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  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  amount of extracurricular classes taken, etc. etc. etc. At times it seemed ... terrified me. When I looked at students that got into schools like MIT I felt ... knew that there was nothing I loved more. I loved the faculty at my high

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  , volunteering at MGH, trying to not fall asleep, EMS, club meetings, staring blankly at my computer screen, and many more things! Also, as a note, the ... classes at the start of the semester (a total of 72 units) and ended up with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  August. I messed up at times. Looking ahead, I can imagine few famously ... shuts down at about 5 am and yields to sleep. Not worth it (#15). Despite ... entertainment spots. My foreign nature was giddy with excitement at all the lights

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  . Pie will seem large and poofy. Let sit for at least ten minutes to cool ... , eating healthy and getting enough nutrients on a vegetarian diet at MIT has ... eating a meat-filled diet here at MIT, you should take a look at Michael C

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  fell asleep, marveling at how "smooth" our trip had been and how "lucky ... the edges of the rain fly enough. There was a swimming pool at either ... minutes late to meet our friend, who was already at the festival. We rushed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  Two weekend ago, I spent my Saturday at a wonderful show called the ... people at the gym. We shared frustrations with our health. We grew to ... , surprisingly) sat in the second row; seeing her doubled over at one of my jokes

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  Massachusetts Avenue, joined at the basement, the first floor, the third floor ... in my closet until I got annoyed at the exposed screws; I’m not sure if ... Christmas present that cost around $20, which at the time was a lot of money

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  , here's my proposal: At the very least, I post this here to give you a glimpse of what a writing assignment at MIT can look like. To preface that ... amount of time on it. At the very most, you can help me (totally voluntary

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time ... one that you may find helpful is an English teacher at your high school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  transparent plastic top, this nautical party ship cost all of $10.99 at the ... my Independence day plans at 7:30 pm on July 3rd. Someone once told me ... ‚Üí people's hands ‚Üí hot dog. At 7:00 pm: Mattress inflated- check

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  polo match, at which we featured music from "Jaws".</p> < ... colorguard now!</p> <p>At least, so I hear. I, unfortunately, have ... info, give an email to the officers at marching_at_mit_dot_edu, or show

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  Burton-Conner is one of the dorms here at MIT. You can check out our ... , spackle, and paint. At this point we only have drywall. 2) Our TV is ... ALL the floors, not just Conner 3. At the end of the evening, freshmen

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  attempt at helping you understand what laptops frequent campus and which you ... , then you won't be at a huge disadvantage with a desktop, but it ... discourage purchasing a Macbook air at this point. It's VERY expensive and not

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  on this illusion that I am working towards a dual degree at MIT, doing ... , froshlings. You. You'll all be here in two weeks. Your friends at other schools may all know what they're doing, where their classes are, and at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  leaves me with English I, II, and IV at the end of my junior year (For anyone who might read this that is not familiar, I am applying at the end ... conducted research in physics at Washington University through a program that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  ?" It rocked. Today Sam's Mom and I went for cheesesteak at my favorite ... Bravo at MIT, so this evening I watched Battle of the Network Reality ... (George Orwell) -- This was $2.50 at the Harvard Bookstore used, so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  Creativity - thanks for your post and I am so sorry to hear about the student at your ... . Thank you for saying that. At the end of my junior year of high school one ... sacrifice your true passions to get that A in French, but at what cost? Let

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  singlehandedly makes the album at least 11 times better. Now, not only can you ... target audience– teenagers in high school. Just look at me: I’m a guy that didn’t even go to prom. I can’t relate at all to prom dress, and yet I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  ” are written as instructions addressed to me, not to the world at large ... courtyard of the house my family was living in at the time. Extremely fun. My ... , and at the opposite end, a few steps rose up to a small sort of stage

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  perfectly nonsensical goal that I could chip away at for months. I regretted ... and upside down and mirrored, all at once; but more importantly, I still ... . At MIT, it’s not enough to be vaguely smart. It turns out you have to

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021