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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  When I think of suburban Ohio, my family’s current home, I recall the ...   to feel cool. I enjoy role-playing with my sister and going to the zoo. Before I gained the freshman 15+, I even went with my sister on the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  waving my hands around in the air. But from my point of view, I'm moving ... headsets and through cameras. In my blog post Virtual Reality, Startups, and ... . Horace became my virtual pet for the weekend that I could summon every time

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  internal thoughts that have been dashing lightspeed through my brain. Have ... also my chance to discover and create. On the other end of the spectrum ... for now, I’m slowly learning to find my own niches too. Like nearly

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline ... interview report has not yet appeared on your MyMIT Tracking. The deadline for ... interview report. I sent things in on time, but I don’t see it on My

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my ... month, is decidedly dead. The sky is white and my bed is very warm. So I ... made a "syllabus" for my summer. I gave myself goals and intentions

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my Physics gradebook while obsessively refreshing the page, hoping my grades ... take a break from the sit-all-day-locked-in-my-room studying technique

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline ... interview report has not yet appeared on your MyMIT Tracking. The deadline for ... interview report. I sent things in on time, but I don’t see it on My

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  aspects of MIT. Then I noticed something that I had missed in my post ... some of a few of my "firsts" here at MIT (There's many more, but this is ... Career Fair! Yes! My first Career Fair!. All of my favorite companies in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my ... and eating my words two years later). Next. What was his favorite class ... golf balls. (As of today, that is still the extent of my chemical

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  days, I can't watch TV (a real TV) without internet on my lap. I can ... aware of this problem in my life until our trip to Seoul in my last week ... a Korean bathhouse. And it is my encounter with the jimjilbang that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  is one that I've learned more and more throughout my time here at MIT, and particularly through one of my favorite classes, 2.009. (As an aside ... understand firsthand while exploring the mechanism for my 2.009 project (whose

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best ... meant to give you uber math skills. The first thing my eyes wandered to ... just chalked up my high school record (and my college choice) to natural

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  reflect on my experiences here at MIT. How am I doing in my classes here ... ? Do I leave my dorm room enough? Am I taking the most advantages of the opportunities I have here? Am I happy here? During one of my reflection times, one

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  ) are sadly shriveling.   My english teacher would be proud of that ... about how happy my former english teacher would be! And how fortunate, because I'm sure the rest of my blogs will have enough run-ons and comma

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  smaller role in my life. I was very wrong. When I came to MIT last August, I ... my nervousness about singing solo. To that end, I went to the ... hearing other a capella groups perform, my desperation to join the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  : school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... -nighter. Since I knew it was going to happen, I brought along my camera to document ... ...oops. And it was raining...and the boards were almost my size...and I took the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  Ann Curry is my idol. This NBC reporter is somehow able to balance an ... my department had recommended I join the GEL program, and that was all ... point of this isn't to suggest that men are poorer leaders than women. My

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  my bed upgraded from twin size to full size (!!); makes me scared about ... challenge for myself on my birthday. (It actually extends beyond summer, into ... . Like I wrote in my bio, even though I'm probably going to be "Jenny" for

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  My high school didn’t have the broadest range of athletic options, so ... . One of my suitemates is on the Varsity Field Hockey team and attends to ... beginners. My impression is, there are plenty of chances to play if you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  than last year. So good that I fiercely defended my plate against food ... awkward white kid who doesn't dance. Too bad my floor disagrees and decided ... Internet) Next came my moment to shine. The DJ yelled "Hey, what song next

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009