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  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  find a way to comfort myself and tell myself it's okay not to work as ... anger at not being invited out, and I couldn't figure out why it had ... with each other and not inviting me or notifying me of what was going on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  period at MIT! wait... that's not quite right... Uhh, the weekend before EA decisions release! hmm... not that either... I meant, it's time ... Gangnam Style is finally not one of my top five songs this year, so I'm at

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

   hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure ... alarm had gone off, I'm not sure I would have responded to it.) I ... . My big mistake was not actually plugging the charger into the wall. So

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  2023 this year. She also happens to be quite a good writer, so we decided ... schedule so...not bad, I guess?   The Build-Up [Nisha] I got elected ... certain events that I ended up not spending more than ten minutes at. Food

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  worry not: there are no Wicked spoilers in this blog Last Friday, I ... . HEARING GLIMMERS OF NEWS EVERY NOW AND THEN OVER THE YEARS, BUT NOT LETTING ... and thoughts) to the most external (the stage). But it’s not just a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  - Kendrick Lamar The Age of Adz - Sufjan Stevens best albums to work to ... some similarly ambient activity. I did my best not to listen while ... ended up not liking an album, I wouldn't bother adding a song. the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  burgers for the entire weekend, so i did not feel great when i got home ... ring delivery! the class of 2023 dressed up and got our [annotation note ... (gasp! cocoa that's not powder and water!), and cook delicious food to eat

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  -Orientation Programs–totally not required to apply, but they're super fun ... “local”–generally involves being born and raised on island. I was not born ... Donald’s tells me to my face that I’m not actually from here. It’s hard to proudly

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  thought about how the ability works beneath the hood. I mean, it’s just ... those didn’t work either. Then one day, while doing my [annotation note ... ://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_2516-1.mp4"][/video] So in total, there are 26 possible

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  MIT 2023 Vice President! My current project has been working on the 2023-2024 pen pal program, where stuco and I are working on pairing MIT 2023s with ... bunch of lectures from experienced work people. Normally, we would get

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  Rico seemed like our best bet; it's a great location, not super far, and ... group despite not...living with everyone in it"]Burton 1/Burton 3rd ... mattresses, and many couches, we made the sleeping arrangements work. hanging

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  As of this weekend, I have watched Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster Barbie six (6) times. I have also cried to Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster ... . Still, like any piece of art, I find it impossible not to pull out my own

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  , but I was very much not built for 7-10PM classes.   8 ... worked. 4.341 - Introduction to Photography and Related Media I wrote a ... In 4.301, we worked through a series of different mediums

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  once I started working on it with other people and attending office hours ... ="Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and ... in my transcript, all the work I've put into this class has been undone

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  Gala, our student-run fashion show! Originally conceptualized in 2023 as ... ) is hard at work setting up the runway with a border of iridescent ... , working out logistics, and setting up the AV system. An Area 4 coffee

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  2023 is now live. While some have jumped at the chance to scope out the ... we did not intend and in ways entirely contrary to our explicit guidance.  While the sheer number of ways that applicants find to not follow

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  I am a senior, I am a 2023, I am graduating in May, and though I ... 'm not even supposed to have a big role, but somehow I keep saying yes ... pretty lights, and we're building a rollercoaster for it, and I'm not a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  [Editor’s note in 2023: This post contains outdated information. The ... not available. We will reach out to these students with instructions on ... not provide any midyear grades, homeschooled students, and students

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  work. Here's a link to that snowflake. If you view the snowflake on the ... ="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/flake.webm" loop="true" autoplay="true"][/video] The animation ... work? The answer has to do with winding numbers. A cut is a closed curve

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  had just moved to Cambridge not even 3 months before, and was adjusting ... miserable.   What is actually miserable? Certainly not Cambridge Autumn.   November 5th, 2023   My first vivid recollection of

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025