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• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine ... on the spot and then schedule it to get published right after. I ... down and watch more Hermitcraft after this, so yeah. This is pretty much

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  food places, the aquarium, the coffee shop 5 billion times, and then I ... some form of a "month-long winter break". And it isn't not a winter break ... could try (and likely be unsuccessful in) compiling a list of activities

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  ask them out. The reasoning was simple: it was embarrassing and high ... them, you took action and are now dating them, and you took action and ... so you are not dating them, you took action and are now dating them, and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  December. It was torturous, and the clock seemed to tick too fast and too ... spans now from our phones and need constant stimulation. Which perhaps is ... terrible happened to them and they’re in the hospital and…you get the point

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  Continued reflections on love at the Institvte (and really just love ... trials and tribulations with dating, which includes the many times I have felt like I was in love and similarly the many times that I was wrong

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  the buildings are numbered, and at first glance, the ordering of the numbers seems unintuitive. Buildings 3 and 4 should be next to each other ... and 4. This is one of the small things I love about MIT: its building

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  .33 - Research and Communication in Economics a sort of pre-thesis class, where we ... stay focused and not let work from this class pile up, because the work is heavily concentrated in two assignments (a small project and a final

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

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

  

  on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the ... took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help and support that so many people provided in order to make this the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  the boys’ successes get recognized and their talents get directed ... Robotics team were hard-working and ingenious. But they lacked one special ... , children once carried stealthily across the border are taking action and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  , and across rivers with the MIT Outing Club (MITOC) (4) Eat BLT. The ... -of-the-night conversations about quantum dots and social media strategies. The soggy burritos ... , working on personal projects, or just chillaxing), and here’s what I’ve been

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  late at night after watching a couple episodes of my favorite TV show and curling up with a cup of tea, I sometimes like to just sit around and ... like GEL, you’ll do reflections a lot, and it might take a while to

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  does involve a commute ranging anywhere from 20-25 miles - and that ... of 7:30 and 8:30 am. Thankfully, there's an incentive for my atypical early bird behavior. The fare, both on the commuter rail and in the T

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  , and a rhetorical question. If I asked you what the meaning of life was, you could answer in a multitude of ways and I wouldn’t be able to say ... scientific, social, and economic approaches to addressing them, keeping

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  officers here, I'm known as the girl who draws things during class and has a ... of being back and Matt McGann and Chris Peterson have already called me "quirky and special" - translation: "why'd we hired this creeper?"). But

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  I am really excited for spring semester’s classes, and without ... cramming for SAT Biology as I’m sure many of you are aware), and then hardcore AP Biology in 12th. It’s like – I know what meiosis and mitosis are

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is ... “jock-y” than I expected. So many students play varsity sports, and discussions about various practices and games span classroom chatter and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  This past weekend was the legendary Campus Preview Weekend at MIT and ... went.) I was instantly stunned by the campus and the intriguing ... getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  decisions, and I wanted to take a moment to offer a few thoughts, and to thank you for being engaged with MIT and our admissions process. This year ... crisis has affected many, here at home and around the world. I know that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  more detail, developing characters and the setting and the various twists and intricacies of a satisfying plot. Unfortunately, not all of these ... writing takes time and time is something which you give to MIT for

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  reports that the snowman's head had indeed been removed and destroyed in a ... dispatched to the snowman to assess the damage and administer any treatments ... gave it a ceremonial sending off in the moat and sought a replacement. A

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009