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  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  😤   I approached the stand  $old my self, car, home, and soul To ... handshake A spit shower 🗣 and quick talk This is all I got

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  finals and my leaving...) and I haven't been able to resist snapping some ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it ... read at a bookstore, got vegan thai food and bubble tea, and had a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  in actual huts. It was foggy and when it rained it was absolutely magnificient. Oh and there were lots of baboons too. We drove into the game reserve at sunrise and sunset to experience the animals in their natural

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  energy and attention on training for the US Championships, taking place the third week of IAP. As the stress of final projects and exams piled up ... lead up to the 2018 US Champs crippled my preparation, mentally and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  few weeks of every semester is chaotic, nerve-wracking, and stressful. As I took my last midterms, handed in my last rounds of psets, and ... friends graduating early, and who knows when I'll see them next. As we said

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even in the slightest because that will Interrupt My Rhythm and Ruin ... acapella group and basic life necessities such as eating and sleeping. Some

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  the back of my mind. It started as snippits and sentences that came to ... began adding larger chunks and incoherent paragraphs over the past few weeks. And now here we are. Welcome to the Thoughts of Taylor

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you ... at Harvard Square that is the main shop, and they're even better (imo ... basically only one menu item, which is pork ramen, and they give you a HUGE

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  infinite corridor is total chaos as tourists and students battle for placement in the hall, the dining halls are back up and running, and the ... and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  ’s understandable that there’s a lot on your mind right now, and the last thing we ... of you are still dealing with damage to your homes and schools and ... , and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  I was going through some of the Admissions archives last week and watching old recruitment videos and HOO BOY, have times changed. (And hoo boy ... before, and you can see a more complete history here, but I thought it'd be

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  in two days, you celebrate by declaring the night off from work, and ... people here, people that I admire and deeply respect, yet I always have to remind myself that MIT isn't a race, and there isn't anything wrong with

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  As some of you may know, I am majoring in math and economics ... want to also talk a little about my experience being Course 18 and how it ... math, and math with computer science. I do pure math, which will be the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  completely new place with new people, new challenges, new thrills, and the same old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take ... share with you a sliver of some of the amazing people I’ve met and the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Holidays from MIT! Images of the Season

  

  you are, I wish you luck and happiness! Below our some cheerful holiday photos from across MIT campus. Enjoy! And share your happiest seasonal ... First East:  (cookies and photographs by the wonderful Emma F. '15 with

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

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  suits replace the sweatpants+baggy tee combos and everyone clutches a ... , The New York Times, U.S. Department of Energy… And 400 more. They come ... curiosity.” They give out swag. Here, some stickers and pens and notebooks

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  falling on the re-. When I see the word elsewhere and say reuse in my head, I'm reminded of the times I said 'UROP' and my grandparents thought I ... class and majors by their course numbers my first few weeks here, because

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  MIT and Boston are in the middle of the actual Snowpocalypse, so what ... after winter break and IAP. This semester I'm only taking 3 official ... will definitely keep me busy and make me feel ever-so-slightly closer to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  offered during IAP and that we should take one together. We looked up the classes and were so excited to see that there was a mugs class - MUGS!! I ... there and then at the small hispter-esqe coffee shop, took a journey to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  between all the reality TV and cooking show. Then you come across a channel ... to compete in these three hackathons: HackMIT, Hacking Arts, and MIT ... MIT is MIT's premiere and most prestigious hackathon. Every year, usually

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014