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  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  content warnings: suicide mentions 98 days. I think oftentimes it ... when you're on a set schedule. Every day, I wake up, I work out, I go to class, I talk to my friends, I do work, I head home, I sleep. Next day

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  As decision day draws nearer, “who” questions are taking priority ... to physically walk down a specific hallway, or take a specific class ... in realizing those hopes comes after pi day, not before it - excelling

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  "live" means verb, "to live," or "live", as in concurrently, alive ... Jesus' three-day decease. He pauses to let us feel the in-between. We are ... , whispers, spits, and screams as Jesus did, or as Pilate did, or as Peter did

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  “The winter has come. The days are dark, cold, and dreary. There is ... is pretty normal – no darker, colder, or drearier than it has been ... . By the end of the day, 2 East succeeded in making 2,925 cookies, a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  tell you their interests, or their hobbies, or where they’re from, or what classes their taking, or where they live, or who their friends are. I have these kinds of conversations all the time, every day. But these

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  in between over the course of a few days. I visited big high schools ... speak to students or their families, be it on travel or during a campus ... an Eagle Scout with a 4.0. Or a drum major with a 2400. Maybe they need

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  the past 4 days studying as much as I could, yet by the time I tallied ... between my study habits then and now: I didn’t study on my bed or got ... semester's courseload. And still, none of that sacrifice or effort feels

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  strangers; stay in touch either in person (come visit us!) or online (please ... month or two, make a mix cd, mp3 folder, whatever - just make sure you ... organized" or that you "should plan better." Different things work for

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

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  , either you're accepted or you're not. There is no grey area... so they ... will then review it again. Approximately 12 people (give or take) will ... individual's bias or preferences or familiarity with a given case has any

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  video (or 1.25 hours if you watch it all on 2x speed). I'd say it's a ... Contents 1. Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Women at MIT (1994) 2. MIT: The ... . Technology 1934 1. Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Women at MIT (1994) 28 mins

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  this one. :)] The other day I was hanging out with one of my best ... contribute more to the world) pursuing projects or companies or whatever ... . Pullling a Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs or one of these guys, if you will

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  , wondering if this or that even makes sense, and who in their right minds would ... the book launch, my dad and I stayed in New York for a few days, and I ... New Yorkers are…well, probably deserving of an occasional punch or two

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  ” or “running for president”. I had read one of the MIT blogs once ... cultured to the term “Ivy League” or anything of that sort. I knew nothing ... heartwarming sort was unbelievable. I called my parents and more or less ranted

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  efforts, the number of international students doubled in just ten years. 1 ... information presented below came from either federal sources or materials from ... ‘92, Civil Engineering Society Nicolas T. Paraschos was funny. Or at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  past ten days or so, as I finished up my finals and packed up my bags to ... on this post alone for the past six days. Most of it, I've been writing ... story or narrative. Since coming to MIT, I've had far less time to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• 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 ... showdown last weekend. GLITTER FOR DAYS   helped make (read ... celebrate less than 100 days left at MIT!   a few days ago i

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  were deferred or waitlisted. Lisa Z. ‘17 The day after I got deferred ... sick right when I got back to Boston after IAP, so up until a few days ... ). Most finals dragons, especially freshman or sophomore year, look more

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  ) or Mechanical Engineering (course 2). She's been playing soccer since ... first students to arrive in the fall and practice twice per day before the ... every day and travel to games on the weekends. As a reminder, this is MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  , and some days are harder than others. There are some mornings when it ... - rooms, bathrooms, dorm lounges, or with a friend. The other places (which ... Campus, the East Campus music room, or in Barker library (the one under the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  or noteworthy for the blogs. (Also to organize ... from 1969 (or so the label said), and it looks like a bunch of old ... weeks. Maybe in 15 more years, a blogger will find our Pie Day video

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014