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  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  said. “You never know what’s gonna happen.” He told me his story, or ... ’t. This is what he told me:   “We all took different paths, my ... , college. People asked me, I wondered, why am I working so hard if there’s no

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  concert that was not going to start until 8 PM that night. (Don't get me ... to clear out the obstacles in her path, I can't. As life has taught me ... Camille looks like me and we share a lot of characteristics. (Yes, I am also

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . Sometimes I feel like lightning strikes me and I get a project done in three ... these months, work is hard enough to make me feel like I should be able to ... always hours when it is impossible for me to work. And these are the hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  Elizabeth C. ‘13 asked me if I wanted to write an open letter on the topic. I ... reflect on and preserve cool recent experiences—makes me realize that my ... sketches help me experiment with different narrative formats and replace the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  amount of money I can spend in this convenience store that will keep me ... dorm or my brothers in my fraternity is that they haven’t seen me “in ... -Ford search algorithm is going to make me a better person, why should I waste my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  This story ends with me losing my phone on a drone on a yacht on an island in an ocean, but it’s going to start with me at a desk in an office ... one of many lessons the Media Lab taught me this summer: Lesson #1

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  won’t do me any harm.’ ‘Ah, but I’ll differentiate you with respect to y ... grey carpet. He told me that it happens all the time. Then he shared the ... . He told me about a bet he'd made with a friend in the 1970’s. Then, he

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  exceedingly real to me, despite the fact that I haven't had a panic attack on ... Troubadour" by Tom Chapin  Which brings me back to that Thursday afternoon ... tells me that I had double English in the morning, so we were probably

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  made me eat a really terrible burrito against my will (or something ... that were in my eyes, I counted every possible point against me: a 690 on ... doses of optimism. So I focused on what I had going for me: sincere

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  interested in me. I was a very good young runner, but I wasn't one of the best ... were they talking to me instead of the girls who were a little faster and had better form to boot? I think it was my mom who explained it to me

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  , I've realized that every semester really has taught me something important, some greater, grand life lesson that I hope to carry with me into ... that with me into college. I wasn't particularly well liked in high

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
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  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  . This confused young freshman me, so slightly less young senior me will ... upperclassmen told freshmen me that I should do it ASAP during orientation week ... about unless you read the course catalog. I can't believe it took me three

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  test in a different mood”, which to me highlights a key flaw in any kind ... please tell me your skincare routine).   Individual Responses ... I am her to the max. But he definitely sees a different side of me and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  : "So where do you go to school?" ME: "Oh, I go to school in Boston." HIM: "Do you go to Harvard?" ME: "No!" HIM: "MIT?" ME: "Yes..." HIM ... in Boston.'" I never thought about it, but if you must press me for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
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  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  I have finally made it home for the holidays. Let me tell you, there ... especially. Fortunately for me, none of that stress comes from my parents. All of my stress is self-imposed, it's me telling myself to do well

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  students to the Institute, and each year they surprise and inspire me. The ... what fulfilled me academically, professionally, and personally. I was ... more during the Spring which made me question why I wanted to transfer in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  going to be useful or informative to anybody, except for future me who wants to reminisce back on my glory days at MIT. So, for future me: here ... Ave from across Lobby 7: always reminded me that wow, I go to MIT. And

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  The alarming rate at which the semester flew by shocked me, and I had ... ’s horn. Then it hit me. Snow! I was so excited I made my roommate stay up with me past midnight trying (and failing) to build a snowman. I’m sorry

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  about missing me while I was off at grad school, and now, I'm reposting ... competition experience or etc. will pull me far behind my classmates and I ... stoichiometry problems and math problems... they're fun for me, but I don't have

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  like, it’s paramount to actually reach out to the chapter near you or the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020