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  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  . living in a dorm last year was wonderful because I could have all sorts of ... was a lot of fun...I miss being able to dance with my team in person ... each of the first two psets so i didn't stress about it until i saw my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  'll wholeheartedly admit that I took a lot of pride in being an INFJ just for the sake ... , though, but I believe in it. 6. Notice whether the details in front of you ... absolutes, but I do think I view the majority of the world in absolutes. This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  I was in looked like that, all wood paneling and a bit of dark gothic ... , I guess, but an aspect of it I didn't anticipate: I can choose what I ... quizbowl is that you form teams of 4-5 people, and two teams sit in a room

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  long time. I cant exactly remember the number of hours as the'd go in ... friends on which I can write on in my essays. I would be so grateful if you ... . ------------------------------------- Utsav wrote: "I got a score of 670 in Maths, 570 in writing and 560 in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• 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 / 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 / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  In the comments section of my last post, Confused Frosh asked: "Can ... eventually and I can't decide!" So, here's a post with my course history. It ... thing now, but it's 12:07am and I was supposed to be in bed 7 minutes ago

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can you mail me materials internationally?

  Due to increasing mail costs and in an effort to be environmentally-conscious, we no longer mail materials internationally, and we do very limited ... of awesome stuff happening at MIT!
• 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 / 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

  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 / Uncategorized

  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 / 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 / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  them. However, in total, 72 units was too many. I skipped most of my ... this in another blog, but I did nearly all of my readings this semester! I was in a writing workshop that assigned 60-100 pages of fiction per

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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