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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  pass out on top of your problem set. 2) join clubs and activities you ... that it depends on the person. many of my friends never experienced a ... plenty of time for both... so being slammed with opportunities and open

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
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  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  dormitory on campus—the Class of 1893 Dormitory—which had opened ... of "Sweet Adeline" and "Rosie O'Grady ... with several inches of water. The first and second floors suffered most

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  down” “Pants on fire” There are so many figures of speech involving ... "]brimstone[/annotation].  For the past year and a half, I’ve been working on my current UROP with ... their wings and putting in a copious amount of time and energy into

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
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  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  sets and equations, I sometimes forget that I am actually on an academic ... purpose and need. While the liberal arts environment on IHP involves some kitch, lots of skits and picture drawing for my taste, I have learned an

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  class ring. Many of my friends carry $10 and $20 daily, while I get $5 on ... about and working on my essay. And reworking it. Over and over again. The ... frantic night of keyboard-banging, friend-proofreading, and increasing panic

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  .[/annotation] All the years of Camille studying, taking tests, volunteering, and ... up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a ... bag on the sidewalk of the LA Convention Center at 0400 in the morning

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  representative of Tetazoo and Blacker’s love for each other. [caption id ... put in the 12x 24 piece of acrylic, and I watched the laser cutter for ... a plaque out of red acrylic to go on the base. We were so close to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  tactical vest and be very nice to everyone on campus). But what really sets ... ), engineers of advances in space travel, and doctors who will cure cancer. The ... lobby 7. This is a place of dreamers, thinkers, and creators. The

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  variants - and countless others - are all just versions of the same question ... in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... from pursuing incredible science and technology research on their own. If

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
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  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  and the sides of the heart. Happily this worked on the first try! Now ... when you make the end of a bar thin and pointy. rivets are like double ... , laying it on an anvil) and molding the exterior with chisels. This is how

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  More reading going on here tonight, after a yummy Super Burrito and ... lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink." You may have seen Pink if you came for an on campus information session

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  she was 4 (!) and is one of two goalies on MIT's team. Her profile on ... intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting ... , Smith, Wellesley, Wheaton, Mount Holyoke, WPI, and of course MIT. After

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
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  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about ... the members of our class (about 1000 people) and asked for "10-year ... 's, University of London MBBS) Medical doctor - physical medicine and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
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  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  ’re female?” I took a couple of seconds to respond, and when I did I said ... application saw: a unique set of passions, creativity, and a smidge of raw ... "self image", and notice that only ~31% of students think they're in the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
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  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  , a bubble tea shop on the outskirts of campus. The recruiters had tried ... rinse of noise: groans and a burst of bright, asynchronous beeps. Somebody ... lines of scripted dialogue, the recruiter moved on to other students. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  crying” on the symptom list and the nurse got really confused and told me ... can’t come out tonight i gotta sit alone in front of a muted tv opening and closing the same 4 social media apps until 3am i’m that kid you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  admitted, and those who are not - to concentrate on what you wanted out of an ... reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have ... to unique resources and unique opportunities. A close friend of mine

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
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  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  Tube community, and it's basically a month when a bunch of (usually smaller ... over the course of the month and gradually show more bits of my life ... 'm still making videos and uploading them every day. It feels kind of weird

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

   having gone through the college application process, and two years (going on ... often, and it does wonders. It takes us out of the toxic "what if I did ... We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  was a lively meeting, full of introductions, discussions, and sandwiches ... broken by a series of buzzes and dings as our phones simultaneously ... .02 (Calculus), and MAS.110 (Media Design). You can Google each of my classes and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018