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• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a ... about something relatively trivial in the scope of things. I was really ... summer is stupid. Although I genuinely wanted to spend a summer in a city

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  . I was acutely aware of every abdonimal muscle in my body. While lying ... before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba, but two thirds of the way there I realized that I had forgotten to print

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  admitted to all of the colleges on my list. I was also really lucky in that ... schools, I could apply to a range of places (in terms of selectivity). By ... decisions at the front end of this process. This meant that I was in a great

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  . Hope to fix that soon! So what have I been doing... First, a variety of backend stuff with the web site that was long overdue. Lots of it you can't really see, but I can see it, and it makes me happy. You'll just have to

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked ... my shell. I started talking more, creeping in and out of the lounges in ... caught up in the world of academics that you can forget that your body

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever, nausea, and other TMI that I'll spare you the details of, but basically, I ... 's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  psychology. AP Psychology was one of my favorite classes in high school so I ... this in a later blogpost, but I've been having a lot of thoughts about my ... strange place to be in, and I can't help but feel greedy and selfish for it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  ’ve changed in these few months at MIT into these last eight minutes? can i consolidate the fragments of ideas i’ve considered in this past hour? can i exercise my creativity in the way i want to instead of throwing a stream-of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What schools can I cross-register with?

  If you find something that you're interested in studying that isn't available at MIT, you have the option to cross-register at Harvard, Wellesley College, and MassArt.
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  Recruitment. I work in the MIT Office of Admissions and I am a graduate of the ... admissions in a full time capacity. Over the course of my career, I have ... I spent most of my days Chillin’ out maxin’ taking life real slow Just

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  sucked. After each round of decisions came out, I hated hearing my name in ... where I was applying, and then I didn't get in, everyone would make fun of ... haaaaaaated dealing with this stuff in high school, or rather, I wasn't very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  laptop stand and a usb hub so i can actually fit all of this stuff We ... that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as ... house in the Boston Cambridge area. Here, I'm renting a 2 bedroom/2

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  't pass by your house. However, if you live in a big city or within walking ... years swiping your CharlieCard in and out of MBTA stations. Visit New York ... instructor. It's the day of your second driving lesson. You get in the car

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  which can be interpreted as both good and bad. The good: I was limited in ... equipment to keep track of LAPTOP The Pros: - Mobile - Lightweight - Can do ... tools you'll need for classes, but the hike in the snow can be a

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  kicked in; I'm allergic to pretty much every type of tree you can think of ... [/caption] Being in the middle of nature was SO peaceful and relaxing. I've never ... On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  both cornerstones of my experience in Taipei last summer. i got this ... dozens of these sometime early in the year, so i grabbed 3(rd) and put them ... a new one sucks, but what i find most tragic is the loss of my laptop

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... of years. I'll be long gone, but I have a lot of faith in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  , since I'm finally moving into my fraternity's house in Boston. Of course ... Skullhouse. As for Junk? Well, most of it is headed for the trash can. I don ... it can be donated to charity. In addition to the student volunteers I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ), but I should mention this option just in case. Most grads (I think) of ... knowledge Have earned me this useless degree I can't pay the bills yet 'Cause I have no skills yet The world is a big scary place But somehow I can

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  I can call Sicilia's and order pizza? (What?! It's the staple of the ... Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I just cooked large amounts of angel hair pasta with ground beef in black

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006