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• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  is a Cook-For-Yourself dorm, which makes dorms with [annotation note="a ... at risk of not getting into a Cook-For-Yourself dorm due to the group ... throws a party that has 50+ years of history. TT helped us locate space for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  for a marathon has taught me the importance of sleep and nutrition ... MIT as a staff member for a few years, knew my way around the Institute ... in for a grad school paper. And he gave me what I am pretty sure was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  course to becoming a Educational Media/Multimedia Fellow for the MIT+K12 ... IAP, I was a teaching assistant for the very first time. Elizabeth ... Digital Learning. For me, it was probably an 11 or 12 hour day, but my only

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  through in that class. i think 8.022 for me was what a lot of new students ... m.701, drawing for designers. the class gave me a brief window of time ... activities:  [annotation note="a club that shows films in a lecture hall for

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  different dorms as a prefrosh, or as a freshman, and trying out what works for ... floor works for me. We're a cohesive unit, not just a bunch of people who ... I've mentioned a couple times that, like East Campus, Burton

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  UROP and would rather build toys than wind farms was not chosen for a ... speak, it was a no go. That is, until I realized I worked for the Admissions office. Hmmmmm, I write for a website that prospective students read

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my ... archives to produce a strew of incisively insightful oldies for your perusal ... for Concourse, ESG is a really great program. You can also sign up for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  process for me. In addition, as a slightly extroverted person, reading ... in need of a second opinion. When I’m really desperate for human ... with the same people. Moving at a [annotation note='For those of you who

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  handle because I had a really weak background in calculus. For other ... communication skills for prefrosh. I didn’t do too well and had to take a CI ... uninstalled Instagram and Facebook- a good idea, except for the fact that I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  of a nerd. I spent a good amount of time feeling sorry for myself in ... attribute to hide or compensate for. I was lucky enough to know a few openly ... swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  recruit volunteers. It's Thursday, March 5th. I'm in a meeting for ... of our thoughts in a post-mortem, and leave it for the next CPW ... scenarios and start to put together a framework for each of them, considering

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my ... later today. 11:05-11:55 -- 21A.100 (intro to anthropology) lecture ... line for, order, and purchase a cheese sandwich at the Stata Center

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  and a prized skill. (2) Term for alumni who remain socially active at ... landmarks, not to mention a frequent target for hackers and tourists alike ... - Residential Assistant. The equivalent of a GRT, but for FSILGs. RLA - MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... for MIT?" My mind went blank. Qualified? What a strange word. I thought ... : that the only official qualification for coming here is a certain level

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal-breakers (like a bunch of D's, for example). Assuming you're competitive, your application is then read by a primary reader who will summarize it at length for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  a necklace, trying sentences and paragraphs on for size, then ... , friends, and all the rest to ever find a moment for yourself. But you need ... stop, think - rest your party for a moment. Create a save point for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... building a class and a community. You don't need to apologize for what you ... The new MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group is a warm, fuzzy place

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  I tried to create this video as something I'd want to hear as a ... Frank video about dealing with rejection. He has a very soothing voice and always-inspirational things to say. Here are a couple of my blog posts that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  in Boston.'" I never thought about it, but if you must press me for a ... your classmates for the A. Yes, at the end of the day, the grades for ... (except for one class) like my classmates were "beating me out" of the A

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  , January 26th, standing, from 33 feet away. First we fired into a 11 bulls ...        “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015