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  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  treated in a weird way by everyone. But I'm still proud of who I am.   ... 在这里可以看中文版。 Note: This is a loose translation. Since of course I am ... each of them. But I hope, regardless, you'll enjoy reading both or one of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have ... when the post-finals laze took over, I devoted most of my time to local ... , adore eating and drinking in the Chinatown indoors. There is an array of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  , Alpha Phi Omega, I was interested in and involved in a lot of activities ... anniversay of my MIT journey. 10 years ago today, I was just about to start my ... country, build robots, or do work in five countries. I also had no idea that

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  in between over the course of a few days. I visited big high schools ... to a thousand-person MIT revival in an Atlanta auditorium. Whenever I ... , which is this: How do I get in to MIT? And here is what I tell them

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  tattoos, too. I find it extremely grounding to sit in my room with a book of ... about it among my peers and self on the Internet and in real life. I study ... feeling of adrenaline pumping through your body. It can be a part of the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  twelve years old, put me in the back of a cop car not believing that I ... immigrant. He is laid-back, friendly, with a subtle sense of humor. When I ... have so many opportunities. You can hand them off to your children. I’m a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  more often it's a merry-go-round. I spent a lot of time on photography in ... ." The cycle of hobbies is almost a guarantee in my life. A hobby I know I ... deeper. I was losing interest in much of my work from a dangerous excuse I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in expansion of MIT Gothic. It is up to you to ... made of snow and shadows and leans against the wall, melting his way in ... fiberglass in your skin. You’ve forgotten the names of the people you’re with

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

  Application dreaming

  

  table than a slate of straight As in math and science and a big SAT I Math ... thought it was pretty cool -- not in the temperature sense. I saw one of ... majoring in BME. I am a published poet in my country. Should I send my book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  friends, and political drama TV shows? I didn’t know any of this.  In fact ... wood panels lined the walls, a grand desk stood proudly in front of a ... endeavors. She is proud of MIT and how it can provide real solutions to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  company) for my entire life. I discovered a fear of getting boxed in, a fear ... The quote, in full: "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket ... first day of class. Sixty-odd students fidget nervous-excitedly in a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  rest of the essay? do I really need it?" Can you post your essay? In ... , standing in the limelight, I look over at my teammates and can't help but ... ' froyo (instead of buying my own -____-| | |) cuz I think one spoonful with

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  is not real, because I can sit in front of my text editor for an hour ... , but I can start with the ones I do know the names of. There's the ... vulnerable person. I've laid out my feelings in front of others so many times

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  any of the other visitors. I swear that in that moment, time moved ... the top of a building. We’re surrounded by the city, but isolated from ... upperclassman approached me and asked if I wanted some of a smoothie he was making

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  insights into the kind of MIT history you won't read in history books. I ... , yes, not the kind of history that I like reading for fun. What ... 's a single historical source where you can read about these kinds of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  spotless. Moving out, of course, is just the move-in process in reverse. I ... was running out of groceries, and I didn’t want to buy much more ... part of the reason was that I expected to stay in my room for longer. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  person in Wanderer above the Sea of Fog. I: The Magician / 3: Materials ... : Michaela P. '24, major in Biology. I don't really have much of an artist ... , major in Biological Engineering. I kind of wanted the vibe of a less

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  are satisfying, but I think it's more of the fact that people can bring ... 't want to do it. I can't understand wanting to do puzzles in a vacuum. It ... fifty people I spent it with. Puzzlehunts, after all, are done in teams

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April) is a thing in some parts of the You ... 's certain parts of campus or food or whatever! Otherwise I'll just do my best ... videos in a playlist below. Here's a masterlist of all the vlogs, with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  (For those of you just tuning in, I'm Mollie. I graduated from MIT in ... themselves in terms of her amazingness. A little on what we're doing now As I ... lab this summer, and I'm working on neural development in mice -- one of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007