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  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  frantically typing up essays fueled by caffeine and a tinge of desperation. Each ... , highlighting my accomplishments, challenges I'd overcome, my individuality, and my impressive vocabulary. Being word-limit averse and untrained in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  .03, 8.02, and a hass class." hosed: adj the state of being exhausted ... 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

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

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  Program to Chroma to Rune, that we have pursued and practiced visual arts at ... various artistic/technical aspects of animation, and how we have been able to learn and practice these things at MIT. Now, in this post we want

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  have offered some serious and/or fun resources. below is our list ... Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen with friends. there’s coffee and crepes with nutella and romantic spanish

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  It's my junior year, and I am busy working on graduation requirements ... upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just ... . This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  (read: winter gear, air conditioner unit, mini-fridge, comforter and mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a ... limit and carry-on backpack, I was ready to embark on my first stop -- San

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  did absolutely nothing productive, and I wouldn't have it any other way ... ashamed to say that I adore that place), and picked April up at the bus stop ... world works out here in NJ. We spent Wednesday with my mom and aunt at the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  It’s almost the end of 2020, which is terrifying. And hopeful, of ... know that. Lots of things happened, and particularly this fall (what with, you know, starting at MIT). But time just keeps going, and I’ve more or

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  not through the words that you and I use. [caption id="attachment_96820 ... cold, and the way the sun disappears by four bothers me a lot actually ... covered by soft ice. But if I can get myself out of the house and into the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  High Schoolers), and have noticed that many of them have similar themes ... scrolling and scanning, here's a table of contents: 1. Calculus and APs aren't offered at my school. Does that eliminate my chances of being accepted to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  for the past few months, Nashua conjures images of flatness and ... trees flow endlessly past the window, of loneliness and stagnancy and ... morning, of the cold, sunny walks to and from the bus stop, and of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  took it slow, taking time to rest up, take care of my body and mind, go grocery shopping, catch up on some TV and books, cook my favorite breakfast ... , declutter my room, meet up with friends over lunch and boba, watch Nervous

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  morning I had the incredible opportunity to attend the announcement and ... begged another TA to switch recitation spots with me and confirmed my ... , avoiding all pronouns and listing the "who" as "18th president, MIT." I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  that "no one" at the Institute appreciates, let alone participates, in ... students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the ... involved with. In fact, there are over 50 different music, theater, and dance

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  SAT class of the semester, and I suddenly saw specks of white fall from the sky. I asked myself...is that SNOW? And then I felt some white flurry specks of coldness brush my cheeks, and I'm like, "WOW IT REALLY IS

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our friends

  

  Ketterle, Prof. Phil Sharp and their brethren. Maybe you think of students ... and Senior House. Big Jimmy was a legendary figure, someone I only met briefly but who many of my friends counted as a confidant and friend. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  female (and then there are the five sororities and the Women's Independent ... you there and not someone who'd rather be in a coed living group ... : "What made you decide on MIT in the first place, and what are the major

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, and took part in the ... The past few weeks have been quite the welcome-back-to-MIT-and ... , Detroit for a competition, Chicago to visit my cousin at residency, and NYC

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  into the present and, lest MIT spontaneously implode, many more strange and distant future presents. Her energy is unfamiliar (if I got only ... relocated to 10am-6pm and careening in the direction of 'hand-wavy'. The day I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  theme is “Wild Wild West” and we plan to deliver on this - come to the East Campus courtyard and you’ll probably see at least one person walking ... you tours and answer your questions (or your parents’ questions, if your

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018