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• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  During a layover in the London Heathrow Airport I yanked Mariam (my ... journal. I anticipated that the next ten days in the epicenter of AIDs would ... , is something I jotted down upon my arrival in Kwazulu-Natal. “It

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  , anything every day (I am 42 days in! More to come on this if I can keep it up ... . But the break felt so short, and once I was back at MIT, I was in an ... 've tried in I don't know how many years. I did... nothing. (But of course, in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  This year, Jeremy, Nikki, and I were in charge of the Admitted ... rendition of this spiel to the incoming class of 2028… still can’t believe I ... figure out the things I wanted to take part in. As I mentioned, my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  I. eulogies are beautiful but  can we talk about leaves before fall ... ; i look smaller in all the mirrors  that make you better    if ... ’ve been better. II. Growing up in a place where I did not have many

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  the hardest I've ever worked in a long, long time, but I'm really proud ... Sulmona, a really tasty brunch spot in Central. After Sulmona, I headed to ... for my CMS.300 paper. In terms of how I found sources, I spent a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  baddest guy in the college communications business. Of all the pictures I ... dinner. But in my heart, I still hadn't said goodbye to Ben Jones - until ... 's what matters the most. And in the end, I just want to say thanks to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  in april, i was sure that in september, i'd be on MIT's campus again. in may, as many things dawned upon us all, i realized i wouldn't be. as ... they used). in june, i came around, mostly because some of my very best

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  spare time, but enough time that I should, in principle, be able to post ... first time I've felt burned out in a (metaphorically) clinical way, so it ... to stop doing, which I'll get to in a bit). One thing I've learned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  ... that's cheerleadery, isn't it? Jess '08 Well-- I'm in Italy studying ... (Building 37) Details: I'm working with a group that is involved in the ... feel like saying: I love reading, learning, and if you can't tell

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  , it looks for attributes that you can demonstrate in just about any ... the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... In my previous entry, Joan Tran from Louisiana asked for some general

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right ... , where I'm giving a talk about maker portfolios in our admissions process ... similar talk those I've given at Maker Faires in the past, but new to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  notice fashion in a way I never did before. I can tell you that in July in ... .) I spent the summer doing a software internship in New York. I lived ... , in classic MIT student tradition, I crammed a year’s worth of self

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  before the meeting. 11:30am. I arrive in Ann Arbor a little early, so I go ... , 2008 The next couple days, I visit a few high schools in the area, and ... 10, 2008 The next morning, I head in to the office to run a couple of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  any other Harvard building I’ve never been in. I sat with a dear friend ... ), and I meet my beautiful friend for lunch, and on my way home in the ... and forth in the woodshop. Arabic music is playing. I have come to an

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  disorienting, and refreshing in an absurd way. Now, back to normal playback: I ... least I was in good company. The next morning, I felt oddly sympathetic ... A. I think this calls for additional punctuation marks!!! In

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  to make us hate each other. I hope that everyone in America can ... , and there's nothing I can do..." An email was sent out this morning ... while reading the other column: I hope the American people can be

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend ... far as I can tell, not much has changed. And yet, at the same time, everything has. Including me. A lot can happen in a semester, especially a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  in college, I never took a visual arts class, despite looking through ... prickling in the back of my mind again. When I was in middle school, I wanted ... this summer, and I was in Cambridge. So I signed up for Alternative

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  heavier. I spent yesterday in a newsroom, with the weight and force of ... four thirty in the afternoon, I needed to. News was not breaking so quickly anymore. I stepped away. I wrote: Standing in the lower courtyard

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  's limited to 100 students in a lottery. So, we'll see if I can do it. I ... since you can declare yourself "undesignated." I've done a lot of thinking ... students and faculty in various departments, and I've decided that my best

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006