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  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  's what I wrote about, and what I would change if I could do it all over ... something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer) I wrote ... . Lesson learned. It's actually okay to do things for fun, guys. I still

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  't do too badly. One of the features that immediately caught my eye was ... pallet of beautiful teak or mahogany, nor do I have anywhere near the skill required to do those materials the justice they would deserve. So instead, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  .  People are good, I really do believe that. When you don’t know what to do, remember that you don’t have to know what to do on your own; the people ... wanted so badly to just do all the things! But a lot of times, this would

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  more holidays in the fall than we do in the spring: a 4-day Indigenous ... 'm still stressed and busy, still without enough time to do it all, to keep ... tasks on my to-do list that I had neglected. Then came yet another soul

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  next year, hopefully teach you what not to do. I started early. Like ... ;_< >_>), but this time I was doing great! I finished up a few drafts ... just listed things I liked to do/did for my community. It was incredibly

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  . What do you want to do? Erg/elliptical/bike/run? Watch TV? Play pool? How ... for later): 1) Do I need a mini fridge? Are you on a meal plan? If the ... to the Z Center and Student Center so what more do you need. Also

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  ’t want to have anything to do with some kind of social elitism or strange ... sororities and fraternities at University X do have all of those problems, like ... . Rarely do I feel like I can really be 100% myself around people, especially

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  't worry too much about the 8.01 test you didn't do so hot on; it doesn ... -- stay up late like you're already doing, since you won't get many ... enjoy it! Go do as many cool things as you can -- it will be so hard to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  , only a quarter of the math department are women. … I do not get credit ... . “Fuck you! Do you know that you just ruined my day? What were you ... heard “You suck!” And a male friend of mine said later, “It’s ok. They do

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  building full of friendly people your age). I also had a chance to do lots of things I failed to do while at school, such as: sleep every night, not fall ... freshly-minted Real Adults do, buying furniture and finding friends, working

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  they’d teach later that day. After all, we are MIT students and we do ... . Clearly everyone else knows what they are doing and learned all of the material in their classes. Suddenly, you fall into a spiral of “how do i even

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  them, haven't you? Do the stats and titles make you want to be their ... in your reader’s position. Do you want to know everything the character wore/saw/smelled? What do you want to know? Mind the flow. Every tale

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  outdoorsy, but I do appreciate fresh air and pretty foliage as much as the ... . The lunchtime discussion had something to do with defining the bounds on ... my brother and me. This was our first time doing Family Weekend. I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you ... Algebra) do, while all my other classes have projects or online design labs ... spend significantly longer working on any given pset than freshmen do

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  serving in the Peace Corps in Albania (MIT kids do cool things) before ... India, figured out how to do a stopover on the way for a friend’s recital ... doing research on motorcycles for the six months after graduation. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  doing dishes] Scotch Brite Sponges (6x) [sponges for doing dishes ... 'all posted as to how I do this month about staying fed. Maybe I have too much ... buildings. Me: ...coool. Brother: So where do you wanna go? We only have one

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I ... MIT has to offer, things can and do go wrong.  It’s a law that holds ... blood and fleshy guts that you do (don’t actually do that, just take my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  ;         I don’t personally know Hendrik, but I do know Brandon. Brandon ... and lots of Arrogant Bastard Ale. What did you do off-camera? Did they ... do in your free time? I spent most of my time making things in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  do this, and we'll see them when we read your application. Your ... your application as a PDF. You should do this so you can see how we' ... have received is sufficient. You do not need to mail us certificates. Be

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for ... back on the past four years, I can finally say I do. I can also cross ... project. I know how to follow one.  I know what to do if I have an idea for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012