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  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  friends on which I can write on in my essays. I would be so grateful if you ... here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision ... wrote: "I was wondering whether phone interviews are accepted, since my

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  for friends and family back home. I can go on and on about my liking for ... thorough list came from my friend Marina S. ‘25, who I UROP’d with. She ... rounded app square on my iPhone. At the corners of each square, there was

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus ... of us tetazoans (and some friends) set up camp, we gathered around the ... got on our way to our separate adventures. My group of Cars 3 and 4

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  among Computer Science students, whereas I have heard from my friends ... My old computer and I had a complicated relationship. We spent three years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  my PhD in Course 20. Just the other week I had a lovely lunch with Ceri ... . I have lived in the 01239 zip code for almost half of my life. MY ... , bidding official adieu to the place that raised me (and my Kerb finally

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  , ramen, takeout, and leeching off of my friends' meal plans got me through ... . I rely a lot on my myriad of notebooks and papers: my planner, that ... minimum, my research notebook, which I love because it has weather maps on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little ... away from the action as possible, shrieking "OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY ... think I'm crazy. I only auditioned for Little Orphan Annie because my best

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  about 18.022; I'd like to elaborate a little on my experiences in that ... -taking-areas) completely crestfallen. After a little walking around, I ran into a friend, a senior, who asked me what was wrong; I told him I thought I'd failed my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  Java packages that deal with Bluetooth. One of my good friends at ... So I shared my blog entries with Alicia, the MISTI-Spain Program ... info of my wonderful adventures in Spain: MISTI (MIT International

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  the case. I went to my advisors, my professors, and my friends to ... my MIT experience. This semester I did all of my psets early. I ... to every class and completed all of my assignments on time. Freshman

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  ’ powers of inference. When I saw Firebringer in my freshman fall at MIT—urged to attend by other people on my hall involved in the production—it lingered in my mind for days after. How was it possible for a group of

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  Wallace because my friend from high school, Brian D. Amherst College ‘18, at ... Helen Oyeyemi when my friend Sarah A. ‘18 sent me “The Lemonade Syllabus ... (usually fantasy) until one of my parents found me and, for the millionth

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  can't tell you how many of my freshman friends have referenced community ... So, a quick recap of my week before I launch into repsonses to the ... back from my Easter visit home just in time for my training session at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  lol). This blog post is about my journey into the art of glass ... !!!! So this video was one of my first times collecting glass, and not ... would most likely fail and all his snowman friends would laugh at him for

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  what's going on both in my life and in MIT at general! (and one day I ... what my first year here was like. In the video I skipped explaining a few ... think I just enjoyed it more overall! Lastly, I had my CI-H which I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  with my friends (Figure 3): Figure 3: Categorical overview of computer ... weeks to see if you like it.” ... Oh my gosh.  ... free...Free personal ... wanted more in that moment than a continuous data stream documenting my

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  November 20, 2013. Precisely 23 days until my first application ... my life will never be the same.” The prospect sent me into shivers and ... ? Defining my senior year by the future of "college." I can’t tell my past

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  flashes, I'll remember my good friend, the MIT tunnels. 4. Having fun ... . I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my ... MIT Tunnels. Back then, it was tunnels with a capital "T" because to my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  -is-closed hard. But people like to stay active; my hall, for instance, is currently ... ]. My roommate and I have been making plans for renovating our room (more later?). My roommate also just proposed that we figure out how to simulate

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  friend and I were taking the same Intro to Java class this IAP, and spent ... ’s nighttime when my eyes open, and the middle of the day when I go to bed. In either case, I always have my Taylor Swift playlist close by so I’m always

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015