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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  our tireless devotion to describing, in unnecessarily sordid detail, the ... optimization in C memory allocation works any more. I just want to go to sleep ... first world problems, and then getting someone who works at Media Lab to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  the best decisions I've made in my life. Also - we're getting a new ... for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me ... to no longer be among the 'babies' of the school, to be replaced by the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  : Last weekend I walked out to an apartment in Cambridgeport for the party ... -cut Pete '01, who lived in New House. According to him, they were nice people ... , but in the end decided to stay at EC. Then came hall rush. We had

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  ’t complete one cycle without getting distracted in between. Well, there was ... change from day-to-day, hour-to-hour in fact – one moment, all you see is a ... ? (Carved by Andrew Hoy '10) Do you see what's in here? To no surprise

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  chemically and lyrically acceptable to say 'get your H on' or 'get your benzene ... around You'll end up getting kicked outta Benzene town... Take it to the ... to say, though, is inversely proportional to the amount of energy I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  . I became interested in songwriting after listening to Olivia Rodrigo ... —eternal gratitude to those who have believed in me and supported me even when life was ... sometimes, but it can also get in the way of the reasons I began writing in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  going to get the highlights (as defined by me) here. If you’d like ... your photo, and not get left behind. The piece is supposed to suggest ... get really cold during the winter and it’s a pain to sit on them

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  who seem too preoccupied with aesthetic, because aesthetic can get in ... else does. Not every moment in life needs to be intellectualized, and I have a tendency to overthink everything. The summer I was in Paris, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  think it's important to let the people in your life know that you ... hussling it took to get out of the house. Everything worked out fine. I ... 've been able to take in the beauty of Boston. Despite all the snow, it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... common app so they got the notification. She also got to me really far in ... letters, I can try to address them in the comments below. But my main point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  brings me to hall rush! Each hall in East Campus has a different culture ... convince the freshmen that their hall is a good place to live in. We bought ... Hi friends! I'm Jamie and I'm a new blogger. I'm a senior in 2A-4

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  . Most everyone resolved to get some work done on these couple of days, but ... are realizing what it means to be in the center of all this vibrant ... to see the world and take in the fresh air and ride that bike and surf

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... 't be able to catch up to these kids and as a result, coming in with no ... far behind my classmates and I'll struggle to get good grades (I know

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being ... their schools. Or, sit in the cafeteria and listen to people ... Admissions: In a kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET

  

  checklist, which will now be turned off. In order to reduce any extra stress ... check now to make sure you can log in smoothly. If you need to reset your password, just go to apply.mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  said "Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy." I'll add to that only ... speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia ... a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  week to get out 14 NEW BROTHERS (note the excitement). Anyhoo, for those ... think wild and crazy kids in togas. If by togas you mean suits and ties ... have been my choice in shirt and tie combination. Basically, each

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  season conference title, but to beat every single team in our conference ... win against Emerson, we are the first team to ever go 11-0 in our ... team so much. I can’t wait to see what the post-season has in store for

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  short hours after the official kickoff to get instruction in driving the ... questions. How long does IAP last? And do you only get to do one activity ... days to account for the way Christmas, New Years, etc fall in any given

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  exams. In a word, sophomore standing isn't very difficult to get, if that ... Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... , when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008