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• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  quotes from the lovely captain of the lightweight women’s crew team, Sharon. I’ve compiled the corniest collection of these quotes into power monologues that you can tell yourself the next time every bone and neuron in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  Wisconsin, and the other, Abby, is from San Diego. Last week I get home from ... ? (The answer is yes; we do need it). I own some jeans and one or two warm ... woah woah woah, hold on Fiona, its going to get a whole lot worse in the

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  the first session of the oil painting class I'm taking this semester, and sat by the Charles River with a group of forty-odd students for a ... doesn't really count. Wednesday marked a year since the death of an MIT

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  the pace of the content that was being fed to me. Turns out, (for me,) that understanding the material isn't the hardest part of coming to MIT (at least, not yet). That's not to say that the pace of learning isn

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  talked about how he felt he wouldn't fit into the MIT community because, during CPW,  all the events were about "legos" and "foam swords" and other kiddie kid stuff for little kids. He went to the informative events, but

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  Costco, made pizzas, dressed like a princess, went to the incredible ... electronics.  The Garment District is one of my new favorite places in Cambridge.  Look at the boots! And here is a picture of my roommate Maggie making

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  writing voice remained as silent as the sudden, somber, and “I’m so old ... could take that starts in the fall and runs through IAP. The labs were pretty awesome themselves, but the computers on which we did labs had this

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  should mention that I turned 20 last Wednesday (as some of the creepy ... order to isolate the more notable parts of my MIT experience for the past ... did really, really horribly. For some reason, I doubt that is the case

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  Well hey there, blogosphere. Newbie #4 here. To the admissions officers here, I'm known as the girl who draws things during class and has a ... (biological engineering) sophomore (whaaat, I'm not the baby of campus anymore

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass Rat. The second, an MIT e-mail address. There's just something about ... the *gasp* login screen. Simply type in your username and password (both

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  Hey all, just thought I'd take a break from the "OMG, CPW TTLY PWND ... . Luckily all of the time commitments are fun so I'm enjoying it. Toy design ... 've realized that I really like having the skills to come up with an idea and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  Despite being the middle of winter, on Friday the entire Boston area ... falling from the sky, I won't deny that I always took a certain pleasure in ... -grader, but it's true, so there you go. Rain, on the other hand, just gets

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  now typing this--the computers, the oven, the HPLC pumps..." That was ... aware of all the different sounds in the laboratory at any given time. Kind of like how people who live by waterfalls don't hear the water

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  on international admissions (I attended last year as well). The conference brings together guidance counselors from schools across the world ... people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  over to the table where Brit '05, Lara '06, and I were chatting and boomed, "So I see this is the Brass Rat table!") There's a standard pair ... you, and where did you live? Most of the professors were, of course

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  's house in Kentucky as I write this. Thanks to the people who wished me good luck on finals! The reason I'm writing this entry is that by now, those ... the most important things in the world. Your parents' friends have used

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  Ambreen wrote: "What is the rationale behind question 'what ... to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what ... with: "on the same note, should we have October scores rushed to MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  (This is part 2 of my oh, the places you'll go blogpost because they ... to be in the same post since they had different tones kind of so ... , I decided to take 6.145 because I started to entertain the idea of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  't even quite understand what right means in this case. I spent the first ... whirlwind vacation trip with Raymond through the non-Spanish European cities of London, Paris, and Amsterdam. It was the perfect reset before coming

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  both in the context of writing a blog and in the context of being a ... pain on the other hand: advertising works. recruiting works. activism works. these fields are built around the premise that you can change the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022