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  day one welcome back

  

  Day one, again. Campus is different than before. The doors don't ... .701), even though I learned it during my time away from MIT. I didn't think my ... again. But it probably doesn't fit in my schedule, and it doesn't fulfill

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t you feel

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  some things that i've taken away from this summer. these things aren't ... "productive". feeling guilty about not being productive isn't healthy and is probably an instinct instilled by our capitalistic society don't run

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  Look at this if you don't what a UROP is ... interface didn't scale for different phone models, so when I showed it off on ... a lot of cool stuff to show off in the near future. I didn't think I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  're done.” Don’t think of all the ways you could have made the application ... life the way you did before you wrote your first college essay. Don't ... dissuaded by teachers, relatives, and friends. It happens. Just don't let them

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  undergrads that you can't find in most classes. The first opportunity is an ... slide. Prof: You didn't bold it! I don't read bullets that aren't bolded ... that you don't hear about. Nearly every major has them and they give you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  I won't keep you in suspense, I feel like I fit in pretty well at MIT ... Weekend: do Latino parents feel welcome at MIT? I won't keep you in suspense for that question either, I don't know the answer. I would sure hope

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  During the summer, you get to do fun things you can't pull off during ... people called it a night, going upstairs to their rooms. I didn't want to ... to the Stata Center that we didn't know. But instead, we found two lawn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  it:     At the time, I actually didn’t know that there was a major difference since my CPW: THE EVENTS DIDN’T GO PAST 2 AM. At ... them filling up over the weekend, though I didn’t take a closer look. The

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  ARE YOU PUMPED FOR CPW? Who wouldn't be excited about 72 solid hours ... in touch with many of them even if you don't end up enrolling here ... . At least I wasn't dropping his class. Know this: average MIT frat

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  an MIT student, you are held to a standard that other people just aren't ... isn't true, we aren't the experts on everything. A friend of mine was ... think that's what he convinced himself. It wasn't entirely clear. I'll be

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  ’s see – 3 F’s and 2 C’s? What!!! Second-semester can’t be like this! Okay ... obvious culprit, but I can't help but mention some other preoccupations that ... just a little bit; still can't get over how exotic edamame sounds. I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  the letter from Ms. Chu? And my transcript? Weren't they all sent before ... last question first. No, you're not in trouble if your materials haven't ... doesn't stop there... Next, the documents are put into alphabetical order

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  don't forward my MIT email to Gmail, and I've already taken myself off ... refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago ... getting a free T-shirt shoved into my arms. I felt like Napoleon, doing his

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  . I wasn't expecting that to happen...but through your comments, your ... joy; when others of them weren't, their sorrow was mine, too. And for ... meet every one of you who couldn't be admitted in person and tell you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  you weren't already. Nonetheless, for those who don't know, here's a ... , basically, like The Game. You don't want to think about it...but you do. I ... . That's why they can't predict the date in advance. I know it may seem

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  it doesn't count because my birthday is in December, and I have already ... New Year (the trip normally takes 3 hours). I didn't know what SATs were (honest! - I didn't find out about SATs until the summer of freshman year

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  .” Not that almost every week at MIT isn’t one of those weeks (is that one ... can’t find it on the website, they don’t show you on the tours and you probably won’t even see at CPW. Ladies and gentleman, I’m warning you, this

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  blog post. This was what MIT was all about. Wait, Derrick you can't mean ... getting at. I may have been overworked and tired, but I wasn't alone. There were people with me, just as tired and overworked, who wouldn't let me

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  fighting a war we couldn't win. The Seniors watched with satisfaction. But ... later I discover it in a box under my bed. I don't remember putting it ... rediscovered. Here is the one I'm thinking of: Please, please, please, don't

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007