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  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 / 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 / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  about the MIT THINK Scholars Program, which I had the privilege of taking part of during my junior year of high school. Now as a college freshman ... local contemporary art museum. I love the serenity of art museums, in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• 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
• 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 / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  of the way by taking two CI-Ms (communication intensive class in the ... [/caption] technological issues For most of the past few months, my 10-year old ipad that I ... it got unusable. Every time I took it out of my bag to try and draw, I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  parish of st ives. it’s a town that’s around 10 miles outside of Cambridge ... located). in fact, it’s so small that it usually appears on the 2nd page of ... material that is a 1-atom thick layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 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 / 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, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  's see, december. towards the end of the semester is the time when all the performance groups do their semester performances, and i don't go to a lot of ... of the time it was because i couldn't be bothered to get out of bed. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  bedroom, but a classroom. The camera pans over tens of student's heads bent ... "I love that feeling when" or "I hate that--". It's a bit of a catch ... (more often) that I hate it. This is how I talked about my first day of my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  virtues of procrastination, as long as you meet the deadline, it really ... adversely impact our review. I have highlighted a handful of my least ... guidance.  While the sheer number of ways that applicants find to not follow

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle school—specifically most of TMG's projects—so being able to work inside it

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  questions is to just go with your initial instinct instead of trying to ... some truth to both of those explanations, but i think another relevant factor might be that the presence of other people forces me to think at a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  cells exchange their water in the matter of milliseconds. Proof?" The Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I’m going to work on this for half an hour Thought 1: Rate of water swooshing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  Raymond and I recently moved out of our Honolulu airbnb (blogpost coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... giant glass door with a nonzero possibility of falling on you and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  post a few weeks ago"]birthday[/annotation] today, and one of my ... especially when – it’s cold outside. The [annotation note="or is it one of ... arrived and was consumed with great enjoyment. Enjoy this picture of my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021