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  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  smooth, rapid, pace of comprehension I know at my peak I can process, but ... In 1st grade, there were these 1-sided sheets of simple math problems called “Minute Math”. Some of the strongest memories of my childhood is

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  Most of my conversations back home seem to begin with this question: "How was your first year at MIT?" After a billion failed attempts (most ... bombed a couple of tests, watched a beautiful sunrise on nights when I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  be able to play ten more years of soccer at the time was if I was ... body at this point and who are one of the few that can say they’ve been ... exactly did the rest of our season go? In my last update, I regaled you

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  video.  It's been a crazy 101 days since I last posted in this corner of ... lurker at heart and have loved keeping up with the other bloggers' summers ... bit of momentum fueling the blogging part of my brain. Here's a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  I’ve decided to continue a long chain of poor decisions by starting to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  because Tetazoo is full of procrastinators, we only started at around 8:00pm ... rendering of the lineart. I sent it to Winnie, who was already at Metropolis ... Tetazoo has historically been friends with Blacker, a dorm at Caltech

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  that I had an extra import statement at the top of my main file which ... were afraid of the potential rejection, and I think that's really heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  awarded a prize at an Ig Nobel ceremony :) (Also, the rest of John Carr ... In 1965, the U.S. government awarded George (MIT Class of ~1923) and ... birth of a child by centrifugal force." You are familiar with the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  of our living group. The entire time, I could only marvel at how ... inevitably be split up at the end of the year. It also was incredibly ... at risk of not getting into a Cook-For-Yourself dorm due to the group

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  organization that encompasses the sorority side of Greek life at MIT. Panhel is ... commitment? – I thought I’d explain what Greek life at MIT is like, especially as someone who was at first hesitant to the idea. Despite the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter ... health after lots of research, a stint in therapy to maintain my self ... equilibria, I guess? For those unfamiliar with the concept of dynamic

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  senior year of high school at the Penn State Schreyer Honors College as an ... As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• 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 ... School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) for a while, but

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23 ... Random Hall. Each dorm at MIT has a personality, and I think ours is at ... the seven of eight floors that have colorful ceilings, separated by

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  exercise! We lift, run, dance and generally touch grass. One feature of MIT ... lifted in (almost) all of them and chronicled/tier-listed them below for ... to take part. In addition to the confinement of hours like Gloria noted

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  . Which isn't AT ALL to say that I dropped it because of that first guy, but ... well-versed in the format and intricacies of the material. At the same ... 't make this stuff up. It is against all the rules of absurdity (which I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... subject of the college admissions process. The reason the situation is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... , albeit reasonable expectations of its applicants. Chris Peterson put it ... in. But part of being human means acknowledging some limitations. For

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  . At the end of the day, you'll be better for it. Be the kind of person ... To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... food that has fallen on the floor. I am probably the age of some of your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a ... little knowledge of what I'm doing. Mostly going off instinct, referencing ... strip every couple of posts, if I think of a joke or something.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013