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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  week! And training for a marathon! What was I, Superdude? Seriously, the ... , dreaming about a time when I could have joined them for one of the greatest ... . Or see a movie for $3 at LSC. Or bring up singularities in everyday

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  As a news editor for The Tech, every couple weeks, I have the pleasure of spending a Monday night or Thursday night in the newspaper ... for quite some time, so people know when to show up in the office, no

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  fourth floor of building 3 for really excellent Indian food. Crack open the ... Seminar, a required 6-unit class for all new ESG TAs. Discuss different ... thing over with. 9:05 PM: Crash on a couch in the lounge. Pull out book

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  blogs, is the popularity of the "stats post". Some eager applicant posts a ... applicants. I can't speak for other schools, but if you are making a pure ... interested in me. I was a very good young runner, but I wasn't one of the best

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  astrodynamics for the first time. I remember doing a 16.07 lab where we had to ... really excited about this, as it’s been a dream of mine for at least…the ... Earth, or aim the propulsion system in the right direction for a thrusting

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  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 ... can get A's at MIT without too much work, but for the rest of us, we

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  MIT Admissions blogs are a special corner of the internet because, for ... come back and blog for us—just like we did for the tenth blogiversary. In ... Anthony R. '09 A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  to be alive for the next 07/07/07, though, I'll definitely start ... , why can't I manage a few meals? Or maybe next time I'll just go for the ... your beliefs about the number 7.) I took this as a challenge to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

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

  

  speak, it was a no go. That is, until I realized I worked for the ... for CPW last year) is a photographer for The Tech and was forced to hang ... . Our stage. The stage that we put a moonbounce on just for kicks. The

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  We were asked to write an entry for the anniversary of the blogs, a reflection on what the blogs meant to us, or a life update since graduating ... . The audience that I used to write for has now graduated from college

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  a class. It's been a hard few weeks for my friends too, with the long ... 's also been a rough few weeks for the MIT community overall, with the ... for Your Thoughts", a compilation of the responses of members from all

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  : that the only official qualification for coming here is a certain level ... 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

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  happen around the city and for once I don't feel like an intruder or a ... Because I lived in a cook-for-yourself dorm previously, I kind of had the ... lasts for the whole week. I'm a big fan of a system like this not just for

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  the kitchen for a snack and everyone is there. “I should be asleep,” you ... the email thread. You ask for a studfinder, I give you a studfinder ... back into the corporeal world disoriented, only for me to hand you a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  bloggers, but I can't link to all the posts here. They're just a quick search ... you aren't in a place where you can watch the video with sound. I didn ... into the goblet of fire and hope that you’re chosen to be a part of the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  the dining halls, now's a good time to check them out :) Especially ... an event. N: Go to the events and form your own opinions. There's a ... last well into the morning. Don't let a little drowsiness stop you from

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  expressed in the following analogy. For me, high school was a lot like rowing ... recently and more frequently than I’d like to admit. For the most part ... -shirts, and that’s only counting the ones that I wear on a semi-frequent basis

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  between the amount of stuff you can do in a given year, and the amount of ... mysterious mention of a "thing I'm working on this term, and it's the biggest ... our investors made a good chunk of his money from the infamous MIT

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  aiming for here. On the last day before Caltech left, as a parting gift ... strips of colored LEDs lining the hallway, a bunch of the hall frosh built ... long ethernet cables for the lights from the loading docks), but I did

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  the movement as a whole; I also see the necessity for them to combat ... campus for us: the Margaret Cheney Room. I've studied at a lot of lounges ... . The kitchen has tables and chairs for sitting, a fridge

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024