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  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm choice I get the feeling that a lot of people find MIT's dorm choice process a little mysterious at best, so I thought I'd clear up the timeline

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  the eventuality of winter break. [caption id="attachment_95733" align ... in the two weeks after classes ended. I got distracted as little as possible too. Any more would have burned me out before the end, and any less

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  "The Show Goes On" and "Battle Scars", so when I heard he was teaching at ... the same idea. Near the end of last semester, we got brunch together at ... out of Arizona/the only one who can save me is Rona," I riffed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  And then I asked him, "What's the most unexpected thing about ... old person." On Saturday the Puzzle Club ran an event where we solved puzzles from an issue of P&A Magazine together. The last time the Puzzle

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  promises: we are building the [insert-product] that will reshape society. We are disrupting the [insert-field] landscape. Everybody agrees that our ... to the linearity of time, hence this preoccupation with the future: the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP psychology class, we learned about the different theories of emotion; specifically what comes to mind is the Schachter-Singer theory, where the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had actually been since I swam. This pool wasn’t like the neighborhood pool where I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool feet first so I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  opened the webpage which told me whether or not I was accepted. You would think that by the way I was feeling, I had been determined to go here since the age of womb-dom. Now that I look back on it, though, this

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2011. We received over 50 applications for just a few available spots. The vast majority ... upperclassmen as well. Over the last week and a half the blogger committee

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged ... spend a significant portion of the next 72 hours taking full advantage of ... about the realities of science. I've edited out expletives, in order to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  Continuing on the thread began yesterday... With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  through [annotation note = "I asked her about it now and apparently the ... complex, convoluted routes to the center. Every time they were returned to the maze, they’d stick with the first route they’d found, never looking

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  So the annual no-problem-set-fest known as IAP really comes to an end ... the first day of classes is Tuesday, YIKES! But I didn't get through IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the Techno

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  It is that time of year again! The semester is starting, campus is coming alive, and here on the blogs we have a fresh new crop of baby ... ,79163,79162,79161" caption="Here they are, in the flesh! Or in the avatar, anyway" /] Please

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

    a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by Bon Jovi press play, then scroll down and sing the new lyrics   ... little something more than this at the bottom of my Verde's cup♪   ♫I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  mean "this morning?") watching a biblical archaeology special on The History Channel that was trying to determine the precise location of Sodom ... , every 20 minutes. Because there might still be someone in the Student

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  kind of embarrassed for disappearing for a month from the blogs, especially when the blogs have been such a cozy, homey place for me, a respite among the ups and downs of my life. But things have been busy. In the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  When I was younger, people called me the "art kid." I distinctly remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew ... the "reading kid." I read books with friends in [annotation note

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  BLAH. You like her? Catch her after the fun, when you're recuperating. Make friends in your grade! Although this is a spillover from the general-CPW-rant that the previous item became, it's important enough to be repeated here

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  As the summer turned to fall, my housemates and I prepared to move out of our cozy apartment where we'd spent the year, back to MIT's campus. The passage of time was a frequent topic of discussion: how could

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021