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• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  behind us, and he offered to have someone give us a tour of 5th East. SWEET ... the sucky-ness of being home, but rather, I'll reminisce on the good ... Californian (Nor Cal REPRESENT!), 5'2", and a lover of all things food. I was

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine ... of visuals and storytelling. But, once the summer came along, and I was ... the age of TikToks and Reels, video is increasingly becoming the primary

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  to. He believes it’s symbolic of how busy the Institute is, and ... iterations, but MIT is a kaleidoscope of vastly different people, all of us united by this one weird thing or set of things that keeps us moving (it

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  filtering of details that the Institute projects onto its potential students ... of this writing, I have exactly 11111 unread messages in Gmail. Initiative was taken. Somewhere along the way, I got lost in a cyber-attic of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  differential equations and op amp PSETs, I’ve learned how to take care of myself ... high school was competitive to the point of being toxic, and that it ... going anywhere. I remember sometimes pausing in the middle of doing

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  [intro]We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it. (250 words maximum)[/intro]   If you are familiar with

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  that they tried to kidnap me. i spent most of my childhood distrusting ... vast majority of people are safe to be around in the vast majority of situations the problem with being suspicious of everyone is that interacting

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  activities and already-brimming corpus of memes has kept me sane in this quiet ... you are the type of person that would enjoy cute games that largely involve mindless daily chores and where much of the charm comes from social

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... interesting experience because you'll get a variety of different kinds of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  to the boy I thought was the love of my life, or goodbye to the boy I thought was the love of my life. I've spent these past few days revisiting ... walk by the food court in The Source and only see shadows of past selves

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  intervening time, I have accumulated like 5 entries worth of photos and stories ... decisions were just recently released. First of all, congratulations to all of you who were admitted! I remember getting my decision- the old

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... meant to me. I have truly met some of the greatest and most incredible ... the majority of my days with them. It's an incredible feeling knowing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  , challenges I found myself learning to deal with as time fled. I was part of the school’s ultra-small math olympiad class, and spent a significant number of ... , a sort of climax emerged. I was on the path to being part of Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  , Jenga-ed into the trunk of my roommate's parents’ car. The morning of ... , rearranged the two sets of closet/bed/desk, and halfheartedly unpacked t-shirts before going out for Korean food with friends. Immediately, the rush of MIT

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  first drafts of just such a book. Now that the admissions season is fully ... post of completely unsolicited application advice! Before I dive into ... , and open as possible. That's why I tend to believe that most of the so

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  that I’m already a quarter of the way through my time at MIT, but the ... talking about the most fundamental aspect of college: classes. So I thought I’d fix that now, with a review of all the classes I took freshman

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  write entire entries on many of these topics, and I'll answer more ... out of every 6 applicants. In one of the Oscar-nominated short films I ... vast majority of people who apply aren't admitted. See it as a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  for the first time last weekend, and it was a great success. Offering a top prize of $25,000, Math Prize draws girls from all over the country ... , so I slow down. And then I hear it. It’s sort of like a chant: "Hey

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  OH MY GOD IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR CPW!!!! Class of '26, we cannot wait ... imagine how excited the Class of '26 is when their last two years of high ... . valid! I'm a member of one of the two classes that experienced an in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022