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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  the most part, I'm about to find out just what there is to do in this ... . There are no words that can possibly describe the insanity I encountered ... -nine celsius, if you're so inclined.) When I landed in Boston, it was anything

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  it? I don't think I can cover all of this in one blogpost but I can ... vibrant, vibrant creative community that I adore. You can see this in nearly ... thing I've ever encountered in my life and the work and content is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen ... no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to ... ." the 2018s were all in your place last year. i spent the whole of

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

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... chunk of this, solely because I can. Three people from my school applied ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  longest I've gone without real internet in a very long time -- when I went ... , I need to make travel arrangements. I'm supposed to be in LA in two ... . The summer after my freshman year, I lived in Washington DC with Rose

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  MIT proper, I have been in Spain for more than two weeks! I don't know ... beautiful country. Recap (for people who are wondering why I'm in Europe ... on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  science course being complete and fresh in your mind. And since you can take ... cost, I recommend taking three SAT IIs in June. I encourage you to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  When I saw this video back in late April, it was instantly copied to ... never realistically go. In fact, if I had not visited the University in August and completely fell in love with it, I wouldn't have even applied

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I ... other Greek men, I have a great deal of pride in not only my own ... and the same triumphs - both of which can be found in abundance at MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  's addictive, I swear), I haven't done much else in the way of vegetating. First, I took the GRE in July, and the majority of my free time prior to the ... -- but I don't think I've ever spent so much time studying for a test in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  Saturday August 31. - I'm sitting in 4-237 (a classroom with nice tiered ... with Silly Names -Hairy Ball Theorem You can probably guess which one I ... Charles, and happens to have a few resident lawnchairs. I curled up in one

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  involved in. For lunch on Friday, I met my awesome friend Daniel and a ... . Bouncy balls. Falling from the sky. What more can be said? I guess we ... left. I got to talk to Ben Jones, who is more awesome in person, if that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  better. In the two years I was gone, I[annotation note="unless you count ... a pre-lifting state. But, I’m doing it. Again. My first day back, in ... it. You can’t go back, because you’re already in your gym clothes

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  presumably the last non-science paper I will ever have to write. In my life ... in my AIM away messages if I particularly like it. I enjoy literature ... concentrated in anthropology because I've always loved reading about physical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight ... , where my family is and I return for the holidays, where I can get behind ... safe in the world, I've never been that afraid of uprooting my life and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  : Resume consumption of knowledge. 3:30 PM: Study break! I decide that I can ... brain cells. (*In the past two days, I've been taking study breaks to the ... viscosity of eggs. I drink soup from a can, except that this is semantically

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I ... friend". In the interest of furthering the human language, I propose we ... friend^2s and friend^3s were there, so I felt like I wouldn't fit in. Plus

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  ." I noticed that it had to be in by February 9 or I would suffer a $40 fine, so I figured there'd be no harm in doing it tonight. A few moments ... MIT. How does that feel." Now, in my mind I know that it was a long time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  . Ha, looks like the elements did have a place in my list! I feel ... firmly in the back of my throat -- out, I finally came up with a simple ... find her phone that I hid 10 minutes prior. And in the time she’d spend

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the winter the grass is covered in hoarfrost (иней in Russian, I learned) that ... I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016