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  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  to anyone interested in God and staying connected to Christian ... . We have speakers come and talk about different topics, and I get to ... of the best things I’ve participated in since coming to MIT.   

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for around 24 hours to catch up with all the sleep you’ve missed this week

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  entered MIT. Now, four years later, I get to post my own version - courtesy ... 'm serious. 10. Take a weekend trip to NYC - Chinatown bus. $15. Gets you ... cannolis, haha =p 51. Go to Ring Premiere - read about ours!. Back in our

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink ... Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... to be said, but for now I'm going to get back to the reading...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... Monday, simply because I knew I wouldn't be able to focus in any of my ... others of you are stuck in that frustrating and seemingly interminable

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  never get to hang out with Beyonce? Ugh, it's all terrible. Back in the ... 't get to suspend disbelief anymore, when we live in an era where planes go ... that long ago that I was 17 and applying to college, the truth is that in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  to go to Norway, depicted in one of the photos above; in the photo, I ... cosmopolitan cities in the world. My five-kilometre commute to work takes a mere ... being abroad is the milieu of people you meet and get to know. Most of my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  it would take to get from a T stop in Boston back to Next House. Out of ... so glad I got to take part in an MIT tradition that I’ll get for the ... excuse is that I forgot to sign up in the previous years. But that isn

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  to tap xylem and phloem in the tree. The web secretes enzymes and a ... ; Day 2: Pocket In transitioning from a Web to a Pocket, the critter has developed increased bodily elasticity that allows it to dip in the middle

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  -March Description: Program for sophomores and juniors in Texas to get exposure to ... program get to stay on campus and learn topics in Pre ... graph equations in 2D or 3D to get a better understanding of how different

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  sexually explicit. I wanted to include such terms in an effort to present a ... draining pathways of dating in college, I want you to know what I wish I, and ... family and high school prepare people poorly in this regard, largely due to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  summer. When they offered me another chance to get involved in the program ... major in, what student groups and other communities to get involved in ... listing (a lovely modern apartment in Reykjavik) to get a better sense for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  towards the college search process. I hoped to get in somewhere, but I ... get in (‘Reach,’ ‘Comfort,’ and ‘Safety’) with a breakdown of ... wanted to study in college, and all of a sudden it was all very REAL. I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  reading." Thus, I've decided to share my secret talent with you all in the ... be great! You aren't afraid to throw in an application to a school that ... think about what you'd want them to include in your letters and gauge how

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... it's 10pm and i feel silly going to bed in case something else happens

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  In order to increase our chances of getting a good referral, we ... .279, and hopefully getting in touch with more 15-1's to talk to them about ... . I've been thinking a lot about the many steps I took to get here, as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  get perfect is an excercise in frustration. If you wait until you know ... in Boston's Hubway, should be able to rent helmets with bikes if they ... macgyver were an idiot) hack with cardboard and batteries to get around a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  plane, let alone how to get around [annotation note="to be clear, my ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the city I was moving to.[/annotation] I was scared. -- At one point in The

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  ’re deferred, and you get trapped in an endless purgatory, living in torturous ... afford to relax. I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few ... room and found my bed to be covered in playing cards, inside and out

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to ... ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... nothing to do with you. I’m making this point because getting rejected from

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016