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• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  Halloween so I guess I had to make cookies. My favorite halloween cookies are these skeltal ones We have spoopy sprinkles Photo of my actual ... it's always spoopy season!   Moving onto CROMBUS season, my

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  been heavy on my mind, as has been the realization that in doing so, MIT ... makes the difference between me getting my degree here as opposed to from my college back in Nairobi? Yes, the facilities and faculty here are

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  4.500, Intro to Design Computing, my favorite class this semester, is ... the 1E logo (my hall in East Campus). AutoCAD was strongly ... into one space. For my first iteration I separated the 1 and the E, used

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  liked what I saw so much that I decided to submit my application. Yes, I ... special kind of courage. I know some of y'all may be in my shoes in this ... admittedly limited, this being my first semester here): I’ll miss my family

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  a few different things in my already congested brain. One, things are ... safety training session. As I sat, wheeling my chair back and forth, my ... I had started off with the goal of piecing together my life at MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  Hello! Just giving a quick update on what's going on with my life ... break my blogger drought (rip sophomore year) and b) I'm working on a ... lot of new people. And when I look at my experience last year overall

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  + years ago (12/13/14, actually, which is a cool date) about my MIT decision ... , especially when so many of my friends ended up going. A particular quote of ... , surreal moment for me, and that quote was the first thing to pop into my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  MyMIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive ... with your MyMIT username and password. I recommend you do this now to ... ; If you've forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  On Monday, the first thing on my to-do list, after an exceptionally ... : I needed to either buy groceries or start working on my problem sets ... existence. My cereal had become unpleasantly dry and decidedly less palatable

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  or a new UROP, and pre-semester cleaning of my new home, the DPhiE house (it looks wayyyyy better now!) I was struck by how different my first day was, but also by how similar it felt to my first day as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  the MIT experience unique. I've finally decided to get out my DSLR that has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to share my favorite places at MIT with you. Whether it be fairly common

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  . One of my HASS classes is in French IV, which I was frightened into taking after realizing how bad my French was while studying in Europe this IAP. (My French is still pretty bad, but it's getting better!) My other

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my ... is a dark soda. My personal favorite. Fun opinion: It tastes like ... : This one was added to the list because my third and final sister wanted

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  stuffy nose) is a real mystery to me, because I haven’t really gotten my ... happened to people at MIT. At some point during the worst of my fever, I was ... to catch up. I’ve never been this sick while at MIT, but during my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  magazine listing all the companies that are coming. This is my homework for ... someone will want to hire you! This is my friend Angela. She worked at EA ... ; I was so jealous of my friend Helen--she was working at the ed

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  campus. i'm ready to sing with my a cappella group again (shameless plug ... with the professor of my favorite technical class from last semester to spin up a 16.62x senior capstone project. i've preregistered for my first

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  described as "too goddamn independent" and my mother, much as I love her, was ... me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really ... sing along with everyone else straight through. On Monday morning, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  These are cheat sheets. I found them in my backpack this last week ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that ... format, but are usually necessary. My first approach is to comb through

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms I forgot: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working with my admissions colleagues and the incredible alumni who interview our ... think about all the things I would miss about my old job but now those

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014