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• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  wouldn’t think twice before saying no. i couldn’t be seen as weak, or i wouldn’t deserve coming. i wouldn’t deserve being at one place when my ... probably my most-said sentence. it sounds so dumb that i couldn’t identify

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  you something else: how many things you never knew take time. You won't ... by you I mean of course me, can't enjoy music the way you used to. Can't think about what you want to do with your life. Can't consider your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  lost their minds. If you haven't listened to it yet, please go do that ... and go to plenty of parties in college.   gold rush But I don't like a gold rush, gold rush I don't like anticipatin' my face in a red

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  awkward middle spot: life wasn't quite full enough to feel that the semester ... -person things. This IAP, I tried something different -- something I don't think I've tried in I don't know how many years. I did... nothing. (But of course, in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  ’s basketball team turning up strong! If “athletics” isn’t the first word that comes to mind when think of MIT... I don’t blame you. In some ways, it ... doing math or whatever. Doing math or whatever And I won’t regale you

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  her there. So, I’m excited! I don’t speak the local language, I have no ... here your whole life! And isn’t the whole reason your parents and your ... than I do now, who knows. This isn’t to say that I feel un-American, it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  your body is saying, “Can we do this?? No, we can’t!!” (Also quick ... just can’t do it… As I'm sure you know by now, “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” (Wayne Gretzky). But sometimes, you think about how

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

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  experience still smoulders in the mind. Here goes: Breathe. Don’t ... composed days before the deadline. And I’ll add this: the Internet isn’t ... fascinating. Don’t miss it. Connect. Venture one conversation with a commonly

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT ... -long retreat with my church youth group with no Internet access. I also didn't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  What up, y'all? I don't go to MIT anymore! ...okay, so I work here ... . Whatever. It ain't the same. For those of you who don't remember me: hi ... (spoiler: I didn't stay) and checking out Senior Haus during REX, I'd never

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  's note:" so for the people that don't know, a vermonster is essentially a ... blessing in disguise. More importantly, you don't have to go to MIT to be a ... your field. Now, I hope you don't obsessively dwell on this blog in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  people who may also like to point out that I haven't blogged in like two months, Santa isn't real, and eating ice cream and shredded cheese for ... 'RE IN A RECESSION, PEOPLE.)(Actually, I really didn't post this for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  's hard, but I just don't understand, you know?" or "wait, why does everyone keep saying high school is easy? I don't think it's easy. I actually ... exaggerate only because I don't know any other way to live. Ask my friends

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And ... involves some pictures I just took. I don't have my camera with me (I know ... new Macbook) and so I just used that. I don't know how to resize them

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  Gujarat, India. I’ll tell you more about this later, too. I didn't wake up on time Tuesday morning, so I can't tell you about the tour of Boston ... . Yeesh. That night, I tried to work on a paper but couldn't. I also didn't

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  reentry. That's when I realized that although I was in the Museum I wasn't ... can't very well write about something I don't have access to. So I ... coming!" Ok, so it wasn't a lie per se, but it wasn't expected. We walked

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  at least four entries that are in various stages of being writ. I don't ... "Michael Snively" sent at 2:30 AM. "Hm. I don't remember sending myself an e-mail at 2:30, I wonder what this is?" I don't know how many of you are like

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  . Snow, you see, I could have handled. After all, snow isn't only ... falling from the sky, I won't deny that I always took a certain pleasure in ... everybody wet. Including me. Normally, I wouldn't really mind a little rain

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

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  I have to admit that I don't have fifty pieces of advice for anybody ... -zero integers a, b, and c. Well, it just ain't so. I mean, if the cold hard facts ... take things you don't know and turn them into things you do know. And

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  arguably, I mean that while they don't officially leave paper towels around ... out whether or not you will have a roommate: you won't need two fridges ... your permanent room assignment. If you aren't staying in an air

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006