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  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT). one of the requirements of this class is to notice something new every day. we are learning ... is a couplet that i'm proud of: "We’re at a party that’s not the right

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  really excited about this, as it’s been a dream of mine for at least…the last twelve to fourteen months. Even at the start of my junior year of ... the University of Washington, then become a software engineer. So, why

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  one of the most difficult things I’ve experienced, and at least giving myself a chance at grad school was bizarrely a part of my grieving process ... experiences at pretty much any university. The funny thing is, individually

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  speakers of MITglish enunciate consonants at the end of words with ... conversation. A perceptive friend of mine from Tufts University made the mistake ... the incoming Class of 2013, I offer an introductory documentation of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  'll see how it goes.   The effort split at this point. One group of ... day. Rock. Also, note the appearance of George Mason University, Wellesley College, and Bob Jones University. None of them had actually been on

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

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  out on my own; I took a leap of faith and moved to New York. When I ... like. At least during the first semester. The Office of the First Year ... pros and cons of staying at home were as follows: Pros: Safety and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  , to study at MIT. In 2017, this ongoing chapter of my life promises to ... like magic, staring at this alien device, this thing of the movies. With ... house and listened in on upperclassmen, who at the time had the aura of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  -Gurion University makes this place a college town. Students are in the midst of finals ... I was at least three times. I live in the university dorms which are ... country, which isn't saying much as Israel is only the size of New Jersey

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  do any of it. Instead, my mom came and sat next to me, and we did New ... As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  home in new york?"]clear as day,[/annotation] part of me still doesn ... on cue.  My mind buzzes at the thought of literally anything besides ... a small space in a corner of my mind where it slowly eats away at my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  I've talked about Mystery Hunt at length, from the perspective of a ... histories of Mystery Hunt and comic books. We then look at the narrative and ... Universe is one of the highest-grossing media franchises. Being a superhero

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  New Game a comic summary of the semester

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  Meet-Up. Just this week, I used it to set up a get-together in New York ... greater concentration of rain boots in greater variety of patterns than at ... Say hello to the holidays and winter break!!! Now, sitting at home in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  people you know in universities you aspire to go to, of people in majors ... sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a ... respond to this question - it's taken me a while to answer a lot of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  , interrupting Skype calls, email struggles New York City || VEDA #10 – bus rides ... stick a master list of all my vlogs at the top of the page with some handy ... MIT-related requests (since showing generic life at MIT was one of my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent ... in developmental neurobiology at that other university in Cambridge ... . I'm specifically looking at the role of My Favorite Gene (MFG) in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  . The beginning of a new year, or a decade even, always has the wonderful ... at seemingly random moments. Yet still, I’m faced with the dread of ... the year a daily user of DeviantArt, a site that at the time was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  telling you about a steel fork? Well, at Lame-vard University, studying for ... doesn't work out very well. As one of the new admissions bloggers, I ... any new language, and ... ok, fine, it doesn't apply to admissions blogs

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  . Oh, boy did I learn about the importance of sleep. For me at least ... productive, and feel more satisfied and less frustrated at the end of the day ... Well, I'm 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  actually end it! Think of it as the universe guiding you along the messy ... to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the statistics of how many deferred students get admitted, it was painful to think

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018