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  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  med school.   My flight was delayed due to ongoing construction at ... when I finished people applauded.     Of all the things I ... Sabrina's work as an excellent example of what an MIT education can make you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  nearest grocery store. There’s a gas station, two schools, and a cluster of ... donned my most comfortable pair of sweatpants (Manchester United sweatpants ... marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to ... astronomy conference, then flew back to Boston (I got the results of my x ... of February and classes began, I wrote a summary about my adventures

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  ,[/annotation] I sacrificed six nights' worth of sleep—an offering of my life source ... usually choose to watch like The Bear or Black Mirror. Then out of the blue, 10+ weeks of non-stop assignments gave way to a week of utter

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  high school and you're still shy about pictures of yourself. Spend half ... group of other people and wait. You chat with the high school kid in front ... STEP 1: FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN HIGH SCHOOL. This requires

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  school ended and spent the rest of my schooling in the Twin Cities area ... away, helping out around the house. We were doing a lot of renovations in hopes of selling it later this year, which included repainting the doors

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  schools because the prompts spoke to me — come from a place of authenticity ... days (mainly for christmas), and due to a mixture of factors both within ... ’t awful, but considering how much all of my friends raved about this city i

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  week of classes, especially in high school. I hated how boring it was ... feels like) the first three days of school. [annotation note="to repeat a ... school, with a graphic visual of an [annotation note="Not that I use Google

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  . Schools understand that this scenario is a part of the process, and it is ... the middle of May, after we've received and processed the responses from ... overenrollment of previous years) and thus it is more likely that this year will

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  school. It was part of an anthology assigned in English class. That single ... probably be higher if I felt capable of Actually Understanding Poetry, but I ... letters, and a list of all the books. S: will reread again and again

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  have more school ahead of me, but it just will not be the same. although ... to take, so many clubs i was never a part of, so many parts of campus i ... always and recently, i find myself trying and then failing to make sense of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  number of girls in scientific high schools and boys in classical ones ... day in Bologna, especially after chancing upon a fellow group of ... , accented by sightseeing of seven of the city’s “secrets” from an Argentinian

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  different mediums offer different experiences A study in the rise of zombie ... little has happened, and I’ve been trying to write blog posts about both of ... extremely quickly. Here is a list of blog posts I meant to finish, to no

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the beginning of my ~emo phase~...[/caption] “I am not cool” said a teenage girl   With her nails painted black and the whole of the world Turning

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  of Logan airport last Friday, including Celebrated Fellow Blogger Joel B. ‘18. I was traveling in a group of five, and we ran into people at least one of us knew left and right--students going to London, Iceland

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  ruin a large chunk of your senior year of high school. Instead of trying ... you may be at another school." MIT Admissions knows which types of ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically ... on Tuesday night. I spent the rest of the week showing her how the real ... visited my old high school and was the "guest speaker" in the AP Physics C

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  High School Auditorium, 2200 E. Dorothy Lane, Fullerton, CA 92831Los ... : Saturday, October 1, 2:00pm; High Tech High School Auditorium, 2861 Womble Rd ... handful of questions I'm almost always asked. So, what I'm going to do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  of words we made up and toss at each other — here are a few you may ... assortment of words you may hear majors, minors, and class names further reading a random assortment of words you may hear: cruft: 1. n literally

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  of coming into a tough school and finding your place, and that's why we ... morning, and strolls through rows of dark offices. And there are the "crust" -- graduates of years past that still hang around the hall -- which reveal all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005