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  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  was no snow. It was not cold. I wore sleeveless things. I got a watch tan. It was great. A couple days, there was not enough wind to sail ... Julia) Because College of Charleston is not currently on spring break, we

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  that in years past~) Believe it or not, though I have been to Ethiopia ... to, and when I find them they’re not always relatable--some people ... way--people born in India and spend 20 years working in Japan, Koreans

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 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…

  

  state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... then say whether they did or did not get in. Trust me, there’s no ... essays to an outside company? Probably not enough to make the competition

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  solely for [their] content.” Those are merely "used books" and not fit for ... Logical Works, with Porphyry's Isagogue"; Venice, 1495, Editio Princeps and ... ,000)) And that's not the limit. Could an antiquarian book exceed the value of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  nipping at my heels and it seemed a bit irresponsible to not devote my full ... of news we have two groups at MIT who are both working on robotic arm ... their manned space ship gives us hope that the commercial option is not

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  finished my last final Thursday after two not-so-fun back to back 18.03 and ... up in the bottom of my gut, not this strange sensation that was ... how stressful a semester of classes really was. Being submerged in work

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  at the same time? Probably not. But there should be. Because how else ... and a half weeks of volunteer work, friendly introductions, REX events ... college is a time for reinventing yourself, so why not start by trying

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  opportunities may come along and you may not even realize it if you come in with a ... journey. You're not going to know everything, sure, but why put yourself ... with your situation-- if you're not, change it! Don't just go through the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  lettuce leaves in chill weather.” Blogosphere: “Right… work on those similes ... DO on the weekends?” *defined here as me. Disclaimer: I may not be the ... , not only did I dance, but I danced ON A BOAT. Student groups from

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  hopefully most (if not all) incoming freshmen are hard at work exploring their ... life would be like had I not given the Greek community here a chance to ... 're missing out on moments like this if you're a freshman at MIT and you're not

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  , which sadly did not exist during Chris's graduation. Lesson 1: Unless you ... , you will know that I am extremely short; that worked out well for this ... , some MITERS showed up with tiny go-karts, because why not. Not long

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  -Things-That-Distract-Me. But on this day, Chris not only had to give me hard time for not knowing ... conversation: (Minus the fact that I DO NOT HAVE STEVE AUSTIN'S ARMS ... arm over there? Wait, how does this work?!?!" while hanging paralyzed on

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  individual with spunk and character. As a result, I strived for A's, worked ... the best in some competition. I'm not saying that here at MIT, we don ... test, paper, and problem set. Plus, there's not even enough time in the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  floundering in the amount of work you have to do The word itself comes from the ... opportunities that the sheer number is overwhelming. It's not physically possible ... , "Dang, what did I do wrong? Oh the irony." MIT is hard. I'm not going to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  , and select talented low-income students who might not otherwise think of ... applying through QuestBridge not too long ago. He was volunteering at the ... at the Boston skyline, I’m convinced it worked. I’m speaking about the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  blogs [insert "You Are Here" sticker].  Maybe it's not just a problem with ... resources around here, you'd be quite silly not to go get whatever help you need, when you need it.  Even if you're not sure it's the right person to

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  'm laughing with a friend, in his/her room, and not because I'm moping over an ... of their respective labs (PEOPLE HERE DO SUCH COOL WORK. just saying ... ...really? Wouldn't that hurt? Answer: Nah. Not if you do it right. I guess I did it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  ’re really not kidding. I found myself waking up on May 19 with no plans for ... singing (sort of)! But it’s not like I spent all my free time going to ... was work to be done! I went to a meeting for the IAB, the Industry

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  life outside the bubble. Let’s not sugar-coat anything. Like I said, MIT ... ’s life outside problem sets, internships, work… (Picture taken by the ... ! ...But it's totally not. Don't worry, Kate's got it covered (she went, too

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  to say they were not qualified to run for office. When women do run ... not think I could be both an engineer and a leader. Isn’t being just one ... classes. What a strange question, I thought. Of course not. This happened

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010