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  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  usually the only Asian student in the classroom, and that was just one in a ... was awkward, always too busy reading to pay attention to others, and ... differently, and I no longer hated it as much, because, to be frank— Imagine a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  area and about a tenth of the size by population. So by U.S. standards ... Pyrenees, right between Spain and France! Wait, you still don't see it? It ... Massana, Encamp, Escaldes, Andorra la Vella, and Sant Julià. Fun fact: if

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  On the hallowed grounds of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... its requisite promises and challenges; in his past lies a strong, resilient foundation for the educational, personal, and professional

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  about Bloggers, Boston, and the Great Beyond.  claim: mit students grind all day and do nothing but studying fact: we work hard, but we do a lot of other things too! eating, crying over problem sets, and idk like the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  -educated engineering or business experts with advanced degrees and significant research ... hackathons like MakeMIT and programming competitions like Battlecode. Or they trade in courses in physics and math for wonky classes like "Science of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  and humanities magazine. Editor-in-Chief Michelle X. '20 presented the ... weeks and dozens of writers, artists, and designers to put together ... , recruit volunteers, and raise money. At our fundraiser, we'll be selling

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  " was code for "depressingly early sunset." After a lot of writing and rewriting and fretting around my application to MIT, I managed to have it ... for the agonizing six weeks following October 31. And then, I got this

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  questions have died down, but I have some last-minute thoughts and advice ... questions! I'm happy to do answer questions, and most of the bloggers are on ... it to falling in love.] Make the decision with both your head and your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... Institute, or RSI, a summer program for rising high school seniors around the country and the world. They all come to MIT, stay in Simmons hall, and get

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in ... straight up bio, and in which I had some preexisting interest. I didn ... Institute Requirements. I'm leaving as a course 9 major with a lot of side

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  customization, including resident-constructed lofts, shelves, and miscellaneous ... needed was free, as it came from the roller coaster and fort sites ... sized loft, before quickly realizing that my room is way too small and the

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  few weeks, my friends and I have been talking about where we were a year ago quite a bit. it's inevitable; each day, SnapChat memories pop up and ... days of my life are now a year behind me, and it's bizarre to consider

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  . Don’t forget to provide your name and MIT ID, stating clearly that ... About the Early Action Deadline and Application Components   ... trouble submitting their Parts 1 and 2.) Your school/teachers may submit

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... to Psychology 21W.755 - Writing and Reading Short Stories 9.URG ... concerning jellyfish, nodules, and hermaphroditic cats, but also because I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  dorms represented, along with a few fraternity brothers and sorority sisters. Upon arriving, I signed in with my name, living group, and class ... not, and (if necessary) when would be a good time to call back. Most of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  , there's the East Campus housemaster slection committee. And keeping up with what's going on in the UA. And I'm in the Assassins' Guild's ten-day game. And then there was Mystery Hunt, where I hunted with Project

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  . They are all so different and yet you can look at any one of them and say "now *that's* what MIT's all about." And the energy that the students ... public transportation system, and the fact that more than a city, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  where students mostly do things other than school, like externships and ... , and after a few days, I get an interview. A day or two after that, I get placed on the committee, and from there it is off to the races. Planning

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  universe it means I am part of something much bigger than myself  

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  other private university (more here). You could be next!

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005