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  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  , four or five hours in a row. And everything feels interesting, and good, and amazing. And I feel good about these days, because I like the ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  . False. I found my limits - pushed them, broke them, flailed about, and ... would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my ... on less, and if it had, I would always wonder whether I could have done

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jack of all trades master of none...

  

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 24, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  A cold and biting wind claws its way across campus, and a motley ... on the stage, a girl changes into a dress and back into a t-shirt. I do ... meant feeling the heat of the sun, hearing Jesus gasping for air and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  bajillion: It's my birthday. Reason 2 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and creativity and ridiculousness emerge in costume form. Reason 3 of 1 bajillion: An excess of yummy food is consumed. Reason 4 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  never would have ended up at MIT and probably wouldn’t have ended up as a bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and ... of my favorite poems, all about looking toward the future and starting

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  The first and most important rule of improv is this: don't negate. To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  These past three weeks have been really hard. And I'm sure that for you, it has been too. The MIT application can be very daunting and, if ... were afraid of the potential rejection, and I think that's really

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  It's been over two weeks since I last blogged, and I've been working ... a necklace, trying sentences and paragraphs on for size, then discarding and reweaving them until they sparkle and sound just the way I want

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  real, unfiltered picture of the information you need to know and real ... having seen many friends and classmates navigate the confusing, emotionally draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky ... it up and be a big girl. I enlisted the help of my fellow bloggers so ... gather a group and sign up. So when Jebby did all the hard work of securing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  /wing/entry/house/floor, your frat, your sorority, your independent living group, etc. and celebrate and show your community spirit! And one of the main ways people do ... already a HUGE line. And when we got inside, Kresge was already more than

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  .) After finals, my brother and I flew home and stayed there for about two weeks, which filled themselves with card games and electrical failures. We ... safety, clean air, and good public schools. It felt unusual to have so

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  meet in Early Action committee and I don't think: 9:00AM: arrive at work ... applications, how bleary-eyed we get from reading them, and so on. But the ... least if, like me, you're a fan of both productivity hacks and science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  Three years ago I was in the room I’m still in now, and just like today it smelled like the boxes stacked on the furniture and the floor and stacked on each other, full of stuff my dad and I had bought my last week

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  and hawk their school. I recently returned from my travel, which took me from Raleigh, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia and a dozen places ... and small high schools, cities and villages, and performed what amounted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  sky. And so my college application season began. My interview was at the Cosi at 13th Street and 6th Avenue with a young recent graduate ... liked the drawing I'd made while waiting for him and seemed really

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... no! He's not dead! He's still alive and quipping things like, "So I ... 's about all I remember. Battle on, Mandelbrot. My friend and labmate Steph

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  , Ward Melville. In my three years there, I changed intellectually and ... reflecting on these changes. How did I change, and what changed me? How and why ... setbacks and mistakes, I gained resilience and principle. My freshman year at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  my sorority has ended up being one of the one of the best and most ... and learn more about the process! Intro to Panhel What is Panhel? MIT has six sororities, and the MIT Panhellenic Council (Panhel) is the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024