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  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  , storing away their last hoards before the winter. I was pleasantly surprised when I noticed that many trees have started to don a new coat of warm ochre when I was strolling down Memorial Drive. I must say, it was

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  My favorite season has always been fall. I love walking around campus ... during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn[annotation note="A goal that was quickly cut short because I got sick :("]by

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  — 4 of which were the past week. I’m going to take you along for the ... selected idea and how we would move forward.  Right after that, I went ... . I’ve figured out that I basically won’t be able to play this season

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  movement in that direction. you tell yourself, if i plan for the cart to move forward then the cart will move forward. you tell yourself, i believe the cart will move straight, even though i am standing behind the cart and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  When I first arrived at MIT last year, the International Student ... that was the United States. As a chronically online Gen Z-er, I’d already consumed so much American media that I felt more than ready for this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for one… I chose both. It’s Week 5 now, and I've gotten used to taking the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of auditory goodness. I’m a musician myself, and met several awesome ... below). The Toons’ (I am biased towards them because they let me

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  I've never been one for actually truly believing in karma (what goes ... accepting it. Here's how things played out: I woke up on Sunday morning with ... many people are sick, but I definitely had some type of illness that made

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  more interesting and also because I don't remember exactly what was said, I give you HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AT MIT IN 15 MINUTES! (and pictures ... screening of Jumper! Speaking of Jumper, I'm wearing a blue sweater. And now

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  split into two or three, but I didn't want to dominate the homepage ... CPW is Monday, April 2, 2007. That's in five days! I know you're all ... . ------------------------------------------------------- The Waitlist I've gotten a bunch of correspondence asking about the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  Now that CPW is behind us, I am beginning to return to my life as a mild-mannered Admissions Officer. I have to admit that I've been excited to get back to one of my favorite hobbies, movies. Just as I got ready

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  showing you that I made it onto this list so... can I photocopy the page and ... country?" I'm not sure. If your interview has been waived (you'll see this ... interview-related questions. "One of the requirements of MIT is that I should

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  ... finally! ------------------------ Shikhar wrote: "I am a bit confused regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small city (that too in India) I missed out on lots of competitions and science

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a [annotation note="wish I could blog about it but public disclosure lawsuit blah blah blah"]big ol' biotech company,[/annotation] and I've somewhat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  animated, and most frank performers, and I'd highly recommend that you go see ... ; even the very concept of slam reminded me of a few things that I should remember while at MIT. For those of you who are incoming freshmen, I invite

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  Question One Elizabeth asked, I have one... I was talking to my dad ... said if I were planning on going to medical school I should definitely ... having to train MIT grads. That seems completely opposite to anything I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  Like many of you, I stayed up quite late watching the election returns come in. I had many election-watching options to choose from ... , I hopped in a Zipcar and went out to the suburbs to a party at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  , but rather numbered. Or that we introduce our majors by number (“I’m a ... 18.701 to 701, I keep thinking you’re talking about biology ... mathy friend group, today I shall serve as a questionably accurate

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  You may have noticed that I've been playing a lot of video games these past few months, like Celeste or Night in the Woods. Well, the one I ... deckbuilding roguelike that I've poured over sixty hours into. If you can't tell

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  everyone, I just wanted to come in with some quick updates about what's been going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... Wednesday, the 17th. Day 0 - 6/13: I woke up at 5:00, threw on some clothes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020