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  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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / Classes

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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