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• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  My summer internship ended on Friday, August 17. Today was the first ... wedding, and the advising, and the teaching (I really did) - but in my ... from THE SCHOOL YEAR is that my calendar looks blissfully white and empty

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  decision applications to college, and, for many of my senior friends, applications to graduate schools and fellowships. My stress falls mainly under ... resolved to spend every waking hour of my weekend either studying for my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  glasses cleaner and wax for my braces. While other kids did their fifth ... to enter the 6th grade, my mom got a flier for something called the ... 't know what my talents or gifts might be, but I went anyway because hey

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  my seat – and delivered a full serenade. Some knelt down, some held ... delight of everyone else. Before I deliver some love messages of my own, I ... GLANCE AT ANNA'S RIDICULOUS THURSDAY 12:48am: Finish my 8.022 (Electricity

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  movie/drama/DDR marathon! So I found my friends Tuesday and asked, "Have ... 's my chance to STUDY!" "I have some major catching up to do!" "AHHHHH evil physics test on Thursday!" "I am locking myself in my room and never

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  reminded me of my parents, who are one continent and one ocean away. So, on a ... decided to tell you my ED story. Last year, around this same time, I was ... I spent the majority of my time re-reading and re-examining my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  me on the quality of my life with full force. MIT is so vast and there ... . I wanted to appreciate the people who make my MIT experience what it ... my friends are genuinely the sole reason for my sanity in a time where

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  When I'm sad, or there's some conundrum in my life that I need to ... stressed that I can barely quiet the buzz of all the bees in my head--I go ... up dropping my UROP--a story for another time--I started cooking. A lot

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  ’ll tell you I knit. Stitching things as my worldview unravels is perhaps the main thing that has helped through the ends of my world. Whether it ... realized I wouldn't be seeing my friends for a long time, knitting has always

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the beginning of my ~emo phase~...[/caption] “I am not cool” said a teenage girl ... to my head, blasting My Chemical Romance in-between every single class

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  appear as the same verbal upchuck. hello! my name is cami, i'm 17 years ... that's been going on. that's why i'm going to take this time to blog my ~feelings~ and understand really my position. if i had to label my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  don't really know why I introduced my post like this, but this dude ... occurred recently. Namely with my schedule. A few blog posts ago, I said I ... 't have to! But even my 3 class schedule was crushing me. Namely 18.100B. I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  Last June, I returned to my former high school to present an ... walked into my former chemistry teacher's office (he was now the principal ... hated science at the back of every one of my classes?" And, well... he

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  my perspectives of the institute, and I cannot wait to get back to ... appreciated. In the next week or so, I’ll be starting my job as a residential ... you may know from my first post as a blogger, I did Interphase last

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  never going to end. It seemed like all my midterms were clustering on the ... March, a presentation that accounted for 30% of my grade, and what felt like the largest amount of homework in existence. My classes have split

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... Boston Public Library, authors gave talks and led storytimes. My friend ... to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  bit of a culture shock that made me want to better understand my ... sit down and write my opinions on personal and political matters and ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the ... , what happens? Should I unrank MIT or withdraw my application? A: If your ... considered for Early Action. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get them to

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  my life. My family wasn’t at all “sportsy or outdoorsy”. But on a whim ... . Two weeks later, I was at my first ever ultimate frisbee tournament. I ... veteran players! How to play defense by being on the open side of my player

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  . I'd like to present my experience as 10 lessons-- not the ones I ... polar vortex commotion, my flight to Milan was one of the thousands cancelled and rescheduled for a full 2 days later. Arriving late to my job

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014