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  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  mom couldn't explain the rationale for this discrepancy to me in the 7th ... ramifications on my life path, but I do think it all worked out for the best in ... teller and her dad is a truck driver. My mom works in an elementary school

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  really were all written in one document but it didn't make sense for them ... confidence in my abilities as a CS person skyrocketed. I was an active ... for an app, I did practice technical interviews (though I didn't get any

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... the IAP acronym, and then spending a quarter of an hour trying to come up with cute names for everything else I'm doing, too

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  yearned for most was the feeling after each race, when I relished in the ... what would pass for an adequate obstacle. Instead of letting ... advice in his remarks to MIT's newest graduates. The whole speech is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  every iap at mit. i took the class in 2020 and was an instructor in 2022 ... instructor note - it’s a snow day announcement. endorse an answer for the first ... down in case they panic. the lecture goes well, so for your other two

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  as an MIT cheerleader -- and I think I won't have a voice in the ... very good". Certainly you don't have to be an IMO medalist to get in ... Unseasonably gorgeous February days Last Thursday, for whatever

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  narrow them down to just 4 at the beginning of each semester (or 5 for the over-achievers or 6 for the eventually sleep-deprived). Well, at least we ... .042 – Math for Computer Science (just had our first exam, so bleh^2) CMS.100

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  rate i will be done in the next 15 minutes. again, thank you so much for your patience, its for 2.671. Hugs, E" Playing sine waves in the shower ... doesn't allow for a whole lot of off-campus adventuring.) I landed in DC

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  ’s because I’ve been on the road for several weeks! Every year, admissions ... obstacle that has affected my educational journey?” However, it was asked in ... violence during my first year of high school? Can I write an essay about how

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  Borderline is a club at MIT that started in Spring of 2017 (our ... of the murals, meaning if you put your phone up to the murals, an ... of projects, and is now a community of people interested in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012 ... ephemeral. It’s there, then it’s gone. Have you ever been in an empty theater ... PERSONAL NOTE   For me, “Breathe” from In the Heights resonates

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  professors’ interactions with students in an informal setting. TwT videos are ... us in many ways. What we want most is for people to watch the videos ... gets work done in an effort to further our mission. The TwT experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  eating everything at eastern edge a rave review of a new food hall!

  

  "]mushroom asada.[/annotation] You can make it a combo with rice and beans for an ... places to try food. Eastern Edge is a new food hall located right in the heart of Kendall Square, and named for being on the very East side of MIT

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  choreographing 4-5 hours a day for the entire month in preparation for Mocha Show ... dancing a lot. I enrolled in an online class taught by one of my favorite ... single hour. oops! this year, I'm doing data analytics for an [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  ! In an all-too-optimistic state, I tried studying for 20.110 over the ... for this summer being done, I haven't quite settled in yet. In fact, as ... Policy for Washington Interns, which is a small class in coordination with

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  traditional Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf and holding an olive tree branch in its ... couldn't be looking so far ahead. All I had in front of me was the present and all I could do was make sure that I was bringing my best in that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  information desk. (Just let that sink in for a minute...the post office has an ... In my last entry, Meagan said, "Anyways, could you please do an entry ... the US (in New Jersey, no less!) for 21 years and Spain for a month and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  . I've lived on the same street in suburban New Jersey for my entire ... to take a few classes, write a million blog entries for you guys about ... write a paper. Details to come, so stay tuned. 21M.733: Design for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  . Being an admissions officer has required constant exercises in empathy and ... I first set foot on campus about five years ago for my MIT Admissions ... working in admissions was nowhere on my radar. When I was in my senior year

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  just in time for the freshman spring season to finish. End of freshmen ... 6 hours. The second: I exist in the mornings for breakfast. I stocked ... had to ask the police for help, and then barely made it back to MIT in

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014