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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  caffeinated because I don't like the taste of coffee, I usually prefer ... 'know, throw together a creative project in the middle of the night."]one (1 ... thought I would largely contribute in a behind-the-scenes way, as I do with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings ... the number of people who have died from laughing too hard I decided to ... with the black licorice at the bottom of the bag.   mostly 2’s

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... weeks, as the semester has built up, the value of checking up on people ... . And amidst all of this constant work and running around, we see people

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  must have heard her whisper “the sky is the limit” in my ear thousands of ... . At the end of the summer, he pulled me aside and said, “Gabe, I know it feels like I’ve brushed off a lot of your questions about the Trail. If

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  Fraternity rush and sororiety recruitment, cornerstones of the ... , the President of Panhel and Evan Wang, the Programming and Recruitment Chair of the Interfraternity Council, asked if I wouldn't mind sharing

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  definitely not unnoticeable among the masses of people who obviously slept the ... 7, 2011 : Take note (ahaha) of a few things: 1.) The reason you ... even. You start to think the dome is a mocking symbol of the work you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  beautiful afternoon. Last Friday marked the end of my first full week of ... the 100s of emails advertising activities at MIT have mentioned free ... about somewhere. I think in numbers. The other day, I called one of my

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  school – I was definitely of the “I’m not technology-oriented enough to go ... Institute of Technology, not the Massachusetts Institute of Totally ... favorite class of the semester. Why? 1. I have an awesome professor. And by

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  -solving at the whiteboards, most of which i feel unprepared for.    6 ... math problems, which most of the time is trying random shit until it ... lot of [annotation note="check out the Reischauer, China, and Sejong

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  , which I will list here (notice that lists will soon become the theme of ... applications. 3. The end of the year is near, which always calls for lists and ... premiere weeks in September, but traveling got the best of me. 5. Now that

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... ... the coveted 50 pixel avatar of an Admissions Blogger. Sure you won't be ... office's own running of the bulls, only with more emoticons and Dr

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  one of the few living groups that has Residence Based Advising, or RBA ... comedy shows. Of course, I entered the seminar lottery, and there were ... worth brownie points with the leader of a 6 unit seminar during pass

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  away. I recommend giving them all of the recommendation forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time ... in one of two ways. The primary method of submission is MIT's teacher

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and ... 've realized the importance of ~ self-care ~. indeed, sometimes, you have to put ... person. and honestly, finding these means of self-care so early in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  quick dispatch from my new room on the first floor of senior haus ... .122, which is game theory and takes up the second half of the semester. in 14 ... this semester, but i thought the "most boring thing ever" was kind of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  I’ve never really understood the appeal of beach vacations. I spend a day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation ... -crushing boredom is shakier than you’d expect). 2.) Watched the entire series of

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  Tomorrow marks the return of classes, p-sets, papers, reading ... I actually liked reading the textbook. We'd watch a whole bunch of ... may have heard of. Towards the end of the year, we also got a chance to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  their business. Here is a tentative schedule of the event: Tuesday ... toys. ElectroPlushies, his first push into the world of toy creation, are ... about the attached picture. : ) It reminds me a bit of the song

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  get in the habit of meal prepping or cooking [annotation note="if that ... !"]regularly.[/annotation] Of course, sometimes you just don’t have the time or the energy to cook ... the last slice of free pizza at that random finance club meeting. In

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  not the most of any dessert. I count six for cookies, [annotation note="The ... things you're doing, and past the expectations of what you should be doing ... "]what YC does.[/annotation] You feel trapped in the bubble of it all though

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025