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  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  ’d planned to doodle something about "Ithaka" by Constantine Cavafy. It’s one ... is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  -tanned shoulders the Disc of the World rests, garlanded by the long waterfall at its ... moon 67 years before we did. It is considered the first science fiction ... Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seak out

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  about time and how I’ve been spending it. Happiness and how people think ... from fellow alums who have felt similar things. It's a reminder that MIT ... pleasure of getting to know. Hope it provides some perspective from life on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  some form of a "month-long winter break". And it isn't not a winter break, but it is slightly different. It's the Independent Activity Period. I ... offered financial aid for low-income students in the form of TechCash to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  of cash it took to buy the T-shirt) and recruiters itching for coders ... IAP, particularly in the context of its coding/robotics competitions ...  - Pokerbots Hordes of students fanatically devote their relaxing, month-long

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  choreographed a dance of my own, and how it felt to grow up in New Zealand. My dad ... plethora of emotions that come with it. Right now, some of you are nearly ... questions (What do you do for the pleasure of it? Which department or program

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  -worry-inducing gadgets, I realize just how much MIT has permeated every part of my life ... has changed because of–you got it–MIT. I downloaded my favorite distro ... .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  student life is that every dorm comes equipped with its own gym, which ... . Each dorm gym has its own pros, cons, and personal quirks, and there ... reflect it. Students get complimentary access to campus gyms, so it’s easier

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was ... was about work/life balance—is it stressful to balance everything at MIT ... student? it's no secret that coming to MIT is signing yourself up for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  how to cook! Or it might be more accurate to say I learned how to learn how to cook. It turns out that cooking, unlike baking (where I had far ... healthy, I can start figuring out how to help myself achieve it every night

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of ... -years. It may take a while to adapt to life at MIT—indeed, it took me three ... ="depending on how you frame the situation, the General Institute Requirements

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  nervous prefrosh. I hope you like it! If you're curious, here is the Ze ... 't stick exactly to all of the words, but you'll get the gist of it. Best of ... chances are, if you applied early, you’re freaking out right now. Be it

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  year when I got my first B. If it weren't for that B, I would have been ... are much smarter than I. Also, I'm kind of an asshole about how smart I ... time. When I was younger I always believed I could get into MIT, but it

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  speak to students or their families, be it on travel or during a campus ... may take many forms. What is it that you look for in an applicant?, some ... , 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

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  don't get cellphone signal here? GPS doesn't know where it is, and ... country during IAP, to try and make a difference in communities that need it ... 100% Navajo, and about a quarter of its students go on to graduate. Even

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  animals on top of me where I had fallen asleep on the couch and, on a post-it note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to say that this note and the feelings behind it was one of my favorite

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  for literal months now. Every time I start writing it I feel like I’m not doing it right, and then push it to the backburner. But now this ... was coming in. I knew Cru existed but not much about it, and after

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  Admissions, I know very little about the college essay and how it's evaluated ... left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year ... time for 2010 (think about it -- the writing of this post spanned almost

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  here much, but when I did, it was mostly just to admire how aesthetic it ... people who read them. That's where this post differs. It is probably not ... it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  , Delta Phi Epsilon (or as we like to call it, DPhiE). Within my sorority, I ... chapter would thrive and grow after we left it (and reign for 1000 years ... -day Dynasty family line. True to my wishes, it’s so big now that we’ve never

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018