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  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  is ten minutes in game) i found myself at the shore of an ocean. i ... items even in my journey as i got further out. most of these effects were ... ago in 21L.320. as a kid i loved looking at wikipedia’s timeline of the

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ways of the humblebrag, I was challenged. In addition, I was confronted ... (and still am). In addition, I felt like each of the essays I wrote could ... ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the

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

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  Hello friends, As you can guess from the title of this post I am ... grateful for, even if I forgot it occasionally while in the frenzy of trying ... combinations of classes I could have chosen to take all at the same time, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• 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

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  beginning of the semester, I encountered my former Harvard TA in one of my ... League of Massachusetts, I completed my final Youth Advocate training (a ... ) and February of this year. Last semester, on a whim, I decided to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  distinction is used for wordplay, though. In Tagalog, I can think of at least ... parts of my identity, like Tagalog. In the post, I also mention OPM, an ... using minimal pairs, we can count the number of consonants and vowels in a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  may have sent in one of those little response cards asking if I was ... better photos of Pluto, and I started to look through them. One of the ... I can tell, they only make the problem more complicated than it ever

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  the circumstances of the world I grew up in that made me feel obligated ... perhaps it was because our school was 80% Caucasian and in the heart of ... that I was a little loud and a little awkward in high school. I spent

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  This evening, as I sit reviewing some of the first early action applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... of Financial Aid, and 9 current MIT students -- can now be viewed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  of the documentary, I can't control the camera. As a result, there were ... in touch with a lot of the folks I used to talk to back then to get ... I've mentioned in the past that I'm taking CMS.335 Short Attention

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  college, where it was slowly accumulating dust in one of my drawers since I ... Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  instance, i’m fluent enough in math and cs that i can more or less understand ... everyone notices in a room full of people i agreed with the first part of ... in my life i understood what the narrator of looking for alaska must

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  ." Why today?  Today is Friday: the most glorious day of the week. I woke up at 8:30, sat in bed cooing at pictures of adorable baby zoo animals ... totally reasonable concern). So much for waking up well ahead of time. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  As you hopefully already know, I am a sophomore in Course 20 here at ... exciting Course 20 classes! ...well, sort of. I say "sort of" because ... limits of our knowledge every day - and that's why I'm so excited to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  exist, I can confirm). It is the one form of art where I am perfectly ... can happen if you just feel it in your bones. I for one see shapes that ... later I went to a concert in Boston’s famous House of Blues, just a twenty

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... stunningly brilliant example of a diatonic descending 5ths progression in A ... the classical style, you have to prepare the 7th degree of a chord in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  strange things that i have collected in the last couple of years. now that i ... skill set is not that of someone who can make direct change.  i think i ... . the work of discovery shall carry on, but i can easily say that i have

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  senioritis in high school, but i think i have it now. i can think of many ... interesting book, but i'm more interested in the categorical parts of the class ... senioritis in non-schoolwork things too. i don't feel like going to many of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge?

  One of the highlights of MIT's yearly academic challenges and competitions, the IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge, connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience and resources of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  I call it by instead of 6.3700. Back in elementary school ... something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... intelligence, which means that I'm signing myself up for a ton of math. It

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022