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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... ’ve realized in the past semester that I can be really hard on myself. Sometimes ... , and in the last few months, I feel like I’ve lost my way more than I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  at least three bathrooms. Hey there. I'm in Leverkusen, Germany ... pretty well set up here--I opened a bank account, almost entirely in German ... DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of "standing cafes" in Germany was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y ... answered, and I'll try to get to them quicker. Examples of questions you can ... involved in at MIT How I've spent my summer Hobbies that I have / used to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  course, I did nothing of the sort. (That's in the true MIT spirit as well ... is now.) Anyway, I know I got some quality naptime in on Friday, which ... to get in for another few months. I guess I just got lucky. (*How did I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  been someone that has traveled in a pack. In high school, I had a group ... myself in having the best friends in the world. This semester, I felt a cold and sobering moment as I sat in my friend's dorm room in the late

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  powerless. i wish love was the kind of thing i could package in a box and deliver. if love was the kind of thing i could wrap up in words and send ... too much for me to handle. and i’m hoping, how i’m hoping, that you can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  class so I could sleep in. That’s OK, Joel, you’ll survive - you can get ... player has a built-in playback speed adjuster. That means that I can listen ... ’ combined. Of course, this was typical: in high school, I perpetually resolved

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  place to explore! So you can discover your interests!” But I have grown to realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  realized that I was in the lower half of the distribution of blogs by various ... various excuses and instead try to make it up to you. I'm sitting at home in ... decorations. Tomorrow I'm moving, and then we're starting to meet in Early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  on weekday nights, and sleeping more than I had, like, EVER. And in ... number of letters in the word. Okay, in case I'm not making sense, here ... I have some pretty fond memories of second semester senior year

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  . I noticed that my first two weeks in Albuquerque - when everything was ... work alone. I walked two and a half miles in the dry Albuquerque heat ... cracker jacks and funnel cake for the first time. I fell in love with green

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I ... ’s something about traveling that I think can be fulfilling and scary at the same ... that in today’s world, you can press a few buttons on a screen, and in a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in ... straight up bio, and in which I had some preexisting interest. I didn

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  than me >:("][/annotation] Course? 14 and 18. (In which I usually ... talk about something other than the standard Five Questions though. Can I interest you in games such as [annotation note="cj: i learned the correct

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  not go out until April. So, in a sense, I can understand the urge to not ... . I think it's a good thing that we can finish our admissions decisions ... day to make my decision...). I do think these likely letters, though, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  to this place. 2. I'd never driven in the snow. 3. It was dark. Thank ... can't really see in Boston), ran around in the snow, etc. And ... So this weekend my 61 of my fraternity brothers and I drove several

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  Correction from my previous entry: I'm told that you can paint your ... seperate beds?" I can't speak for every dorm, but at East Campus, most rooms ... . Most people I know in doubles use bunk beds because it saves space. My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so ... . :) I haven't done a Q&A in a while. I'm sure that the new admittees

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  in that class, this pset will take ~forever. I need to finish it before ... I meet my prefrosh Chris '12 for CPW! In theory, by this point in time ... until 6. After UROP I am entrenched in CPW stuff for the rest of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  yesterday in my favorite apron (I made the meatballs, and Adam made the ... , so I end up burning parts so I can cook the meat all the way through ... shaped the meat into a cube and stuck it in the pan. Then I shaped the next

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005