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• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  on the road again for my Admissions World Tour 2004. Well, maybe not ... 're in one of those areas, I hope you'll come see me at one of my meetings ... , which I had enjoyed previously with my friends Beth & Brian in Seattle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try ... , I try to be.” - my blogger bio, circa summer 2023 In one of the ... it themselves. At this point in my life, I think I agree. When I try to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  of some beautiful ideas, I settled into my life at MIT and now have a circle of people who inspire me and illuminate my life, and I feel more confident to face the world, knowing my strengths and weaknesses a bit better

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  and pull it off. I started doing my research. I looked up the Goofy ... medals if I do this one!" I registered in April and began my training. I ... increased my distances until I was ready to run my first half marathon.  In

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  spinning to redeem myself and wipe that talk from my memory. [caption id ... day comes to close, a fire in my hands, a warmth in my soul ... was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  am approaching the end of my time here, i finally feel like i am ... goodbye to my friends. though, a lot of my friends have already graduated ... all questions that defined my path. i am not sure if i have gathered any

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  finished, so I decided with the extra time that I would go visit my ... greatest dining experience of my life. We were walking around Georgetown ... took my Barnes and Noble bag and searched through, asking, disappointedly

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  tabs open on my phone to see if such a post would be worth doing. it was ... pretty bad..."]any tabs[/annotation] in the last 3 years, since I got my ... Vuong because what I did with my one short beautiful life—was lose it on a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  wall. There's a foothold on my right that I could use to place my body laterally and lift my hand to another hold on the right. I feel my body ... ok with my decision took me many months and was hard (reach out if you

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  I didn't leave the MIT bubble much my freshman year. hell, I barely left my dorm. there was so much going on all the time that I didn ... , however, I spent a good chunk of my free time exploring Boston, and made a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  .00.']like:[/annotation] Last year, my education was [on zoom, hybrid/disrupted], and my 11th grade teachers barely got to know me. I feel like my ... have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  burnt doing other things. REX still needed to occur, though, so my ... my internship to end on August 27th, which would be the day before REX starts. twenty days ago  The last week of my internship was an

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

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  I was at the park near my grandparents’ place today, picking up ... surprising, given that I’ve only lived in Tucson half the year. My cousins ... codes. It stood there when my mom was small. I hope the city doesn’t tear

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  like, socially. And no matter how I try to frame it in my mind, making ... stare at my phone for an hour to have a conversation with a friend. Beyond ... , and it sucks. In my personal case, I’ve made it even harder on myself

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  ,[/annotation] winning a modest but appreciated $15! In my opinion, winning required more ... visualized the data from Game 1: Hide and Seek. My code can be found here. Game ... miss MIT[/caption] My Performance I chose to hide at MIT Medical and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  ’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you through my mess of overcommitment so far. February has just been a blur for ... schoolers.[/annotation] My day-to-day for February was pretty full. Apart from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  Hi all! My name is Catherine J. ‘22. I’m studying Computer Science ... amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand ... , Korean, or Swahili. I think this is one of my favorite things about ROTC

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  At long last, I've finally reached a semester where at least half my ... biggest reasons that I declared my double major in CMS so early (I am ... internship in project management, so this class and my tenure as CPW Chair of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT ... ’m visiting my family in Ohio, and it feels like always. Except, I do miss the ... me while I was shivering under the frigid water in my new apartment

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  . The first set of dresses already blew my mind: (Wired - "Our dress is ... Haase, Stefania Druga, and Alexandra Rieger) (Bain of my Existence ... My Existence presents a visual representation of the role of finance

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016