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  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a ... . I told myself whatever happens I would be there for her with a smile ... Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  -harm. I’ve been trying, for months, to find a way to write about what it was ... into a lump of a person, sitting at the kitchen table for hours at a time ... sent it to my parents as a passive cry for help. My dad realized pretty

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  spill from my fingertips: dropping a class for the first time, changing my ... . There would still be friends hanging around campus, at least for a little ... has been harvested; it will lay fallow for a while yet. For the past

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  being the right fit for me. Fit is an experience and a quality that varies ... there? Exactly a year ago from today, teachers and classmates insisted the ... along with a big helping of the word "fit". At this point, it's a buzzword

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  already makes for a memorable life event, just because the next one won ... hour wait, which was no problem for a group of excited young frosh like ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally ... that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  Spanish. I was a beekeeper/researcher for a summer in high school ... applicant for a while, I was called into the room and led to the head of a ... wandered around downtown LA for a while looking for food (a very common theme

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  hope I can become a sort of liaison for that. I gave a talk earlier this ... ...you'll have to wait a few years, and see! Thank you all so much for following ... Ethiopian-Eritrean Students Association, and a founding member of my sorority

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  recipes typically call for a hickory-smoked variety of bacon, so I've been adding a dry seasoning mix at this stage to make up for the missing flavor ... the bacon is mostly cooked, add the onion. Let simmer for a couple

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable working a lot, working hard, working with my head in a book, working late at

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another ... Yee A friend of mine actually substituted the cap out entirely for a ... for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  of a cry but don’t know a good place for it, I’ve got you covered ... us know your favorite locales for a good semi-public cry. And post ... ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  "]MITHIC[/annotation], which is a platform for collaboration between the SHASS and departments in ... it’s very common for a student like me to be able to email their ... halls, maybe you will wave hello, or ask for a restaurant recommendation

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  friends destress through acting or dancing or running 10 miles, but for a ... multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question ... ? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  you are timelike separated from a reasonable hour for phone calls ... euphemism for a depressing lack of something. Ex. 1: I had the null set for ... reserved for situations in which you are completely lost in a hallway that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  , if you ask me “Is there a group for students who are religiously ... ’t mind doing that for you, it’s not a really exciting question. If you ask ... ?! For real. If there was a crystal ball you could look into that would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  to look like a chic tiny home. For further reading: Stephi Lee on ... let me shower. I’d heard a crow call in person for the first time. I ... victory, three a cause for celebration. So on a day with no driving, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... reactor in his garage. Think about that for a second. Now, most students ... you pursue your passion, you will have developed a love for and skill at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

   Credit For Reddit, when Alyssa and I baked a bajillion cookies and enticed ... -tool-cum-participatory-art-installation for our final project. What you're looking at is a rendering of my ... and Media Studies"--but that's a post for a later day. If you

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into ... of Ubuntu in less than a minute because of MIT: You will never see ... .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010