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  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because ... perfume. Hint: These books exist because people at name-brand schools ... Science program at the University of Okoboji because as long as I can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  "yay" around my house after I had opened the web page notifying me that I ... WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!" When I found this fire hose water fountain at the ... way to meet fellow 2015's! My group helped paint a fence at the Franklin

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... translation, and one that you may find helpful is an English teacher at your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  're actually like...well, I'm looking at the book on my shelf right now, and it ... pretty cool, to be good at math. I hear that's sort of useful around here ... schedule.) At least everyone reacts with sympathy when they find out that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  speak at Math Prize for Girls, a competition for top female students in ... -regarded international programs. I was admitted into a research program that led me to co ... show favoritism to girls, they were doing a terrible job at it. Aside

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  mutants. I am very excited to intern at CLAMS this summer!” – Anonymous MIT ... !" – Passerby *throws mud at them and screams* – Anonymous Beaver Club Member #2 ... - Over the Course (25) of Time One of the most challenging courses at MIT

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  everyday (which I basically did at MIT during the school year anyways ... microscope. -A lot of looking at fluorescent worms (worms that has GFP - a ... after I get off from work (the program runs M->R at nighttime for 1

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  It’s mid-October, which means that life at MIT is crazy right now ... projects are all happening at once, and lots of people are pretty hosed ... International Science and Technology Initiative helps students find ways to study

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  about the contest description on Bryan's blog. The four years at MIT are ... possible, especially because at MIT it is a required class for all mechanical ... , along with Bryan! May 17 (today!): Round of 64 At this point, half of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  the most points at the end of the week would win a big prize like an ... occupy bases and swing at the same time (don’t ask how). He broke many ... , there’s a whole wiki page dedicated to it: https://www.blaseball.wiki/w/Main_Page

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  and spend more time at home, or travelling. Some of my friends are doing ... classes are also different. Some classes meet at a certain time two or three ... cool :)"]I looked at last year’s problem sets,[/annotation] and they felt

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  those things at the same time which became very muddled and confusing ... -year anniversary of going on leave (November 1!) A six-page autobiographical comic ... patch on Halloween, I am back at 1369 Coffee and have risen from the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  . No, not really. Anyway, we decided to head over at 1:00 PM for the 4 ... 't know exactly what level of celebrity we were dealing with here. At 1 ... customers in line. She will only sign books that you bought at Crate and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  next year I'll spend at Peking University, funded by the Chinese government. One of the great perks of being at MIT is that all this stuff gets paid for, as I'll discuss more at the end of the post. There is some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  performed live, interspersed among acting scenes, I marveled at the commenters’ powers of inference. When I saw Firebringer in my freshman fall at MIT ... ’) internal state of mind warrants a whole song and dance number. It elevates

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  advisor exclaimed as he looked over my registration at the start of the ... any of these at MIT, unfortunately)[/caption] Oscilloscopes are ... at any given point during the game, which I’d then “flatten” into a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  I steadfastly stuck to...at least I did until this class. I talked to ... shifted over time. At first, listening to this new wave music was an act of ... many times in the blogs before, but I grew up with so much internalized

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  who are committed to learning French at MIT. You spend two weeks in ... at the entrance by Germain Louvet, a “star dancer” of the Opéra de ... with the rank of a star, a role which means not only international

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  for the second short essay: can you tell me (at least three days before ... high school). Will the admissions office look at things like that? As for ... month but the rep canceled. I know at least 3 people who are intested in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  , paging through Swann’s Way and feeling little pings of recognition at the ... felt like to see her apart from my annoyance at the bodies pushing firmly ... towards the exit. I was fed up with Paris at the end of it all. Though I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025