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• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in ... —one hour til nearby dining halls would close. I put my work away. I pulled on ... entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ... In hindsight, my decision-making process was flawed, though I know I ... neuroscience!" I would respond (I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to study at ... in the Infinite,Тƒщ where people would write down random clips of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  A lot of my time this summer has been spent in transit. I take the ... harbors, all I’d be able to see would be the hazy blur of frustration, panic ... than meaningful, since I don’t believe in there being such a thing as

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  -taken-shower. I hated this sign. Because in what world would there be a “Young ... number of reasons, I really like how this turned out. In this piece, I talk ... resulted in "weird" conflicting feelings I think are interesting to hear

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  “hands-on”. Before I got here I would've listed, off the top of my head ... that in mind, credit for the revelation that I maybe was that sort of ... build a treehouse.” Or, in normal-person-speak: hey, I kind of like this

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  In 4 weeks, you will leave home for an academic journey of 4 years ... things I’ve found helpful. Pack: -- a memento for your shelf or wall ... sockets appear in the oddest places. -- a Twin XL sheet set, a towel, and a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  can send in our January scores, I would like to take the SAT again. I ... considered A+) so should I send in my class 10 marksheet....would it provide ... be taken" date. Who do I need to contact in order to change it so my

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  recently, i have been having a lot of thoughts about the ways in ... there was nothing i would rather be doing than economics research. it ... enough to stay in the department, but i never felt totally sure about it. i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  !!! I like to call this one “Cyd in 3-D” So without further ado, I will ... what I’m called as long as it’s in some way related to me. This is ... jumble of sounds that only I would have any reason for using or even dare

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  the last month or two. I apologize in advance to the folks who have ... back. Any ideas?" You asked this awhile ago and I'm late in responding ... admission officer when i send in my application?" Please see this page. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  would be interested in working with after I graduate. This is my last ... points. I’m taking this class because I figured it would be useful in the ... It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  I got an email today about the MacVicar Day event this week that showcases student research in our labs here on campus and in the field worldwide. It should be an exciting celebration of student achievements in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  make any progress. In those moments, I would forget that sometimes the ... When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up how I inline skate, or rollerblade. Even after three years of being in

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... , and in the last few months, I feel like I’ve lost my way more than I ... “sophomore slump” is a real thing. In general, I think everyone goes through

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  friends on which I can write on in my essays. I would be so grateful if you ... . Apologies. ------------------------------------- Aziz wrote: "If i'm living in ... long time. I cant exactly remember the number of hours as the'd go in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  happy new year, I figured I would reach out the next day. The next day ... to sink to the ground too. In that moment, I felt nothing. There was ... else in the room laughed, we would still have a great time. Remember our

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  guys in the control room screaming with joy. I had just finished up an ... to Algorithms. Still, I never thought that I would want to do a startup ... decisions. I participated in several hackathons at MIT. It really started off

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  world works in mysterious ways. Throughout this past year, I’ve blogged a ... while in a pandemic. Among all that, I feel like haven’t spent enough time ... difference being that in the spring I took an extra math class. This makes for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  your Part 1 early, but it need not be in summer. Yali wrote, "I'm still in the college choosing and I am thinking if we can set up sth like a ... many students who have said the same thing. I was also in the camp of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  example, but I would encourage you to go around to different ones in at ... and today, and I thought I would post some of the good things that came ... homesickness is merely this: don't stay in your dorm room. At least for me, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008