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  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  at 4 PM, my apartment’s heaters start to kick in and create a truly alarming amount of sound, and I begin to oscillate between my desk and my kitchen, somnambulant and predictable in my unending search for caffeine

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  representation of warfare.) I like fried chicken, hot dogs, the sun - and an ... day. I'll be celebrating feijoada, capirinhas and the beach. I'll be celebrating Havaianas, Ipanema and Portuguese. I'll be celebrating the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  between childhood and real adulting. I probably overuse the word liminal. It ... above suggests, I’m starting my second year here at MIT. And that feels ... peace, an outlet to make myself feel whole and sane. I’m excited to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  .112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the moment. Luckily, my TA is awesome, and he ... on her history book and wake up knowing everything. 9. I get to eat real food!!! Food is rather prominent in my thoughts right now, seeing as

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early action telethon! 54 MIT students total came to chill out and check up on ... , during which Christina and I called our parents to congratulate them on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  USA Wins 2nd in International Math Olympiad Three MIT '09s won Gold Medals.

  

  the 2012 Summer Olympics. And this coming February (while we ... disciplines as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Informatics. Today ... problem, the average score was 1.35, and the median was 0). The top 1/12 of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  for athletes and their families. The soccer recruiting process, while definitely intimidating and tiring at times, ended up being a great decision ... between 2018 and 2021, so keep in mind that some of my experience may be

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  advisor at the beginning of the semester and have them approve your course selections, so that you can introduce yourself, get acquainted, and check in ... (where you and your advisor meet one-on-one occasionally to chat) or an

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  Today is Registration Day at MIT, and tomorrow (Tuesday) is the first day of Spring Term! I'm a little behind on the questions, so here goes... though, due to my time restrictions during application season and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  Things pick up pace real quick once the semester starts. At times, it ... , responsibilities, meetings, applications. The grind never stops, and it comes at you from every direction. And so you walk all over your workload, checking

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  saturate myself with sodium and MSG. It was not one of my better days ... decided to draw. Expressing myself through color and bad Photoshop layer effects is so paramount in my life that it surprises others and myself when

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  comes to a close culminating in graduation and Tech Reunions on our campus ... MIT class. It was quite a party with a record number of classmates and their families in attendance and ended with the final celebration of MIT

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  that I should write a book telling stories about real scientists and ... is nervousness about how thorough and multi-syllabic the response is ... me, I'm trying to get everyone so familiar with what scientists and

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange ... normally visit, but this year they stayed in Canada, and Covid safety means hangouts among friends are few and far between (and socially distanced). I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  and I told him that for once in my time at MIT, I want to be good at ... in the mirror and I see my accomplishments. I think of how far I've come compared to where I began and I revel in the progress and the work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  reasons. Sometimes it is hard because you don't know your audience and have ... tumble out of you, all stiff and angular like a box of bent pipes. But ... rules of writing well. George Orwell's Politics and the English Language

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  time at MIT ticks closer and closer to an end (for real this time, for my ... today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the ... the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  land that is Texas. I've been catching up on some much needed REM and ... exciting.  But mainly, it just makes me feel kinda old and a tad bit anxious ... , when the future (the one where you have to be a responsible adult and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  courses in your major) – and more pressure to be uh, mature and serious. (Also: I’ve had to accept the fact that at MIT, there’s only freshmen and ... architecture studio sometime during the day/evening and leaving somewhere between

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  . And then occasionally, for a real thrill, we'd go watch the B ... When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in a quad in Baker House. Four women, one big room, and all the fun and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009