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• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  about 7 business days for us to process all the documents, so wait at ... chipping away at them more slowly than usual because the volume has been so ... people seem to be panicking about getting all the required materials in for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  by maybe three to five for all the companies you're interviewing for at ... metaphorical plot, it's a true inspiration for my secret pipe dream of becoming ... about having just tested negative for strep. One and a half weeks later

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  at ridiculously cheap prices -- a dozen oranges for a dollar, six red ... Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four ... winding through the city which connects many of the historical sites for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  a new character from the video game Dynasty Warriors 5 for PS2. Her ... -armored person is Shadow Moon for Kamen Rider. See this link. I believe that solves the mystery! Thanks, Eric, for identifying Xing Cai, and thanks Alissa

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  restful few days at home after the end of fall semester. For the next 4 ... energy for both, it's hard to accept that you won't be the best at both. I ... energy and attention on training for the US Championships, taking place the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  called and I talked to her for a few minutes. Everything was ready at this ... psychotic or clinical depression (at least in the ‘90s, when “anhedonia” was ... never actually tried suicide, but has willed for unconsciousness for a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  get my haircut at an actual salon, since she thinks that if I bleach and ... apron and ruminated. Hair salons in particular are very good for this type ... long I had been dying my hair, and I faltered for a moment, realizing

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  available at MIT, particularly for upperclassmen. during my junior and senior ... This past Sunday, at 4 AM on the side of U.S. Highway 1 on Badger ... Maine for about 20 minutes, but I still think it counts."]three states

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  times to count. For the summer, I lived at tEp and it was a blast. In ... completed two years at MIT, and I plan to graduate after I finish four years ... new experience to sit on the subway for so long. We ate lunch together

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  funny.’ Thanks for that, Jennifer. At least I didn’t have to switch ... introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... ’ve been spending my summer writing essay after essay for twenty

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  with their advisors to sign up for classes. The day before the first day ... Meeting Of The Year. I woke up at 8:30 to my alarm, turned it off, and *actually* woke up at 9:30, this time to the aroma of cinnamon rolls. One of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  50% frozen grapes at this point. 2. We tried HelloFresh for a couple ... every meal for the past eighteen years, it's safe to say that I'm a pretty ... concerned when I opened the rice bag one day and something came flying at me

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  it, I do want these "superficial" things for comfort and vibe ... eat at the (in)famous dining halls. I find it fairly obvious which ... "middle of campus" where the most undergraduates would be at any time

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  ) for socially-distanced hot chocolate at LA Burdicks. Then we went over ... at the kitchen table and I look out at the river, I feel like I’m in ... before i left for boston, and i cried...a lot. the complex mother

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  Ivy League on april 1st." I wouldn't presume that at all. I know folks ... all of these schools look at admissions somewhat differently. Above all, though, we're all looking for a good match, and since each of these schools

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  team. A whole lot of smart people weighed in, including the folks at ... revelations undermine any presumption of Facebook as a neutral pipeline for news ... place for the review team to ensure consistency and neutrality." John

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  for here at MIT. MIT's buildings are organic, they live along with the ... Nicole R asked, "What is the policy for supplementary material when ... manner is:Does MIT really consider one's extra talent and passion for their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  York Times bestselling!) novelist who’s also written comics for Marvel ... medium for pretty much all of us. Most recently, we’ve been considering ... website.   Faith spoke to us for about an hour, and then we had

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Skullhouse, formerly of Senior Haus): "This summer I will be an intern at the Love At Work (LAW) missions camp. The camp, founded in 1993 by Killearn ... help us out.' As I stated earlier, I will be staffing as an intern at LAW

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man ... academic masochist. Wait, what's that? You like doing all that work for ... have a chance a college. In the end, it's what you did for the love of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007