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  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  , to study at MIT. In 2017, this ongoing chapter of my life promises to ... celebrate my 21st birthday. Just a week ago, I imagined one version of what ... threads through the pages of an established past. The years since my coming

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  journal my aunt got me for Christmas one year). Every time I found the same ... engrossed by my daily life than the idea of writing it down for future me to ... remember important parts of my youth fondly, but the minute details are

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  : “Definitely not in a big city.” I’d spent my entire life in a small town in ... it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City ... ’m writing this in my dorm room overlooking the city of Boston. Ultimately, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  , since my boyfriend’s Dell recently toppled off a desk in building 56. It ... students with all variety of these and more. I've had all three. My first computer was an IBM Thinkpad T27 and my second computer was an IBM ThinkPad R

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  chain: Bryan Bryson. My advisor in biological engineering and one of the most equally down-to-earth and inspiring people I have met during my time ... this mailing list? Because (*que suspense music*) … my advisor was a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  Back in October of 2019, just about a month into my fall semester, I wrote A Major Crisis, a blogpost in which I discussed my major prospects and my budding interest in pursuing computer science despite not having

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  precursor snow from my Gmail background is falling outside my window. I got ... ago my personal dragon has been pathetic and droopy and largely sedentary and cold. My last dragon at MIT was my finals dragon

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  follow Matt's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office ... development, she also thinks Sawyer is cute. So last week, I combined her two

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  Hello guys! Sorry for the super duper long hiatus :( After my final ... to pack my whole life there into 4 suitcases, attend a May ball and say farewell to all my friends. I then flew back to Boston on 20th June and

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  7:45 AM. The alarm goes off and I hit the snooze bar. My first class ... vacation since finals ended due to moving and setting up the apartment)... my ... Tech Shuttle. Man, I need to fix my bike. 9:02 AM. I arrive at work. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  of my work at MIT. Each year, we welcome a small group of transfer ... were you, and what were you up to? Gaurab: I lived most of my life in ... , but I ended up going to Purdue because my family moved to the US. I

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  For anybody too young to have seen my name at the top of the recent ... and brain and cognitive sciences, which means that I'm going to have my ... , and I live with my charming rocket scientist husband Adam '07 and our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  spring, i finished my last semester of undergrad in the dead of winter. i ... last few weeks of my last semester at mit were more of a slow burn than a bang. i sang my last concert with the wellesley-mit toons. classes ended

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  something close to complete control over my time, and any given day's workload ... from the usual pace. I finally framed the painting my brother made me ... weighed my options, called my mom, and dropped the class. For the past two

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  my imagination. My friends and I sometimes imagined what the experience ... was the first time I had heard of Penn, and my mind hadn’t yet been ... heartwarming sort was unbelievable. I called my parents and more or less ranted

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  —similar to how I marked my height in pencil on my doorframe each year as a kid ... in line, my room at 3am, or even at work during selection committee ... the purest, most authentic ways for me to express my emotions. There

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  .02, my professor was watching and she said, “Wow, you’re really good at ... with ten-round rotary drum magazines. The following are my targets from the month, starting with my first round on January 12th and the next few

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my ... decided to present An Actual Day in My Life, Fall 2005 Version. 8:15 -- The ... himself), then sit down at the computer and turn on my (illegal but oh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  wear once — over my running shorts. I'll sit and stretch for awhile, and ... -minute rush to pee begins. Around 10:45AM, I will gather my things, take off my ... look around for my mom and dad, who always try to see me off; last year

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016