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  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  Here goes another Omnibus... sorry if I didn't get to your question ... Admissions Officers", but I haven't gotten around to everybody yet ... don't have to, but I just wanted to clear the matter up since the Online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  could’ve taken the bus, but I didn’t want to drag my luggage all over the ... gassy (shh don’t tell anyone else) as I waited for my baggage. I glanced ... ="attachment_116260" align="aligncenter" width="600"] PADDINGTON! I haven't seen the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  helloooooooo blogosphere! so i wasn't planning on posting this week ... recognizing that change will always happen. i think i didn't use to always ... many of y'all aren't there). i do find a very, very deep personal joy in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  thing and don’t believe the distinction is important, but pick whichever ... couldn’t work for more than a few minutes at a time without getting ... it was a cost-cutting move and that i didn’t like remote school and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  distnction doesn’t matter here. And third, xkcd 1475.']fonts ... Service Center logo also uses Flama. Yet this poster isn't in Flama! Observe ... ="aligncenter" width="1086"] Left: Flama. Right: poster.[/caption] It also isn't FF DIN

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  don’t have anything coherent to say on the topic as a whole. This is a ... providing more clarity. I don’t think I’ve done it enough times to yet have ... else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  experience the phenomenon of feeling like you can’t change your mind again ... i wrote about every time i had a major update and felt like i wasn’t ... those things aren’t what you need right now and as a result you are never

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  structured badly or not good introductory subjects or shouldn’t be required - but when you declare that an entire field like biology is dumb i can’t ... don’t care about knowing what happens in your own body; you must just

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  said, “Aren’t you going to Europe?” “No, that was last year. There’s a ... then. I knew I wanted to get into a lab at some point, but I wasn't in a ... taking a class with them, and if they don’t have any positions open, they

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  friend, Tiffany T. '22. I didn't really know much about it and wasn't all ... was a really chill interview and I'm glad I didn't chicken out. About ... -style format. Mentors just didn't step in as much during these sessions. In

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  responses in one document so someone can read it. MIT is stressful and I don't know if I should go because of this. I don't know if I'm smart enough for ... in the world, but that doesn't necessarily mean these next four years

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  Let me preface this post by saying: I don't think I've figured out ... student as time has gone on, but I definitely haven't gamed the system yet ... 'm ecstatic about, because I didn't particularly enjoy many of the required

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  have a lot of "free time", free in the sense that you don't have that ... out. In years past, when I wasn't working, I'd spend my summers ... things to do even when you don't technically have things to do. I'd written

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  arrow goes from the nucleophile to the electrophile. Enantiomers can't be ... 've been blessed. Can't remember the reagents for the reaction you have in ... you don't. Recently, I'm dealing with a new kind of synthesis problem

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  last lyric. And then it’s over. You don’t know what to do with yourself ... -year Afeefah didn't think possible. It's become a routine of going to bed ... than I can keep up with. It feels like I don't have enough time to get

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  the privilege to interact with the new cool kids on the block. Can’t ... accommodations fully covered!). I won't name the company, but I still want to talk ... students, arranged by the MIT career office. I won’t say which company, but I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  : “Show the admissions committee who you are!”, “Be passionate!”, “Don’t ... didn’t help me at all when I was actually writing my essays. If you are ... GPA, your SAT/ACT scores, etc.—you can’t do anything about those, so

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  course I want to write. But that’s not why. I don’t know what the why is. I don’t know why the kidnapping on the news stuck with me the way it did ... written. I couldn’t say why, but it just had to be, and in the absence of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  MIT student didn't die! 2:06 -- Most of the students here are seniors ... in 1861 by William Barton Rogers who decided that people weren't being ... important to get your hands dirty and get stuff done. 2:13 -- At MIT you don't

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  I don't make schedules or use planners. In fact, I don't even use ... works the best for me is, "well, if I can't remember the event, then it ... justified my use of not using schedulers or planners. :P (don't worry - this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009