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  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  would have been unproductive. In hindsight though, maybe I could have ... able to several personal projects in the time I would be taking a class ... in the two weeks after classes ended. I got distracted as little as

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  . But anyway - Now that I'm in the IAP EMT class, I get to experience the ... being in pain myself. Undoubtedly a nice change, I must say. Having just ... still glad to be in it. When I interviewed for the class a few months ago

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  asked me to describe my time in India, I would repeat a three-word phrase ... took excursions outside the city. I would be in a group with my friends ... saw a billboard, I would note the complexion of the models used in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  and actually go explore the city I live in. One of my first ~outings ... what could be. Just like with Dali and surrealism in general, I feel like ... ="104068" /] Monet is my favorite painter of all time (I would decorate my entire house

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  . First, I had forgotten that this REX would be the first in-person REX in ... decided, would have to be easier. I had a twelve-week internship secured for ... committee; I would only be a member of the committee, providing whatever

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  i guess this would usually be the time of year that there’d be blog ... powerless. i wish love was the kind of thing i could package in a box and deliver. if love was the kind of thing i could wrap up in words and send

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My ... , I bought posters of him in Little Italy, NY, and even went to an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... levels in WoW, FlyFF, Maplestory, or whatever other free to play MMORPG I ... second episode my brother would wake up and take his throne in front of the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  I get a chance (maybe when I next answer questions in a day or two?) I ... Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the ... process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  , I try to be.” - my blogger bio, circa summer 2023 In one of the ... there are people who are immensely better than I am at math in every ... “betterness” exist? Would such a ranking even be useful for any real purpose? I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  smth new or smth new in europe idfk r: well it’s still early i would ... feel to be back in the city m: kinda weird it's nice because i love nyc ... : boston/cambridge/mit really does feel like home right now because in my mind that's where i

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  financial aid, I turned in my applications. Then, I stopped thinking about them. I had turned in what I needed to. My essays were some semblance of who I was, and while I might wish I hadn’t used so many commas in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  things I was interested in. Well, that would have been a bit of a stretch ... When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the ... i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... you have a smartphone? Understand that I didn't have a smartphone in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  involved in. For lunch on Friday, I met my awesome friend Daniel and a ... . I'm not sure if the TEAL would help me learn better, but it's an ... left. I got to talk to Ben Jones, who is more awesome in person, if that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior ... feeling dreadful that I would have to wait another 2 months, and treated it ... years, the sleepless nights. Seek joy in your other opportunities, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  play that game. And even if I did, it would only be in the summers. But ... wanted nothing more than to go back in time and take those classes. I spent ... closing,” my advisor said and emphasized that it would be in my best

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  it all in as high school Cami would have done, I talked to people about ... connect with people. I have many friends in my work and I'm grateful to ... good. I never know when to shut up, and I'm the loudest in the room half

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022