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• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across ... a lot and discuss it with some of my superiors (for those of you just ... issues such as suicide. I respect the sentiments of the original poster

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... Class of 2009. Akash, Ben and I had lunch together, and while we were ... , as it turns out, was on campus with most (all?) of the MIT 2009 Early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students ... soups of advanced academic programs. We like to see that students have challenged themselves in high school and have taken advantage of their
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  not know me at all because I wrote blogs back in the dark ages of 2008 ... 'm the author of such classics as That time we streamed a dance party from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  of a pink shag rug, and every piece of laundry that I still need to do– but none of that is important right now. It’s the first day of Junior year, and then, after a complete 60 seconds of awkward silence as the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  enjoying it a lot for a number of reasons: not least because in Europe ... , and I have a bunch of weekend trips planned for myself. Two weeks ago, I flew to Greece for a couple of days to spend time with my parents (who

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  this. And because of it, I've been thinking a lot about what he said. In ... instances of police brutality and just blatant racism being caught on camera ... been incredibly outspoken. A doesn't-take-your-bullshit kind of attitude

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  list of three things I learned this semester that I didn't learn from my ... saw that a motor drives up and down. You hold a piece of wood and push ... ="residence exploration, a ton of events during orientation week where frosh explore the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  human being who has dreamt of being an admissions blogger since August ... deadline of 4 weeks and an MIT undergrad in the midst of classes, clubs ... unpredictable, as things usually tend to do here. Here’s the unfolding of my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  My earliest memory of making a presentation consists of saying ... and present a new kind of medicine. I have no recollection what my medicine was supposed to do, but I remember that I put it in one of those

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  No, it is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants about their applications, rather than with their family members. If you have a question, please email us from the email…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  half my stuff) Ran out of prescription meds (because my health ... the service, I got out of the Navy in August and started at MIT in September. I knew that this transition would be challenging. Juggling all of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  MIT, the new VWR is now double the size, has double the number of racks, has a new turf speed and agility section, and a bunch of other fun ... ="aligncenter" width="459"] tons of dumbbells and medicine balls[/caption] [caption id

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  Austin, Texas? The land of cowboy boots, sweltering heat, and a city that took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an aquifer, meaning that it has a ton of rivers, lakes, and springs dotted all

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  the forge, cropped ones for social events that don't include bits of flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to shape the world around me, and clothing mods are a great part of that. So

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  here’s a full semester’s worth of cool things, none of which are ... portion of my time in [annotation note="Physics 1"]8.01[/annotation]I was ... be solved," which immediately peaked my interest. This was the kind of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  with me tonight voices the entirety of her internal monologue aloud even ... ’m trying to be polite, hence being curled on the sofa outside of our room. I ... , cereal, and toast, and the little plastic squares of jam that remind me of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  the day of the concert - they bring in their own equipment, set it up ... sets of mics, mixers, and speakers so the safe bet was to acquire as much ... years of my time in college of course 5 mics wasn’t enough, so we also

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  final act of the CPW closing show, we had a lot to get through to make ... hockey sticks, chanting, and strange content scavenged from the depths of ... impacted by the nature of the event. they did an incredible job, and it was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  It finally happened. I got Covid. Right at the last week of [annotation note="Independent Activities Period, which runs throughout most of ... in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • February 7, 2023