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  screaming a mood board

  

  UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I ... date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but ... department store when I was home in December. I'd never owned dress pants

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  grades in classes and decide what I would need to NR a class. The ... haven't really locked in with the full PNR mindset. I did every pset for ... would be was a 70 (since I think that's the lowest they can make passing

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  would be an utter failure as a person. I was losing my tenuous grasp of ... was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth semester at MIT, I enrolled in German I. My high school math teacher had told

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  warned me against ever taking it in the fall. I think the course staff ... tune in to lectures and access course materials and stuff. I thought this would be a great idea because I'm planning on taking it next semester and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  them in one weekend just before the Jan. 1 deadline) (but would not ... now, in Boston, not back in Denver, but I should have!!) Go to ... previously would into extracurriculars–I put extra effort into Robotics and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  few nuanced opinions about it.  I mentioned this briefly in a previous ... - they're all excellent and I would highly recommend trying literally any ... . It's the grad student run pub in Walker Memorial, which means I can

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  home a happy 2011; I would’ve wished them in person – except I’m in India ... why; according to the anesthesiologist, I curled myself up in the fetal ... spells. Thank goodness: two in one day would just be embarrassing. Only 1

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a ... . For the first time in a long time, I let a friend see me cry - not ... often. Believing in one’s own infallibility is a dangerous drug. I’m far

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  even in my quiet quarantined home. Tears, anger, frustration… I had been ... ” violence that would ensue had these men been anything but white. I couldn ... , I will for sure be in this same position sooner rather than later. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  I guess there are some things in life you can’t control. For me (and ... , everything would be TERRIBLE and I would be SCREWED. But that didn’t happen ... the Charles river. If you ever find yourself on campus, I would highly

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  meeting you! In fact, they are so excited to meet you that we would like to ... and I’m thrilled to share my story with you. I was born in Vietnam ... which I’ve called home the past 12 years. Growing up in California, I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  ) submit a request to remain in on-campus housing. i applied. i also ... in the summer. baker isn’t east campus, but it’s more than i feel like ... time in my three years of joining code jam, i won a shirt. [caption id

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  existed, and I'm kind of glad I didn't because I think I would have gone ... baseball cards in my kindergarten days. I guess the whole point is MIT looks ... , and got H A's in my entire life. I applied and got into MIT. Someone

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  importantly I won’t be hanging out with my family in person :(( For those of us ... kitchen in the process. Nevertheless, I’m actually incredibly impressed by ... It is Thursday, November 23rd. Or well, it is as I’m writing this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  ’s nighttime when my eyes open, and the middle of the day when I go to bed. In ... something about snow. Now, I saw snow for the first time in November 2013 ... in snow, thick white snow that looked like they would be so much fun to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  hostage; not completely involuntary I would say. It’s so easy to go into studio and not come out…till the wee hours of the morning. I think I recall ... – that’s how I function. Using a stool to press down on a drying foam

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  this semester? Well, in a dramatic turn of events, I suddenly became ... all started last Friday when I woke up with a sharp pain in my butt ... no idea what caused it (and still have no idea), but I assumed it would

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... unpredictable times in the evening. I’d immediately sit down to compose frantic ... success. I expected a bright solution. “Maybe it would be better if you took

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  Hey folks, it's been a while. I've been very focused and not in a ... here. I stayed in Boston for June-July and then traveled and saw family ... optimization in language models. I met people and took in new media: I met

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess

  

  In my last post (which was way too long ago 😖), but I guess I should ... ! I never would have guessed. Even though, I still have a lot for work ... dropped 9.00. It was interesting, but I wasn't in the mood to write an essay

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • April 3, 2019