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  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  conversations and “light reading”), I can’t help but draw a parallel. The past two ... know other people will also help with the homesickness. Please don’t ... , everything-athons, fairs of all kinds, free swag galore (especially T-shirts, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  The secret is... there's not really a secret. Just some tips. 0:18 A lil' bit about me 0:36 Why you DON'T need to stress out 1:21 What "being yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  the fences when they don’t even close? Cars here slow down for a deer ... added a "2"—  is cooler, right? Now when I visit Ohio, I don’t need a ... schedule. You can often hear (MIT) seniors say they are old because can't

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  another. i don't believe that friendships are defined by length ... 'll excuse myself for having some extra level of fondness for the 2017s. i don't ... they all dispersed. i know i didn't get to spend time with nearly all the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  !!), but if you don’t then I hope this post sufficiently informs you of our ... sailing on the Charles River (which, in case you didn't know, is dammed and ... don’t have the goal to mess up others. After afternoon sessions, we

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  If you haven’t been following the results of the most recent LEGO ... be––I don’t even know when. But they will be on sale but it won’t be ... ;   Finally, I didn’t only want to do people in the space flight

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  Wow! It’s been a while since my last blag. I couldn’t blag during IAP ... ’re late. It’s about as fast as you can go without running, and you don’t ... time ago I didn’t tell y’all about. Back in the fall, I was invited by

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  . But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  productive would I be if I didn't have to sneeze?” Others have been able to understand its true value and reason for existence: “I wouldn't know who I am ... have been called adorable on many occasions. Personally, I don’t

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  Shepherds at some point in her life.   Isn’t this invitation ... or Tamil, that aren’t offered here or cool humanities classes. Step 3 ... general don’t schedule sections (aka recitations) until the first week of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  human hand with legs sticking out of it.   Even if you aren't going to borrow anything, or if you don't end up winning the lottery, the ... ).   We haven’t quite gotten around to hanging it up yet (it’s been a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  wanted to share a PSA! Sorry I haven't blogged much over the last few weeks

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  selection. I haven’t been to these markets, but you can check them out if you ... indoor market for locally sourced food. I don’t know how good the prices ... reasonable. Most don’t speak English, so you’ll have to point and gesticulate

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  didn't wear a sweater (in retrospect, could have done with a long sleeve shirt instead of my sister's Tin-Tin t-shirt with the arms cut ... in the area that doesn't take Patriot's Day off. I sat with

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  turned out if I’d gone to Harvard. (I think I’m glad I didn’t, I think I ... ). Don't think too much. Write as fast as you can. There's no correct way ... layering of your favorite passages. It doesn't have to make total sense and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  for. A group of six of us worked for most of the evening and didn’t call it quits until well into the night. We didn’t put in as many pieces as ... progress. After a while, I couldn’t have a conversation with anyone in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  , falling sideways and sticking to everything. I wasn’t brave enough to take ... versions). Alewife, five T stops from Kendall Square/MIT, by YQ L. ‘16 ... and Kate T. ‘16 and some new friends. We got tea and then everyone else

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  weren't the only oddball around anymore. This happened at least three ... my jobs have been here, my med school is here, and they haven't kicked ... : "Ohhhhhh youuuuu pretty thiiiiiings Don't you knowwwwww you're driiiiivin

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  literally freezing. I took the T to Kendall, and after exiting the station ... -challenged person (read: I can still get lost with Google Maps), I wouldn't trust ... leading the way to main campus. But there weren't always directional

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  you needn't worry. Your personal worth and success are not defined by ... ? Sad Cat Diary by ze frank Wolfram Alpha Can't on Twitter Pikachu Line Dance to the song "I Don't Like It, I Love It" Soothing: Sound

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015