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  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  “teaching is hard! The last time I taught someone anything was showing my ... days. YA has never been my primary genre. However, the YA series that were big in [annotation note="Divergent, Hunger Games, Mortal Instruments"]my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  ’ve seen enough smart people dedicate their lives to (in my opinion ... would take my hand if I asked, and march until morning comes, dew ... of my friends asked me: “are you ambitious?” i don’t remember my exact

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  ://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/thoughts_on_the_mit_interview/   People talking about their own interview experience: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/my ... our website here. I remember my own MIT interview was one of the most chill interviews out of all my college interviews - we talked about my

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  Campus, what do you eat?” My answers have varied, from “Free food!” to “A ... what I eat. This is partly out of curiosity toward my own collegiate ... have email notifications on my phone. When I see an event I want to go to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  located three miles from my apartment, however, so in addition to all the ... also biking lots! My body felt way better than it usually would in that ... ="alignright" width="300"] Copenhagen. Some more bikes in the wild[/caption] my bike

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  someone else someone strange. honor me, honor me My body won’t stop ... to think of words that are good my insights could be deeper my lines ... over work in the dark of my room. Better to do it in good company. This

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  As the summer turned to fall, my housemates and I prepared to move ... last time I did this activity with my a cappella group we could see each ... was given my freshman year, I help sophomores the way I was helped. I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  hours of my time each week for the past few weeks. it's one of those ... wow are my saturday afternoons filled. i am not directing this year ... took a number of weeks before i got to know everyone in my floor. somehow

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  wrote a really long post, which is now my longest post on the blogs ... ended up double the length of my current longest post. so from the ... nanowrimo. (by the way my mystery hunt post is coming out tomorrow morning

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  as I tell all my friends back home who don't know MIT lingo, Admitted ... afterwards. My parents didn't come with me; they stuck me on a plane by myself. It wasn't quite my first time flying alone, but it was my first time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  ’t even my top choice, but after the amazing weekend, I caught myself spontaneously planning my life here on walks around the neighborhood and during ... ?” “Bio doesn’t seem that scary anymore, I think…” “Maybe I’ll dye my hair

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  with my phone, but there was pretty dim lighting and also my phone doesn’t focus appropriately the way I tell it to. Here are my meager efforts. Try ... this class, which will certainly keep me on my mathematical toes. 7

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  stuck with four classes per semester for most of my time here: freshman ... of my time[2], so it felt like I was well above my usual course load. Now, in fall of my senior year (gah that's still scary to write down

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  approached a quaint red-walled antique store, my watch told me that Raphael ... scampered up ahead of my friends. One of those pictures: The ground was ... least the thickness of my forearm lay stretched over the path. I stopped

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  .  I made some of my best friends during CPW, and I'M SO EXCITED THAT IT ... assignments last Friday, and I am so happy to officially say that my friend ... about you to maximize your experience when you come here. For example, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  , in my home town of Pearland TX, the highest point of elevation is ... skipping over the climbing PE class one semester here at MIT. It fit into my ... , and I'm buying shoes, filling my amazon wishlist with gear, and climbing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  my interview with my MIT EC. And I loved how Mystery Hunt was going on during my visit to campus. And I loved how people seemed to have true ... interest in entrepreneurship. So, basically my criteria was: awesome

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  for my cell phone and it was 8:11 AM and I had set my alarm for 7 ... just as the last car was pulling away, crammed my instruments (flute ... countless airline stewardesses, and went back to sleep. In my dreams, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  my dorm's i3 video, and then I lost an hour because of daylight savings ... daylight savings! - watching the clock on my computer go from 1:59 AM to 3 ... , thursday). I am starting work on my UROP (more on that later!). I dropped 18

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  , I just got out of class and ran home to get my laptop. So nothing interesting has happened yet on my end, but stay tuned! Friday, 16:22 I'm sitting at my kitchen table, eating leftover baked ziti I just heated up. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008