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  another day of spring when canvas went down and i fell prey to overcommitment (again)

  

  ’t touched grass in a week and was sleeping for 4-5 hours a night. Hmm! Perhaps ... This Thursday, as many Thursdays go, felt like another day in the ... immediately had to get ready for a meeting) and was running on 5 hours of sleep

  • by Janet G. '27
  • May 14, 2026
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks ... is even a little intimidating for me, and I’ve been a student here for

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big Island (Hawai’i County)*. I will be here (in Hilo, HI) for 2 months (June ... ://bigisle.sustainhawaii.org • http://abcnews.go/WN/MadeInAmerica ok… now it really is the end. For now

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  impending deadlines and no where to be in particular. With nothing but all the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my ... drive from campus). In the midst of observing Ramadan and searching for a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there an International Student Association/Community?

  The International Student Association (ISA) was established to bring together the diverse international community at MIT and to support international causes on campus.  
• Blog / How to Human

  Wanting to Do Everything And Deciding What Parts of Everything I Can Do

  

  more value and more of myself in doing things for the true sake of ... If I had a penny for every time I heard someone say, “this year went ... pennies in the month of December. Piles of them. Every single year. But as

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... something therapeutic about complaining. So in keeping with MIT tradition I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Admitted Students The Class of 2011 directory.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2011 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this entry's fresh comments space for more admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Admitted Students A quick update.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into their MyMIT portal for new content, including a Class of 2010 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this fresh comments space for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  ’s okay, too. For now, remember that you're in the middle of the ride, and we’ll see you back here in March. So you're stuck in the middle of a ... application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America ... down on education in America today - had some very kind words to say

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  be doing better: close to MIT, there's Sapporo Ramen in the H-Mart at ... so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you ... ). There's one place called Yume wo Katare (夢を語れ), also in Porter, that has

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  using them for therapy and squishing them or putting them in funny places ... It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to live on Burton 2, known primarily for being right below the Burton Third Bombers and for having the largest concentration of Kosher keeping Jews on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  relationships over the course of doing problem sets together. That's cool, but for ... grades are in) Barker Reading Room Campus Preview Weekend Career Fair -- alums come back and recruit for their employers; everyone looks better

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end. What should ... aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our ... with that? It is true that we have not utilized the waitlist in the past

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  /28). In the middle of that I head down to Tampa for the NACAC Conference ... This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... any of you, I'll be so relieved to have made it there in one piece that

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  I lose depth. We cook for each other in our apartment, and everyone ... did not read them all in the hours between 12 am and 3 -- feeling rebellious for staying up so late, although I do not know who I was rebelling

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  new, but I just don't think it was the right thing for me to do in the ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the pressures that we put on ourselves. Each of us here has high expectations for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  canceled. If it does then I may be stuck in Boston for Christmas because the ... ! It's hard but totally doable! I could actually be ok in this place!" I ... sure. For example, on my first test of the year I got two standard

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008