" to "Tactile" to "Spoonerisms". We ... assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  prelude. I used to be a (slightly) strange child. I once failed a ... ” was, anyways, but it was easier to pretend I just misunderstood the ... to put on a human mask every few hours, but I’d grow out of it. There

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  feel to be back in the city m: kinda weird it's nice because i love nyc ... people ever refer to your dorm as home m: i personally do though some ... 'm going back to i'm just here in nyc for a bit _____ m: since i’ve gotten

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  Moscow time, and as a result I go to bed at 4 am and wake up at noon ... my friend and I tried to build a sleep scheduling website for ... "]sleep,[/annotation] but lots of fun.   Allow me to explain from the beginning, though

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... were being kicked out of our dorms. Due to this, I was under the impression that finding a place to live during the school year would be easy

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  rooms. most public places are shut down, so there's nowhere to go anyway ... amounts of time just so you have to find fewer things to occupy yourself ... have a lot of time that we don't know what to do with. in fact, in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a week in europe pictures of munich, vienna, amsterdam

  

  -ending projects just outside my window keep me awake as i attempt to make our 6 ... : it's the mid-semester bubble rearing its ugly head. i want to succumb into complacency but i have to finish these things swirling in my head so

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear that there's no reason to start on them now, but some people like to begin thinking and ... , we've kept them the same as the last few years, to wit: We know you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will survive (and even

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will survive (and even

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will survive (and even

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  always having baked goods to offer. She studies Course 6-3 at MIT, but in her free time, she blogs at FoodParsed, where she shares easy-to-make recipes with the rest of the world. If you're interested in learning to cook

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students ... you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will survive. We

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which ... paper. They were not allowed to advance. They did, however, inspire a generation of other undocumented engineers to strive for a greater goal. Now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite ... looks to me: like the sky is a shield, cracking open momentarily to reveal ... ordered me, over and over. It's the same thing David Carr said to me a year

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time ... science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I’ve found two short-term (and vaguely connected) jobs to fill these few weeks

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... your applications for early action. Truly. I consider it a privilege to read your essays, to learn about your cultural heritage and family

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012