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  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  ] but part of me is just thinking again of the pattern of how you can be ... thinking about academics at all -- but you could pick out trends, in how I ... it because I want to learn as much as I can in a limited period of time

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  the largest species of common roaches). You can also tell from the wider ... sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ;I'm pretty sure I can distinctly hear Max in that cacophony of noise ... ;this made me want to switch majors” aren’t phrases often heard in ... audience members from around the globe. It’s the closest thing you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  . Let me explain. Malingap [annotation note="in which frats hold events to ... . You know that feeling when you’re hanging out with people, but Facebook just happens to be a more interesting conversation partner than you are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  me, personally"]“the English major of engineering -- you can keep your options open, decide what you want to do later, and work in any STEM field ... After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  if you know either Nisha or me in real life—even tangentially—you ... exploded with laughter in the middle of my physics lecture as soon as i saw ... me assuming that I’m Nisha, and I hear “Ankita, I thought I saw you at

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  cool to see in real life. you could see all the wiring on the inside too ... application is probably one of the spookiest things you will do in your life and ... Happy [annotation note="so if you think about it i'm technically

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  worthwhile watch and can be helpful if you're missing MIT like I am. Some ... intelligence research. I hope we can become as strong a leader in identifying and ... ratio, you can't lose." Her friend says "stupid" (some other words

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  I would like to direct you to this blog entry before we begin ... written I moved into the same dorm, the same floor in fact, as Sam - Conner ... assigned to them by another member of Conner 2. I can't remember all of the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  In 1st grade, there were these 1-sided sheets of simple math problems ... pencil down announcing that I had finished first. In 4th grade, in ... ’ people, knowing that I would win. But as I moved up in the hierarchy of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  world a better place. And we hope that you share in that excitement. But ... about it in your application. And for the rest of you poets, dancers ... majoring in BME. I am a published poet in my country. Should I send my book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  Text transcript: Many times this semester, I felt disappointed in ... , except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look up - this parallel universe is also one where art transports you

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  -shirts (which you can't really see because we all had multiple layers on because ... participate in. You tag your friends in memes on facebook, you make memes, you ... . Like you know something’s legitimately famous when it has it’s own wiki

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  builds character. 37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn ... to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... in your college career, do something fun and irresponsible when you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  to whatever it was you were originally doing, but can’t because you are ... had long stopped feeling hunger, but the void in my stomach seemed to ... deprived wasteland in my head. I checked my laptop again. 2 minutes. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  -deprecating disclaimers aside... Things you will see in this video: angst, pretty shots of ... ," awkward faces Things you won't see in this video: a cohesive narrative of ... that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  that a professor can be a mentor and a listening ear and not just an instructor. I hope - and think - that I never participated in a conversation ... now, though, that I did have a solid foundation: in particular, I had a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  work” motto rings differently when you can do that by asking someone who ... it fades. As you can tell it is already fading.  ... E capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It's known for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  can healthily manage in a semester, but I felt so fulfilled doing ... “Going up in flames” “Trial by fire” “Burning out” “Burn it all ... considered using a fire idiom in the title of this post, but decided to go with

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  island in an ocean, but it’s going to start with me at a desk in an office ... . One day last summer, while I was working as a UROP in the Media Lab ... working with, a delivery man walked into our lab with a large package in tow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015