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  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  to even be at this point. To even get to be in the shoes to say that ... . That summer was, in short, an amazing epilogue to freshman year, an ... very incorrect. We went to a camp in the middle of the desert that was

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  want to do. In a way, things do feel a bit lighter though. I’m only ... ’ve been trying to frolic in the Great Outdoors whenever I can.  I spent a ... ’ve been trying to get my butt outside if I’m feeling down. Even if I don

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  further ado... In 2024, the MIT Admissions bloggers listened to 686 ... . For reference, there are 525,600 minutes in a year. Congratulations to ... Music too 😔[/caption] Just like last year, Gloria put us all to shame in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  here at MIT. AROTC allows you to be pretty flexible in how involved you ... ’s time to step off. Your squad moves in its formation through the ... applied to attend West Point's summer training. I was placed in a company of

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  oh two two" Electric fields and charges: mystery Unknowable to me in ... impossible to clasp There's elegance in here; there's symmetry And solving problems can be in my grasp. 8.022, my love makes me a fool Since I, to you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  dragged to watching matches I wasn't interested in, and I'd get stern talks ... 're in? Coming back to Valenzuela, my hometown, feels especially painful ... look. The street I walked with my friends to get home every day after

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  and games either. In writing classes, there are essays to write, speeches to give, and presentations to make. In Japanese classes, there are texts to memorize, drills to practice, and grammar to study. In Art

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I ... window, but somehow the only people that ever seem to be in there with ... and maps that we sketched out in Mr. Chicken. On Saturday, we went to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  some variation of “What did you do in high school to get into MIT ... definitely were not secretly fantasizing about getting into MIT in order to ... friend in Florida over a conversation about a broken plastic fork. And from

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time ... blogging. [All photo credit to Shion '12 and her almost-broken, thrice

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don ... freebie in the sense that it requires little effort or thought to write ... about 18.022; I'd like to elaborate a little on my experiences in that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  enough to get some solos in Fugues songs last year, and when I did, I found ... hang out with new people in my department. When it comes down to it, I ... again, without a need for always trying to better oneself — in essence

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  didn't even get in on the first try. I had to wait until COVID-19 expanded the program for me in order to get in. And so that's why when I look ... pressure of having a class in order to get things done. Online classes don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  to get bullied by the other cat on the floor, and thus end up spending ... living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood ... them to do it. PUF only sits if I’ve got a treat in my hand, and then

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  myself and hid alone in my room. But then my mom and sister came to visit ... adventure to adopt this little creature that emits joy and happiness in every ... inspires me to get my stuff together. I caught up on my work, I eat and sleep

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  to get there in one step. I felt so far behind and I was mad at myself ... me when I was walking to class or sorting books in the library. Then I ... need to find a way to understand. Freshman Taylor did not get this at

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  for a different reason, whether it was to get somewhere or just to ... parkway in boston, so that i could actually climb the stairs to the bridge ... close to the water and peer in. But, I found that most of the grass was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  fantastic benefit to working in my lab because when I'm done with my work, I ... until then, I'll be trying to get as much experience as I can continuing ... dance shows coming up this semester that I'm going to be participating in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... Bristol Taking an Uber from the station to the flat I’m staying in (I ... over. Then, I had to pack up everything that was left in my room, and I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  in the post to get derailed, CJ. The people have come here for fortune ... to do anything in MIT, you can get funding for it. Alan: So we decided ... results in an additional flood of people sending the word “unsubscribe” to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022