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  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this ... an admissions committee, we desire diversity of all sorts, we don't want everyone to be the same -- part of what makes MIT exciting is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  effective. So, we should really be taking more advantage of that in robotics ... .832: Underactuated Robotics. Help I’m surrounded by grad students :O one of them ... complaining about a group of people that ruined the party they were coming from

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  . If the amusing rivalry of Harvard and MIT was ever unclear, it makes sense when you get stuck between the two. Neither college is, of course ... . Harvard has solemn portraits of old men looking smart in decorated frames

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  front of our shirts displayed our real names, but the nametags Shannon '05 stuck onto our backs displayed the name of someone else's historical ... had submitted the name. Add to that the fact that some of the people who

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... subject of the college admissions process. The reason the situation is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  of sporting events, some of which I had never seen before. I saw ... intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting opportunities available at MIT for students at many levels of mastery. But given

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Paula Abdul is not African-American. She is of Syrian ... , mostly seniors. I forget the exact name of the event right now, but the point is--there's a Halloween theme. Basically you could eat the cost of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April) is a thing in some parts of the YouTube community, and it's basically a month when a bunch of (usually smaller ... over the course of the month and gradually show more bits of my life

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  of algorithms (TAs are capped at two classes). TAing is hard ... behind in in 6.854 in the first week of the semester and never caught up ... . The start of the semester was a long string of all-nighters. I came close, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  ). I think I've mentioned before that I sit through one of these every so ... signing in on OLPC's (somehow the admissions office got a hold of two of ... center) 2:04 -- I just led everybody through a game of MIT Hangman. I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  epiphanies that I keep thinking of… Or that I keep recounting whenever someone ... my life. I got my first taste of Indian cuisine this semester, however ... because of the spiciness than anything else. While i had to keep chugging

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  week before I update you on the last 5 months of my life. Right now, this is about you, because as of RIGHT NOW, you only have this much time ... UChicago the night it was due, I figure a few of you might need this reminder

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
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  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  of the funniest things ever. I lol'd and lol'd, and then Melis wrote a wrap up entry that showed the end result of MIT's poll-bombing. Fast forward a couple of years. Here's what happened this time. An e-mail got

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  buzzing with some exciting new information. Prof. Grimson, head of the ... ordinary changing of the guard though, as Eric Grimson is no ordinary faculty ... itself which was a non-trivial part of my grade. I sent Prof. Grimson an

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  ," and it is directed by two of my MIT classmates, Jeff Lieberman '00 and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  Welcome to the scary world of College Shopping. Who knows what you ... pillows, but most of them don't, so getting your own is a pretty good idea. I bought all of this ahead of time except for the pillows just because

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  officers follow the winds to the corners of the country to talk to students ... in between over the course of a few days. I visited big high schools ... variants - and countless others - are all just versions of the same question

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  was a fantastic twist of fate. How much would have changed if the ... frantic night of keyboard-banging, friend-proofreading, and increasing panic ... where I am now. :D) Living in the graffiti-adorned projects of the Lower

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  Yesterday's Boston Herald had a story about the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) getting into a little trouble:   A group of MIT ... friend and SEVT member Ben Glass '07 had somewhat of an explanation:  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like “ADMISSIONS BLOGGERS---EXPOSED!!!!!!”) Some of you may remember that a ... particular, the scientific invalidity of the Myers-Briggs test. Well, I also

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018