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  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  initially MASSIVE and incredibly high-resolution for a single image. Maybe it ... current bloggers asking if anyone was on campus this summer and would like to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  posting art on our recently created artstagrams here and here! We are ... twinstagram lol We're bad at goodbye's so, for realsies now, bye!

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  for being good at math, and it felt good to be good at math. High ... together and do a bunch of math for a week. Thousands and thousands of ... running for the IMO team. For tenth grade, and eleventh grade, and twelfth

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  institution is known for selecting only the best and brightest, who among the ... players and be done with it? For a football team, why not choose all the ... Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  wings yet and appears rather small for an adult (American cockroaches are ... sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  I have a personal blog that I write about my teenagers and I haven’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it ... lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical ... students complete their army service (2 years for women, 3 for men) and even ... lectures. I prepare plates for tomorrow's experiments, feed, and take care of

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  being the right fit for me. Fit is an experience and a quality that varies ... for those pieces of your current self and the pieces of who you want to ... there? Exactly a year ago from today, teachers and classmates insisted the

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

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  have for dinner. I looked to the left, and the right, and back again ... decision fatigue for a few reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that it ... time for sleep or exercise, or to eat right, and my brain suffered for it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  schedule, I yearned for academic diversity once again and readjusted my ... the choice, and it's different for everyone. What can you take away ... major is more of a personal journey, and these blogs are supposed to apply

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for ... 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

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  application, send it in, and then wait for the answer. I know the waiting sucks ... So I was looking through some old notes that I was working on for this blog- topics to cover, questions to answer, stuff like that, and I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  reading, travelling and backpacking along North India for two months, and ... Farewell day, and the girl whom I loved for all these years had sort of ended ... denied five years ago. He and I had emailed a bit when he was denied, but I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in Random Hall. Each dorm at MIT has a personality, and I think ours is at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  plenty of time for both... so being slammed with opportunities and open ... and family and drop everything if i need to make time for someone. "life ... above and ended up in puerto rico with my sorority sisters for spring

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  just being 4 years of puzzle hunts and robotics competitions for the hell ... overall Akron's pretty nice. Last fall, I trained for and ran in a half ... startup, your job title is irrelevant. (For this and other reasons, I highly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... and meanings for things they are called “hacks” here. People who pull ... even taken to court and threatened with jail time for hacking. More

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  eats any and all food, including the special food my mom buys for Dog 3 ... secretly snuffles around on the floor for food the same way Dog 4 does, and ... flurry for Humans 4 and 5 in the house unless we have taken antihistamines

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally finish and post it. I also gave up scripting this one, so my initial ... something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  print for writing-centric high school classes like US Government and ... , and cookies-up-for-grabs that turn into tea parties... I love checking ... Say hello to the holidays and winter break!!! Now, sitting at home in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009