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  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  June, and each time, something new resonates with me—the nerve ... —Ifemelu’s only here for a few more days (246 more pages). Ameer One word. Dance. I ... days, you can find me out on runs and long walks while playing Pokémon Go

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  for each card. That means coordinating between 22 people, which wouldn ... : Song K. '25, major in Computer Science and Engineering. The Fool ... . '22, major in Computer Science and Engineering. The High Priestess sits

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  make you smile on your worst days. 3) College isn't a magical place ... ) There will be many days when you are constantly responding to emails. It ... wanted to start. 22) Never stop being creative. Nothing will ever come out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  fondness, as a decade of so many Firsts that made me the person I am today ... result—I’d get into the habit of it for a few days, and then I’d stop, more ... the day to day? Did she cry over a silly things that I can’t even

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I really enjoyed Ana's recent post about a single day in her life, so I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it ... !   November 13th, 2014    8:30am first alarm (turned off) 8

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  the day—[annotation note='I have... many thoughts on being a “woman in ... Director of the Women and Gender Services (WXGS). Today, I’m guest posting ... started in 2021 and was completed in February 2023. Before the renovation

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  the test. Mind you it was 11:30pm when we emailed him and if I ever got an email past 9pm, it wouldn't get a reply until 8am the next day. So ... [/caption]   In total, I had four finals to prepare for after the last day of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless ... 'LL NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN." It hasn't worked so far - Thursday was the day ... took me all day. It wasn't that I didn't want to do it. Organic

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  As decision day draws nearer, “who” questions are taking priority ... in realizing those hopes comes after pi day, not before it - excelling ... attend. --- Addition: I want to draw attention to Spencer's comment

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  fill the whiteboard with various drawings. I wanted something truly ... aiming for here. On the last day before Caltech left, as a parting gift, Winnie suggested we turn the drawing into a light up acrylic sign. And

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  took 2.00b together, then 14.30 and 14.05 our sophomore year. I’m 99 ... in either 14.30 or 14.05, and further in 14.19 our junior fall.  There ... had a 2.5’ x 3.5’ whiteboard that served as a message board—something to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  emotions are heightened as decision days draw closer. i'm mostly trying to ... 'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... requirements of this class is to notice something new every day. we are learning

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  productive today than yesterday? No two days are the same! There is no typical ... Some days, I feel good. Some days, I feel like I can work for hours. On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  Every time I check my email (incredibly, only once every few days) I ... counted traffic today!), for the most part our studies are focused on three ... kitch, lots of skits and picture drawing for my taste, I have learned an

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  came and visited. Scramble mode, if you'll let me draw another comparison ... asked if we could have press passes. 2 days and many strings pulled later ... . Friday morning I woke up at 7:00 after having gone to bed at 4:30 (PSETs

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  Sheet. Its early names included The Great IAP Mystery Hunt, 3-Day IAP Mystery Hunt, and The Three-Day Puzzle Hunt, which I think is the first recorded instance of "puzzle hunt". In those days the hunts started on Monday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For ... know an FSILG community through casual day-to-day events, as opposed to ... dream. Every day made me feel like I was at a college-student summer camp

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  home in new york?"]clear as day,[/annotation] part of me still doesn ... drawing me back to a cycle of self-blame, taking root in my head and placing ... to keep at it, trying to run four days a week and do miscellaneous free

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  some crazy….creative….????.... modern art…. line drawings. I don’t really ... weeks. Maybe in 15 more years, a blogger will find our Pie Day video

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  are typically released by the end of June, and the Court usually announces in advance which days it will be posting decisions (without specifying which cases will be decided that day). You can see a calendar of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023