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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  being a cheerleader, and how it had taught me responsibility. (Reading ... postdoc who called to offer me a job, and for whom I worked for ten ... . The postdoc told me later that he had picked me because he wanted to see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  nothing is impossible (and in some ways, it did that for me), for the most ... began to nudge me more often. I wondered if I was doing it purely out of ... helped me with classes and who I admired a lot but never had the courage to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  When I was younger, people called me the "art kid." I distinctly ... my favorite class, and I remember my teachers affectionately teasing me ... trust me that i spent everyday begging my parents to take me to the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... foreign to me. the problem is not that i am unwilling to ask other people ... disappear sometimes people tell me i need to chill and that my standards

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  blogs, which makes me very happy. [annotation note="It was early 2020, which makes me feel bad about how long ago, but the pandemic crowded a lot ... email from former blogger Allan K. '17, who told me his mom, Catherine Mao

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  've got a system. Regardless, this led to me disliking a lot of things as a kid and some of those dislikes have stuck with me, even at 19. I dislike face paint. It was always untidy to me, the way it looked just icked me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  our initial phone call, Penny told me that it was already in pretty good ... more feedback in December, she also told me that we probably wouldn’t go ... new project that made me just know it was the one. I knew it was the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  wondering what all the fuss is about, but let me tell you: the Subway was, by ... rocky, but I could always rely on it to be there for me. After long hours ... downstairs to withdraw cash from the ATM. A footlong sub could last me two

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  , doing real engineer stuff." Jeremy instructed me to look a bit after a ... . This is the first rat I've seen in a commercial, though. And it leaves me ... -but-surreptitious ring placement, please let me know in the comments below.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready ... terrible things at me, and the only way I could find myself reacting was by ... my senior year. It was the absolute correct decision for me. Now, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... kitty!! My boyfriend is watching her and sends me pictures every day ... cat waiting for me. I want my cat!!!   And that's it. I'm here

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  Thoughts on September: Me, now that it's October: It feels ... to hire me." A whole month of school has already passed, people suited ... appealing, are too expensive for me to justify registering) with a fantastic

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  an actual break for me this year- it seems like almost every other ... your lifetime! Although I can't take you all skiing with me, I did take ... me that the world is a beautiful place. It's easy to forget that when

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  cool - the process that brought me from my hometown, to getting accepted ... 'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over the place). The idea of MIT never became a reality to me until I

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  Iwasjustcallingtocongratulateyouonyourearlyadmissionanddoyouhaveanyquestions?" The first few calls were just as surprising for me as they were for the ... , the fuel and the tool! Luckily after two of my roommates joined me, the ... thought of any questions or have more, please feel free to email me at

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  Book, but let me tell you that HD video is not kind to CPUs. On the plus side ... . Sadoway speak at the Parent Welcome I highly recommend it. It convinced me ... if MIT is where you want to be, but please feel free to send me an

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  in the cluster with me may have some idea as well. ...On an almost ... back to work. :) Remembering Honduras makes me happy... so does company. Let me know if you're out there working too!

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  give me the ability to run up walls. But the whole get up did greatly inflate my ego by making me feel like a total badass. But I still looked really cool.       Feel free to tell me how awesome I am.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  cat could never love me, I figured this was just one of those things ... CT in the middle of the summer to pick up the kittens. Chris came w/ me ... your kittens to walk on their hind legs" "Why do cats look at me like

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  and that's been busy too, and, well.. it's not you, it's me. Honest ... 'll just have to trust me that these sporadic blog entries will come back to ... scheduled (although seriously late, they should start fining me like a library

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008