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  The end of a chapter

  

  farewell to all my friends. I then flew back to Boston on 20th June and ... my secondary school friends from Vietnam and my high school friends ... beginning of the school year, being away from all my friends and getting used

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  my friends are spread out and my interactions were one on one. It's a ... finding place Note: these are some retrospective thoughts on my ... school, and although I made good friends, I always felt a bit isolated

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  class ring. Many of my friends carry $10 and $20 daily, while I get $5 on ... sky. And so my college application season began. My interview was at ... impressed by my response to my upbringing and family situation. Like, about to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  merit in visiting friends in other dorms. REPUTATION: during REX, when my ... places at MIT and make new friends. Don’t stop at the first impression ... social experience of bumping into old friends in different dining halls

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  of my best friends, Colin, as we chatted about getting into our ... past year and in watching my friends and myself trudge through the ... how preposterous that truly is. Two of my best friends were rejected

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  class, I talk to my friends, I do work, I head home, I sleep. Next day. Repeat. Next day. Repeat. My friends and I have been talking about lately ... from feelings of social isolation, of losing my friends in high school

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  -November. I barely said anything to my online friends. Then the eeriness of my ... ’t want to leave people wondering what had happened to me. My friends were ... friend came to Random to help me pack my things, and then I slipped away

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  in the comments! Capricorn My capricorn friends are some of the most ... my aquarius friends/family members is their ability to not internalize ... . Aries As a leo, my Aries friends are the only ones who are able to take

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  told you about my a cappella group yet * * * FROSH: is this east campus ... FRIEND FROM MINNESOTA: omg omg FRIEND FROM MINNESOTA: i'm from minnesota FRIEND FROM MINNESOTA: where in minnesota are you from FRIEND FROM

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  own academic and career success to my mental health, family, and friends ... duration of my depression was nowhere close to what some of my friends have ... whom were among my closest friends, not all of whom showed it on the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  evenly between my childhood companions and my closest friends at MIT. The ... of me and my friends over the last year, and photos of me when I was ... internship rejection emails. I talk about how much I love my friends, or how

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  Photo Credit: Eric Schmiedl My family came into town on Wednesday ... deal with was cleaning my room. It was pretty relaxing. I didn't even ... 've known, because I'm staying for another year to finish my Master's degree

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  .) After finals, my brother and I flew home and stayed there for about two ... crossword puzzles, seeing high school friends, and missing MIT. I had intended to get ahead on coursework--but the flesh is so, so weak. My family

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  'm with my friend from Norway who I met two years ago in Israel! As several of my friends know, I love airports – I have half a mind to spend ... ,000 kilometres from home, more than ten times farther from my parents than I had

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  my friends, had known as freshmen (especially freshwomen). I was ... type of personal, subjective advice I would give my friends, and may be ... having seen many friends and classmates navigate the confusing, emotionally

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  recovered, many of my underclassmen friends were already gone. Yet, even ... lot of time with my friends, and I was happy. Finally, Friday was Commencement. I volunteered so I could see all of my senior friends walk across

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  procrastinated... and always kicked ass (which annoyed my friends to no end ... Dear Class of 2010, This will be my last entry written specifically ... college experience, and I prepare for my 10-year college reunion, I thought

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  , back in London, my friends and I used to hide in trees and alarm passers ... for MIT?" My mind went blank. Qualified? What a strange word. I thought ... didn't go well at all. On Thursday night, after my last exam was over, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  -taker, or one of my friends e-mailed me and said that her boss asked for some ... ironic now. This is why I'm going to be cremated when I die and have my ... ones which consistently rank MIT undergrad as #1. My standard line at CPW

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  . Most movies like this go by without my notice. But last month, I heard from my friend Wally, via my friend Lisa, about photo stills from the movie that caught my attention: Hold on, what was that? On his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008