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  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  attended. It was very exciting for both my daughter Victoria and I. I felt like I knew some of them because of the MyMIT guestbook, Matt's blogs ... accept my spot at MIT. [Sarah] I attended the admit party with my child and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  , as I write this entry, I'm also half-watching one of my ten favorite ... half done, so I'll answer my backlog of questions in several parts. Here ... ?" My understanding, though people express uncertainty, is that it is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... 've gone by "Ben" my whole life, that actually comes from my middle name - my ... would have been my home. It's like one big family over there - people who

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  comeback against the Yankees, my mom scanned in an old "baseball card" of ... as smart as you were. My friends at MIT who were varsity athletes ... to participate in college. But I still wanted to be active, and my dorm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• 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