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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  What happens when your whole life unravels? Well, if you asked me, I ... healed me. Looping together yarn in that simple way, hands guided by forces unknown in the ether of my mind, has somehow always soothed me. As if, as

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  Russia this fall has really made me appreciate sunny days, even when – or ... me starting this post and me getting to this paragraph, my sushi ... setting? What parts of me do I keep? What can I leave behind? It’s a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the ...   To the things that other people say to me when they probably meant ... if I let it see me, From the top of that tree that everyone else can

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  times. My normal routine is disrupted, the heat makes me lazy and slow ... .) It's liminal, but it's not only me who is transitioning between selves ... wanted to know was, how does it make me feel? I think I'll have to do

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  one of the guys working there comes up to me and says. “Caroline, right?” I look up and he’s holding this cup. So I’m like “Yeah, that’s me ... some people, but it means a lot to me. Back home, I was a "regular" at a

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  made me so quintessentially me. We know that this isn't easy, but we hope

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  mentor, steven, shows me to my desk and helps me set up my computer ... "]clone[/annotation] something new every day. steven introduces me to the rest of the team, which includes alex, an intern starting together with me who goes to MIT and took 6

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  cheeks flushing these late nights always drive me crazy next time i promise ... sometimes you keep me up all night but i love you anyway mit —love letter[/visually_hidden]

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  's power (spoiler: he skips time) got me thinking about things that have ... 't have to! But even my 3 class schedule was crushing me. Namely 18.100B. I ... just swirled around my head, confusing me greatly. I jumped ship from the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  didn't even know about until a couple of my friends told me to register to go to it with them. It was described to me as a showroom-type thing ... me).   I also saw multiple massage chair displays...  

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  someone like me, who sometimes finds ten hours of sleep to not be suffice ... , giving me exactly half an hour to look somewhat decent, chomp down a ... assorted set of Muji pens inspired me to keep going and take notes anyways

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  . [ASK] me about traveling for 2.5 weeks in two carry-on bags. May 13 ... Sabrina were working on when I got there.   Then, they told me they ... 've helped make that will live on after me, this may be my favorite, and it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  then say whether they did or did not get in. Trust me, there’s no ... whole admissions process, let me tell you what happened my senior fall. I ... -long Kurt Vonnegut binge that was unrelated to college but did inspire me for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  concentration in writing in one semester, and it got me thinking - maybe I could ... polymers better than some of my materials science classes. And it got me ... ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  are pretty straightforward, I think, but then sometimes you’re me ( / a ... symbols where your letter grades should go. For me, these were: O ... nothing tragic or terrible happened to me that prevented me from taking my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  Try to find me in this picture! Just kidding, that’s a trick ... , naturally, YES YES YES YES YES YES PLEASE!!! ME!!!!!! I managed to tone it ... remember to turn on the personal fan installed inside. (It took me and two

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  picture of me at the top of the article - it's slightly overwhelming But ... really helps me get through each week Here are some pictures of cats I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  makes me feel better no matter what is going on and where I may be. So if ... sticker donations :) And, as always, Rory is there to inspire me in my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  until the day is over. For me, laughter is the best therapy (fortunately, it really doesn't take much to make me laugh hysterically). On the off ... made me laugh over the past few days. Brace yourself for insight into my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  .  Otherwise, ask away! Let me give you a brief update from campus...  The ... , let me leave you with a photo from this week's annual East

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013