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• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria ... unremarkable day. It’s the middle of the school week. Adults are adrift at work ... would be back from school anytime soon, unloading stories about their

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  : Orientation The overlapping begins. Week 3 onwards: School and beyond ... post about being busy. In essence: deciding how to spend my time here ... finding a balance between activities I did in High School, and new ones. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn ... all of the "leadership positions" that I had held in high school. After ... , to getting internship offers, my ROTC experience has given me an edge

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  high school and through the application process ethically (not lying or ... schools admit you, you'll go on to achieve great things in life. This is the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... . Unless you were the most OP high school senior alive, then you probably ... school. That's totally okay. In fact, the point of this post is mostly to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  Masters of Engineering concurrently with finishing your bachelor's degree ... "]TA[/annotation] a class, both of which I’m really enjoying. I’m busy, but I finally ... business day. I miss having most of my friends at an arm’s reach.   It

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  used them. (Hair, Take 1) I’m imagining my high school self, again. I ... hands.  I’m imagining my high school self, and thinking about how ... about my high school, how little labels meant to me, and how I was

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  : Course 6-7, or 7, or maybe 20.  I had loved AP Biology in high school ... seemed mapped out for me: follow the degree requirements for whatever bio major I ended up declaring, go to grad school, get a job at a biotech

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  12 years of public school education could do for me. I started applying ... school in Texas because I wanted out. I really wanted to be in an area where there was a lot to do outside of just being at school. Sample

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  's degree but still lives nearby, so she bakes you fresh cookies every once in ... becomes quite popular at school. Being a deskworker is the single greatest ... myself was in my high school production of Les Miserables my senior year. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  . Yikes! I’m sure you guys are equally busy with school, activities and ... . (Hosed= MIT slang for “really busy.”) Some other things are going on too ... are taking a trip to the high school we work with to recruit new

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just ... more confident and self-aware. [...] Generally, schools make students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  degrees is "freezing cold" and we break out our winter coats. Unfortunately ... design consultations, MIT business cards, and advertising in the infinite

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  car trapped on the road in 8 degree weather because there's 4 inches of ... came out and explained to us that the company ran a business for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or ... 's office is 80 degrees Fahrenheit even with the AC turned all the way up

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  , but, but these are all my classmates, and it says 'degree awarded' on ... last minute, so I was too busy frantically putting my room in twenty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  undergrad and grad school), and she offered to drive me back to the dorm, an offer which I gladly accepted (taxis from Logan to campus often cost ... that it was odd that extracurriculars don't matter to grad schools, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  school...” “You have to buy books from street vendors. And then they ... people leave the country and never return, are afraid of doing business ... to China (“guys, I’m telling you, I have a relative in this business

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  and wedding announcements have appeared. Several of my middle school ... .  People are conquering professional milestones, too. Another middle school classmate who graduated early from college recently finished law school. One

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008