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  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  important info below. First, though, relax! This is easy, and you don’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... February 15th. Wait! I won’t have any grades before February 15th

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  our shared mailbox. Exciting stuff! 9:05: Depart Conner 5. Isn’t our ... a few minutes to spare (on MIT time). T-6 mins before exam begins. 11:02: T-2 mins… Time to get calculator, pencil, eraser, periodic table

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  . But wait, don’t rush. Don’t plunge into the ocean of choice immediately ... at MIT. Don’t ogle at the amenities. Talk! REX Life ≠ Real Life. A ... schedule in advance. Registration Day doesn’t arrive until after the care

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to ... doesn’t offer me a bite. 99.999% of the time I don’t actually want the ... having really enjoyed it, hear a friend of mine didn’t like the movie, and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  discussing how it was "sorta easy". I failed. Badly. Geez, I can't seem to ... and struggles as much as, if not more than I do, even if they don't look ... better. I don't know what to do different" I feel ya. And it may be

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  important info below. First, though, relax! This is easy, and you don’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... February 15th. Wait! I won’t have any grades before February 15th

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  weeks. I couldn't begin to fathom how many other people are going through ... when semester classes aren't in session, and I agree. IAP is a much more ... college for the first time. I haven't seen my room in a while, I'm much more

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  to a lay audience. I don't operate heavy machinery or conduct ... Sustainability. A few weeks ago, I received an email from Yanisa T. '18, who asked ... her design. Modeled by Veronica T. '16     Most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  from the bottom. And because I didn't talk about anything MIT-related in ... on par with a Dalai Lama/Noam Chomsky kind of lecture. In case you don't ... 2010 alongside Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Big K.R.I.T., Yelawolf, YG and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  impossible. What also is impossible is the challenge I gave you - there isn’t ... trying to find one. This is incredibly unlikely; boards of 12 rarely don’t ... . None of our preliminary approaches worked, and we couldn’t translate the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  -mail, I realized that I couldn't remember ever blogging about my MIT ... London. I don't really want The Internet to know my address, so for the ... silver line (called the Jubilee Line). Unfortunately, I don't live anywhere

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  unsteady smile. “I know, babe. I am relaxed. Just…I haven’t seen mom in ... …what if they don’t like you?” Melissa shrugged. “I’ll take my chances.” “What if you don’t like them?” He drained the glass. “I mean…odds look

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  away, you’re making our eyeballs uncomfortable.” Most people don’t give a second thought to the spaces between letters. We don’t think about ... I didn’t know how to feel about it. I think I never truly realized

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  This school year was pretty terrible.  I don't think there is an ... campus.  But I still found myself overwhelmed a lot of times. If I didn't ... something else with my time. Many times, I felt like I didn't belong. College

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  working an internship in Seattle. It hasn't exactly settled in yet that I ... 's to come. I don't think this is going to be one of those posts. I don't ... 's become very clear that there are many things I don't know or understand

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

   I wasn't laughing, wincing, or wondering about the ceiling's structural ... ! since I don't know the lyrics to the song. While we walked to the tube ...  that you should really watch if you haven't already. The BBC estimated that a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  . If they submit through Naviance/Docufide and don't have cover sheets ... 've submitted something, and it isn’t showing up, don’t worry: it takes time to ... of submitted supplemental materials. I can’t type endless text into my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  'm pretty sure they don't actually see me at all in our room since I've been ... classes are all tough, but I take some consolation in the fact that I didn't ... I won't be here in the Spring (more on that below!). Academics aside

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  mean, I didn’t even think I was going to come here in the first place ... small school) within 16 hours, and I wasn’t even sure if I was going to ... accomplishments and maybe even earn some bragging rights… Right? But I wasn’t any

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  (parents and students) recognized Ry on campus, and I wasn't even with him ... thing that Ry tells me when I see him isn't "Oh I missed you so much," it ... personally can't stand Guy Fieri), so they (read: Dad) begged to have lunch at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012