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  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  happily found my community in Next House, and I was queer. MIT was queer enough. Just because a community isn't loudly queer, doesn't mean it isn ... can be important to building a community that is truly welcoming. The

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  as words and actions of hate in a discordant community and grew ... universities had communities that were at least as accepting as ours--until MU ... MIT, the LGBT community, and support offices such as the Office of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  E degree. It’s something I can do, mindlessly, while watching TV or

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  vide the roll in rabbit bone stock at 139 degrees Fahrenheit for 4 hours. Chill roll, then slice into desired thickness. Bake at 375 degrees ... , then seal. Sous vide at 130 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour. Remove

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  So drastic and inevitable, the leap from high school to college seems ... , assuming a newer and better identity in college was a common aspiration. The ... well as the valuables I acquired since starting college. This basket

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  anyone I know was the week before their college applications were due, you ... App as Shanon). The best analogy that I’ve ever heard regarding college apps is this: your college application should read like a story, with

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  against SUNY Geneseo 3-1, but lost the very next day to Colby College 2 ... planning on playing in college. My dad had never considered the fact that I would want to play in college, and honestly, I hadn’t thought about it

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  from home asks my all-time-favorite “How’s college?!?!” Wooo - Here’s a ... : campusfood.com is probably the root of Freshman-15 and much college ... Psychology. With that said, invest in your own printer for college – might just

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

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  the community that I do have, flatmates that still try to reach out to ... , I don’t care any more about civic engagement, mental health, community ... . Yet even still, it’s only because of the community of people that remind

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  acquainted with all we have to offer."]CPW.[/annotation] There is no rush at ... have even had AP Biology offered at your school. It is these differences

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  with your college family. This should have been as high a priority for me ... dramatically different college experiences has helped me maintain perspective; I think it's important to know that your college's way of doing things isn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  in the comic strip, Alex, had to decide which college to go to. She was ... of 31 colleges and you could vote for yours. Whichever college had the ... , Wellesley College, and Bob Jones University. None of them had actually been on

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  masters degree. I’ve learned how to keep learning--how to adopt new skills

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  , completing your degree, landing a great job, etc. Now that I’m out on my own

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  I’m back to Nigeria, there’s a lesser but marked degree of reverse

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  was a spark, an extra degree of freedom, a young, harmonious vitality

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  graduate from college, I can say now that failing out of MIT was one of the ... fiction). 3. How has your college decision impacted the rest of your life ... . Before college, I would make long-term plans and carry them out with my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  and State College have both become home, though in very different ways, State College over eight years and Boston over the past three. Here are a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  , college applications have rolled around—this gorgeous month usually comes ... you, it's much easier to be happy. In terms of colleges, I had no idea

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a ... in college. (Yes, you will have to write at MIT even if you are a math

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011