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  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  historical 1809 Park Street Church. On mild-weather days, my friends and I love ... ’s architecture are blurry, as the last time my friends and I went there, the air ... streets for cannoli, gelato, eclairs, and tiramisu. My friends and I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  this process that I am still friends with, and I found my chapter and ... three years. My friends. After my freshman year at New Vassar, I moved ... -door neighbors, and housemates are all girls that have become my close friends. I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  I'm sitting at the kitchen table in my London flat; my sister Lisa (MIT '17!!) is sitting to my right, underlining passages from her AP US History textbook The American Pageant, and my friend Davie ('12) is sitting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  my talented friend Ben '11's camera, of which you can see more (and by ... switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no ... away from school, especially at dinners with family friends that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  react if I was told this was happening to my friend?” or to realize “If my ... out of that situation immediately.” 3. My friends are amazing! And ... responsibility toward my friends, my family, and myself. 4. Sometimes the wind in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  even in my final semester at MIT, I discovered new friends and new ... things I would do if I could do MIT all over again. In my four years at ... Ethiopian-Eritrean Students Association, and a founding member of my sorority

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  always-inspirational things to say. Here are a couple of my blog posts that ... made this video without you all ♥ I included my script below, in case ... here is my deep life advice, for application day and forevermore

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  sitting to my left, GRAs and some close friends scattered around. And so ... build ventilators before a shortage. As one of my friend says "STEM is the ... my phone exploding with notifications. Harvard’s decision was out

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  that 92 of my best friends are just beyond my open door. Having an 11 ... say that this note and the feelings behind it was one of my favorite things. I found it again this morning and curled up outside with my coffee

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  my homework never! stay up forever! walk around in my bathrobe all day ... less about me and more about helping others. a friend recently shared the ... a bit of personal direction. the moment i realized it was okay for my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  At the CPW Women's Leadership Lunch, one of the prefrosh at my table ... from Day 1 that most of my professors didn't waltz unobstructed from ... never worried about how I compared to my fellow incoming MIT students. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  supposed to. (Hanging out with friends in my living group, going on road ... 't learn until junior or senior year that some of my friends consisted of ... Okay, okay, so I've totally been slacking off on updates on my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  fallout of not having that many close friends, struggle to reconnect with my ... fun stories from Tech Calling after my friend started working with me ... would be fine.[annotation note="I was not fine."][/annotation] My friend

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  . And then three of my very best friends in the world decided to leave MIT ... wondering.) I was really, completely devastated. After relying on my friends ... . MIT honestly paid my friend to go spend a month in Mongolia learning how

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  culture of Conner 2 during my stay there. To the best of my knowledge there ... units of my floormates but I remember a few. A Tang measured orthogonality ... negative tact.  A Snively is equal to 1 byte wasted on the internet. Friends

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  Continuing my tradition of posting appropriate blog posts five months ... . Something like "I'll take one science GIR per semester" and "I'll finish my PE ... , Classes I Won't Be Able to Take and Exploring Classes. My two cents is that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  walking later," to my second-grade phase of "Why learn to tie my shoes now ... before it's due. I'm well aware that this is one of my greatest flaws, and will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  textbooks to brush up on things. One of my friends is mentoring students for ... , one of my friends spent two years in one lab where he was miserable. The ... -confidence takes a hit. Thankfully, my friend had the self-confidence to say -- maybe

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  basketball rim like all my other friends. I missed the basketball net ... my practice gear and taking down the decorations in my locker. So, how exactly did the rest of our season go? In my last update, I regaled you

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  ’t even check that morning since my friends and I were going to a math ... was almost time. I told my friend (who also applied) this, and we both ... to write any long essays, so I was all for that. Then my best friend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018