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  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  gradients and force fields that are all starting to blur together, and over on ... I’ve decided to continue a long chain of poor decisions by starting to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  , dreamy tone people usually use to describe things like “winning the lottery ... sitting in the library, studying for a Geography exam when someone ran up to ... cat, I ran quickly to the office and seconds later, was tearing off DHL

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  . But it’s more than just famous. To MIT students, it’s a symbol that we ... one of those events that all sophomores look forward to. During the ... ’s ring that they had been working tirelessly to create. It’s a time to get

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  quite fitting. I recommend, though, listening to Sorry-Grateful here ... application that I wanted to write blogs that I wish I had read when I was ... , but you’ll grow to. And you’re going to be very satisfied that Mrs. J is

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  to get a bladesmithing club together. They wanted to use a blacksmith ... . It reflects something I consider to be an important component of MIT ... theoretical worlds in their heads, and love to know why things work the way they

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  ) and swiss army man (also excellent, also emotional) and went to a house party. i took my last final exam (6.006, intro to algorithms). i packed up ... mental health and community wellness at mit and represents my own coming-to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  conspiratory stigma about them, in which one must “game the system” to achieve ... needed to get serious about applications very, very soon, so I hopped on the internet and dived into research. It didn’t take long to come

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  we eat dinner together on Slugfest, before splitting up again to go get ... thought it would be pretty cool to do it again -- and by coincidence, the day when I was the free-est to blog was also the second last day of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  . But compiling these steps together, to run as a state machine without ... [annotation note="pronounced 'two double-oh nine,' referred to among Course 2s ... up to see above crowds at concerts. Everyone laughed when I talked

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  of flavors, you get to customize it, and experimenting with new flavors ... applied to college 2 years ago (2 years! I'm old :( ), I wrote over a dozen unique essays to all the colleges I applied to (btw - applying to 15

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  After Graduation, I now have a lot of time to "reflect upon my MIT ... of the summer, so I hope to continue writing a few blogs discussing various aspects that I've come to gain a better understanding of after my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... to work for multinational companies by their sophomore summer. kids

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  really ever came to anything. Among all the thoughts, only one feels all that important to share with applying students: taking the L. Y'all, I've taken so many L's. Physics L The summer before you come to MIT, you have

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  Wait. . . what? Thongs? MIT? Together? Here's the story. Well ... in the comic strip, Alex, had to decide which college to go to. She was accepted to several tech schools and the comic strip writer decided that he

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  One. I would use the blogs to process my feelings if I had any feelings to process. But the weird part about all of this is that I feel very ... ready to be sad. It’s like, you know when you’re going up stairs, and you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  , which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I often turned to pakaprow. To me, it brings a sense of comfort like no other. It’s neat having things in life that you can always count on to

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  Dog 2 even though they used to live together) eats Dog 1's food, Dog 2 ... little boxes on Zoom and everyone seems so calm and ready to start back up ... and hates Dog 2. If left together, they will fight. Dog 3 will start

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  , together, “they were able to speak English, French, German, Russian, Persian ... tenure at MIT with a vision to build a more diverse and inclusive Institute ... between North and South America. … If North and South America stand together

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  cites an example that equates choosing a class to putting together a group ... virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  Together - A conglomeration of all the resources that MIT has to offer in one ... to keep going or are scared about the present or future. A panic ... to catch one's breath. One's chest might hurt from not breathing

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014