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  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  in the world. I didn't know that we actually had to debate each other, and I'm still traumatized from the very short period of time in which I ... ++. I've worked with it twice in internships before, but maintain that it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to ... MIT students here in rainy Harrisburg, PA), so I'm going to hold off on ... the basis that "It won the PULITZER PRIZE." I really hope that I am in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  One. It's the first time I'm seeing Sean in three months. He's the ... . When I took a gap year before coming to MIT, my friends at home would ... because I thought it would make me look more attractive. I wanted to be thin

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  three years; we broke up this past January. Even though I'm still young in ... birthday today. Starting in 2019, I’ve always thrown a birthday party for ... to kick our asses. But this year, I wasn’t sure what I would do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  too nerdy. I question whether I would even be able to find a balanced ... time, I flirted with the idea of majoring in History at some really ... , as a complement to my life (aka. I don't have to actually "major" in it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a ... dozen other MIT students in South Wales, I was the only MIT student in ... train back from a day trip in Liverpool. Then I painted a few scenes while

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  string is everywhere, splayed out in front of me like...like...well, I was ... calendar. I like checking off tasks in my bullet journal. I like my string ... -mail from Petey, and I excitedly turned to my friend in DPD saying "Oh my God

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  about environmental sustainability. In that post, I wrote:   This is ... background or training in judging people, I have been judging people for some ... his finger to locate its center of mass. I would observe this, although

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  in 2022, I challenged myself to listen to an album every day. I thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... prospect of consuming 365 new albums in a year. what if I found it tedious

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  .) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done ... in the tagline, the fight's begun but not yet won, and I'd rather blog ... what lab I'll be in: I'll be working in the Koch Institute for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  I really love the "day in the life" posts that have gone up recently ... meet in Early Action committee and I don't think: 9:00AM: arrive at work ... would make for a particularly interesting blog. So instead, I figured I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  what would happen if i worked in anti-aging and made no progress for ten ... shows i never would’ve started otherwise - for instance, i do not have the ... highlights in around 15 hours - but i wonder how much of a show’s message or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  ’t work. I have had many umbrellas destroyed by the wind in Cambridge and ... ones in my size (I have big feet...). When I finally did find them, they ... learned this the hard way. I finally gave in and spent a little more for

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  masks. I hadn't been to that park in forever, which isn’t all that surprising, given that I’ve only lived in Tucson half the year. My cousins ... in the Park, and over to the fields, where I played soccer in second

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  most of these t-shirt bearing tech companies in this reality. Instead, I ... if any companies 1) interested me or 2) would be interested in a CMS/7 ... I'm not going to paraphrase all of that in text. But I think the most

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  fine tip, I would pick up paint in such a way that it would form a bead ... attempt. While working on this, I would take breaks and scratch in this ... instance, I don’t think I would have learned about f-strings or **kwargs in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  perspective in life (i.e. a lot) you can make it through the day and in fact an ... 're thinking, "But, why would you have to save anyone's life? I mean, why would ... nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  to interact with it in a big way, I wouldn’t have come to MIT. I would ... rocky Appalachians. I was all over the place. The meditation camp in New ... was leaving. I'm in love with Oregon, and I'm obsessed with my family

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  class. I would, in a heartbeat, tell any underclassmen friendo that you ... would've said if I were in his position. I quickly thanked him and made a ... else, I want to make it clear that in my opinion, the class itself was a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  what MIT had for me. I never thought I would get in, but I went down You ... dorms I could live in. Some people around me--my mom who went to her state ... campus. Except I have never in my life had enough self-confidence to be

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024