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  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  prefrosh can choose where they want to live instead of being randomly placed ... community. Most of all, I love that dorm culture enables students to find homes they cherish so much that they fight fiercely to protect them

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  Summer hath come to Boston, as demonstrated by the fact that bitter ... the Norwottuck Rail Trail from my house in Belchertown to school in Amherst or to see my girlfriend in Northampton. At the time, it seemed like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  to push any of them over the finish line, mostly due to lack of time and mental space. In an effort to record at least some of what happened ... made this year, including but not limited to textiles, paintings, and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  flyer I’d taken at the door, wanting to remember every sentence I heard ... asked him what he’d like to say to students in his situation, undocumented students thinking of applying to MIT, his response was quick. “Do it,” he

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in the sun rather than the shade. But then I wouldn’t be able to type as

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and ... summer, I’ve been thinking about what to do for my last blog post. I’d planned to doodle something about "Ithaka" by Constantine Cavafy. It’s one

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  isn't the piece of paper, but the lifelong ties to the people who I grew ... MIT was to find Good People(TM). I didn't really know what that meant at the time, but I knew that I wanted to find down-to-earth, genuine people

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  swallowed by my sofa, I actually left my room (from off campus) to study on ... checked them and learned from my mistakes. I didn’t try to listen to music, which regrettably distracts me from being able to process what I’m reading

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... foolish to recognize his potential. Washington rebounded from this ... ’s attempt to gain a command was somewhat futile to begin with because he was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... to go myself to reveal the wonders of Chemical Engineering to excited

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance I have wanted to advertise the ... didn’t know quite how to put it, and instead peppered small references to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers ... to hide from me. I put them back where I thought they might belong and ... ’ll need a Windows machine to run SolidWorks, a 3D mechanical design program

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  applications. And to connect our lives to the life of you, the reader. The ... will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a ... hard to hear, especially when we seem to be coming from a position of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I ... unknown to the universe I went for the front door, all while my TA just happened to be standing right there, going on about amide formation. And then

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , which will be marked. Titling these posts is beginning to be a challenge ... two hundred puzzles; the number's closer to 170. And our team doesn't have fifty people; the number's closer to 65. But this is a series, and I

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

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  One What does it take to get to know someone? I hate the feeling that ... don’t make an identity, right? Yet I find it so, so hard to view other ... walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize ... to make a long story short, my senior year, I decided to start a company instead of graduating. This term, I’m back to get out of student

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  sometimes ask students to imagine who reads their applications and to tell me ... . That we are there to judge them and find flaws in them. The truth is, we are all in this profession because we like students. We want to serve

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  when I decided to apply to MIT Early Action. Or precisely why. It was ... impressed by my response to my upbringing and family situation. Like, about to ... few extra days to submit our applications. The due date was moved to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  for quite some time, so people know when to show up in the office, no one is permitted to touch it until exactly 6:30pm. 7:06pm: The first ... . 7:28pm: It's tough when writers have to balance their articles with

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011