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  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  with me. I created patterns for a host of South Park characters and ... comfortable with my skills I started doing some commission pieces for people on ... in a city where I knew nobody, I filled my time with new hobbies and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  baseball players ask for autographs from the people they're playing against). The announcement was on Tuesday, with MIT only finding out about the ... played the same classical music they'd been playing for the last two hours

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  with the same people. Moving at a [annotation note='For those of you who ... and advocate for students. We might be crusty, but I’d say we are warm ... process for me. In addition, as a slightly extroverted person, reading

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  school in the MIT area to observe and assist with a STEM class for ... , Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Wednesdays, I may drop in for office ... frustrating, for I still haven’t found the optimal waiting spot on the platform

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  with seemed to really care about top colleges, and I’m sure the peer ... been playing the piano for twelve years while founding a club and playing ... Nadya is a rising senior at Harvard primarily known for founding the non

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  with machine learning. i am also a counselor for promys. it’s a math ... must be no problems at all with my life. look, i even have time for ... and its tendrils for instilling this belief, i played a part in it too

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  , featuring accommodations for 170 students across four houses, with the outer ... of their tendencies for child-play have no place in common living ... creator of the amazingly useful CourseRoad (along with TeXcha, a La

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  degree. With just a glance, you can see the CMS option has much more free ... frees up *significant* time. potential course road for 21E degree ... We are confused about what we want to do with our lives and thus what

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this post apply to all applicants, so have fun reading and don't come for me ... our lives? One of the most empathetic signs, pisces are known for their

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  that people can cope with anxiety and panic attacks and get help for what ... playdough, and now carry around a little playdough for me to fidget with when ... that MIT has to offer for those who are struggling with anxiety. MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... (Math, Political Science, Economics, and Physics for you guys not hip with ... major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  Fun fact: when George Washington was a young Virginian, his driving ... out pretty well for you, didn't it, Washington? The statue in the ... command was something he had long envisioned for himself and driven towards

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  't. What we prefer are things which may coincide with higher SAT scores. For ... which occur in our universe. But there is a problem with social science ... data, you are liable to draw conclusions consistent with the data but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  you if they do happen to be things that you do for fun). Just be honest ... worsening stomachache is the initial sign for appendicitis, which needs to be ... You Do For Pleasure ("pleasure" - 100 words), Department at MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  , when I was competing for entry level jobs with the experienced employees ... story! To reward you for sticking with me through the depressing parts ... 2, lived on the infamous Conner 2, played on the varsity field hockey

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  's going on with both of these majors. For the edification of frosh and ... recommendation for most problems at MIT. "I don't know what to do with my life ... ! It was for like 30 seconds, for a variety of reasons, but it was cool

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  , along with the people around me, loved sharing this dish together for the ... .  Voila! Serve with Jasmine rice and a sunny side egg for full authenticity ... ’s been my Instagram username for the past 2 years. For the entirety of my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  blue sky for walls, and in this space the three floors above us are ... whale. A closer survey, perhaps with a telescope, reveals some ... start with my favorite episode, the Hugo-winning “The City on the Edge of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  to meet with my friends, or I’m playing board games in the lounge, or I ... has been taken out and replaced with routine. Makulay But for now, MIT ... something like “exhausting and overwhelming, but fun.” I don’t think that’s a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  . Bonus round!! I also auditioned for Next Sing, an acapella group. It was ... school, I danced at home for fun, twirling through my kitchen in socks and ... sightreading, and I even got to play The Legend from Deltarune for my prepared

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024