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• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  , otherwise I would be wasting my time here. I would be wasting the one ... . it will feel like a race, it is not. Throughout my first year at MIT ... I work on problem sets with friends who seem to be getting to the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  interesting, according to a couple of my GEL friends. Plus, I was finally ... I’m giving feedback or just sending my opinions into a black box. We ... my section is ready for the upcoming ELL. One other little detail

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  My office is currently under serious reconstruction. New walls, new ... couch, and put my feet up on his desk. The downside, I guess, is that I no longer have my protein shakes and favorite notes from applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  My first reaction to the ridiculously ridiculous airline adventure I ... of my airline, or as high up as possible. My Good Sir, Have you ever ... several hours because the crew assigned to my plane was stranded elsewhere

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  requirement in order to have friends. It's not a requirement in order to have ... . Pass/no-record, in my opinion, isn't an announcement that you shouldn ... . Freshmen. Ask yourselves this: how seriously do I want to take my academics

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  second-semester seniors, but procrastination is not your friend in this ... Marilee perform with my band at ZBT's fifth annual Battle Of The Bands on ... is lots of fun with a variety of interesting threads (this is my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  two of them and met my really friendly and only slightly awkward TA ... term. My real problem is that I've been skipping basically all of the ... decided that I was too ashamed to ever see my very nice, slightly awkward TA

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  possible extension as I was just told by my friend that two forms for FA are due May 1st, but my FA is still in the mail(it was mailed thursday, and ... . Cristen wrote, "will i (finacially) die if one item out of my control (i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  faculty laboratories. I, like many of my friends, am paid directly out of my ... than were in my high school. Having 4000 undergrads rather than 10 ... they'd have enough lab space to accomodate everyone. In my own major

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  practically a guaranteed position in academic medicine. (Brag! My friend Jen '06 ... Sciences department. Except that we think in numbers around this joint. My ... pharmaceuticals), or government (NIH for me, NASA for my boyfriend). You could also

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  ://www.approachwithalacrity.com/101-things-for-my-past-self/ https://www.bitsofwonder.co/p/give-your-friends ... 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

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  have time to be with my friends or spend time with people. I felt like a ... significant impact on my mood. This week has been abnormally warm, up in the ... I did in middle school. I loved lego robotics, and my mom can testify

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  . Unfortunately, the only ones of you who might’ve believed that my post ended there ... -off. And because I wish my desktop computer’s LCD screens would have a ... in my – err, my dad’s – day... Right. Moving on. Back in January

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  community radio, run entirely by MIT students and alumni. Many of my friends ... , rushing down the Infinite and bumping into friends. After the success of ... MIT Museum booth featured some of my favorite things: Legos and robots

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  This past March, a few days after my birthday, I spent a Saturday ... and community members. ESP seems to contain most of my Random Hall friends as well as the wonderful Anna H. ’14, who has blogged about teaching

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  100% true.) In other nerdy exploits, my friend Sarah '09 (who is ... friend requests). My usual response to this is something along the lines of ... to document on my blog, is the sheer nerdiness of most everyday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  From The Chronicle of Higher Education (via a friend at Harvard ... process. I think my favorite is the private jet/financial aid story from ... my help," Mr. Conroy recalls. The young man wanted advice on where to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  @mit.edu, or call the office at (617) 253-3400. Thomas wrote, "In my planning to attend CPW I called one of my friends who is a student at MIT. Although he ... form is enough." Your friend must register as a host at the MIT Community

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  : spent less time with my friends not in Next House didn’t learn a lot of ... with my wing  at next house, each floor is divided into two wings, and ... had an entire car of just [annotation note='four west, my wing in Next

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  of my friends asked me: “are you ambitious?” i don’t remember my exact ... ’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

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022