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  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  Association subsidizes a dinner for a group of us students to take a professor ... Before You Graduate" for her graduating class. That was right when I ... -nighter (for fun!) - for fun, or not for fun, I think I had a bit too many of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  enough seats next to each other for all of us. And when we finally sat down ... , Jeff brought our demo rings for us to wear and to keep for the next 2 ... Bezel is a tradition (I'm not sure for how long, but at least since the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  neighbors couldn’t hear us and mistake our four person party for a 1AM rager ... the house, only the three of us remained that night as everyone else went out of town for one reason or another. We sat together in our cozy

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal-breakers (like a bunch of D's, for example). Assuming you're competitive, your application is then read by a primary reader who will summarize it at length for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... my first midterms. MIT has redefined the word midterm for me. In my ... [/caption] a. My wonderful 3.091 TA gave us chocolate chip cookies right after we

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  nervousness, looking for distractions, forcing yourself to pretend like there ... here is my deep life advice, for application day and forevermore ... TV show or film that ALWAYS makes you feel better. You are so brave for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  'm constantly asking my fellow admissions officers and student tour guides for ... predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this post apply to all applicants, so have fun reading and don't come for me

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  only way to describe us is “formerly returned students.” This year, there are four of us. We’re a good group, a healthy mix of ages, genders, and ... halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  by the way passive mechanisms allow us to move about. For example, this ... us to pay more attention to the world around us. Each class it ... reminds me of something David Foster Wallace wrote, which I can’t for the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  either side of us. Eating lunch during chemistry lecture. Staying up late ... . I love MIT, but but there was no good reason for me to want to be anywhere ... I got in and when I left for MIT. I wish I had. If I were you—which is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  is not a substitute for professional advice. --- Every day we wake up ... we keep doing these things, not because they're guaranteed to make us feel good But because failing to do them is guaranteed to make us feel

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  [annotation note="i debated with myself for such a long time on whether or not i ... [/annotation] came into my head, and i thought the words were really fitting for the ... would be, i felt sick to my stomach. a college's admission decision, for

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  officers showed in you when they selected you for admission, it is not really ... yourselves completely into this process, to help us identify who will most ... it this far if you didn't have someone in your corner. For some it is a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  ME: open 24/7 ME: for all your dyeing needs ME: find us on yelp ME ... and none of us shower ever ME: beware ME: resistance is futile ... what's up FROSH: just waiting for a burger ME: yeah those burgers are

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... different dorms as a prefrosh, or as a freshman, and trying out what works for ... floor works for me. We're a cohesive unit, not just a bunch of people who

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  our chairman for telling us about the ice cream when we're not permitted ... As a news editor for The Tech, every couple weeks, I have the ... for quite some time, so people know when to show up in the office, no

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  These blogs exist for many reasons. Show prospective students what ... having been admitted, of being at MIT. (Though, to be clear, it’s not just us ... for feeling all of those things, or feeling anything else. No matter

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  do amazing things (including win a National Championship for us ... we really wanted was the big shiny silver trophy you get for being the ... doing something.  I worked out for the first time since our season ended

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  city above. Ia, Ia, Cthulhu fhtagn! Photos attached. Then, for 6.815, we ... ) with tape. This is a sign I made for my floor; it twinkles and stuff. I made a new floor sign for Loop #diy A video posted by Rose

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  'll find something that works for both of us. Yours, -APWBD” Before coming ... professor in the physics department lent to me. For privacy, let’s call him ... meeting ended something like this: Me: Do you have any suggestions for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011