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• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  doing well in school. It's a lot of free time for me to be a tryhard. For ... I wanted to be a little more prepared, because 5.12 is also very ... , which is a bummer considering how when I got into MIT, I texted my friend

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  the most stressful ones of my life, and is a saga that unfolded over ... their dinner plans with friends. They've said a lot of things to us in the ... my last one. As a senior, I don't really see the point in having my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... fire was in a vacant room, 408, that nobody was living in. So then they ... [/caption] A lot is redacted from this paragraph, but this is the first interview

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  to arrive. Boston is a lot nicer to be in when you don’t have a Pset ... Finally the year is over. After a week of relaxing, I can finally ... classes in a few months. However, the break from the constant demand of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  (rescheduled from 1pm) Ruidoso Room In a session designed specifically for ISEF ... with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF. The table at dinner. In ... finally, Ian, Manuel, Zihao, and Reynaldo (MIT '10s). Intel ISEF is a huge

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  , actually, yes. At least for me, becoming a brother is not simply a change in ... I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds ... otherwise, and my fraternity has played a huge role in my life ever since I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  incredibly vague about who is a terrorist. Anyone who speaks up is threatened. This, of course, is only one blow in a long and sustained campaign ... I feel like I have stake both in what is happening here and what is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  exhilarating and utterly terrifying days I’ve had in a long time. Especially ... like 1+1 is starting to seem like a challenge. Day 1 of September rang in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  beans and tomatillos in there. The reason this is all on my mind is ... only 2.5 weeks left here in Bend.  I have yet to experience a lot of what ... for my company's intern jamboree.  Basically it is a week meant for all

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  . Actor James Woods came close in 1969 but dropped out a semester before ... biology teacher Barbara Pittenger for inspiring him to pursue a major in ... better." Mr. Taylor will pursue a double major in management science and

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

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  this is the place for you. I think in some respects you have to be a car ... assets MIT has is the people. Coming to MIT I was a pretty shy and reticent ... makes the work get done faster and in a more fun environment, the people

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  of the same page, or opening messenger every two and a half minutes in ... anything about a song, especially after listening to it multiple times in a ... the same country you are when you’re both in a foreign place, or being

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  Summer has [annotation note="in academic calendar only. it is ... ,206 (and counting!) memories in her Notes app, is interested in science ... applied to be a blogger: thank you. Writing about yourself is never easy

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... hand and a pen in the other made me feel human again. It probably hurt me

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  with one of my friends who is Course 2 (Lauren W. ’16, who is featured in ... according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less of a success, but I gave it a shot. There have been tons of articles

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  ="83279" image4="83280" /] I even drew a giant pigeon mural in my room! 5. The ... lounge Having a lounge space to hang out with friends is integral to my ... a different dorm – and still go to the lounge and fit in. 9

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  bad in a majority of situations. Humanity in decision making is good ... there is out there in the world. I read into my zodiac and stuff, not ... 'll wholeheartedly admit that I took a lot of pride in being an INFJ just for the sake

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  that Sarah G., a grad student in AeroAstro, is conducting. They attached ... a new laptop around the end of July, following the advice in the ... switching to Linux in fear for becoming a "tech person", but to be honest, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  (surely "in" is no more important than "and"?) In a nutshell, Google grants ... hypothesis is that most of them don't make it a priority in their work lives ... value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012