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  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  . '14 Ten Years (On Dreams) by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16 Mystery Hunt ... Beading Artist by Yuliya K. '18 Liminal Activities Period by Joel G. '18

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  wonderful post from Jess K. ‘10 on cross registration, “Half Harvard, Half MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  film. The mural was painted by Grace K. ‘11. Specimen 73617973:    Here

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  : Daniel S., Akshaj K., Vivek B., and Guang C. I'm guessing the name is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  the most amazing feeling. L.K. '19   (not pi day; early action, but ... staunchly anti-periphenalia before that) Maya K. '19   The website crashed ... consolation if I was rejected. K.C. ‘18   Well, I woke up from a three

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  Oatmeal cooked on the stove is so good. I wouldn’t know this, but a few days ago a fuse broke and all the outlets in our kitchen stopped working. Here…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  At the end of the semester I emailed Random Hall’s social mailing list asking people to send me their projects. Here are some of the awesome responses I got. Jenny…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  So you don’t know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with your life and you’re kind of interested in a lot of things and everything…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  A cold and biting wind claws its way across campus, and a motley congregation gathered in the East Campus courtyard huddles together slightly closer. A man stands on the stage,…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  have to take the I-never-want-to-ever-take-this-again exam a.k.a. the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  When I hit puberty my inability to assess risk thank goodness manifested itself academically. I had a close relationship with my parents, and I didn’t have a rebellious streak beyond…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  . Choose 5 numbers from 1 to 50; If you choose k and that number was chosen n times, you receive k/n points. Go for as many points as you can. Those of ... of very messy Google Sheets work. Andrew K. ‘22, a later playtester

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  . Sometimes I got assigned to people who were familiar. I interviewed Benji K ... teachers about things I was interested in. Susan K. '21 and Amy K., Pomona ... this tweet from Cameron K. '23: [caption id="attachment_55846" align

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  . We had our art leads Rory K. ‘25 and Jayna E. ‘27 paint the mural ... ="776"] Sam V. ‘27, Rory K. ‘25, me, and Jayna E. ‘27 lying in the net

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  is my friend David K. ‘16. He brought a giant teddy bear friend to all

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  or running a 5K. You feel like crap when you're in the midst of it, and ... equipment that costs more than $100K. Take a glass-blowing class; take pistol

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  I remember exactly where I was when the email got sent out. There was this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to my phone…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out Guide to MIT: Academics here. GOOD REASONS TO CHOOSE A DORM CULTURAL FIT: I cannot…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover Yultide (credit to the bloggers…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding and moving to an apartment together with my boyfriend Cory and our close Random Hall friend Devin.…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016