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  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  of reading and a lot of internet. I read the MIT website, I read the ... needed to be at MIT. Matt McGann was the host of the info session and he ... submitted it and had officially begun my application to MIT. The rest of my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  Madagascar and the first half of Pee-wee as Himself, and then I dozed off ... was asleep for the first half of it. But when I woke up, the English ... usually filled with savory fillings like meat and vegetables. One of the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  sophomore year and i instantly felt a connection, like love at first sight ... out of my league. and in some strange protective mechanism, i forced ... still lingered in the back of my mind. no matter how hard i tried to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  -Karting and mini golf. Go-Karting was super fun except for the brief period of ... Sameena S. '19)   And below are some more photos of sailing and the ... !! Lots of people join the team with no experience and have a great time and

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  a hard day in the dust and sun (August) or mud and rain (November) or ... ....) there is nothing like taking your hair out of its ponytail and washing off the grime of the day. The showering is the easy part, though-it’s the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... the point of a career fair is to collect job prospects, not swag. In the ... list-y theme of this post, there are three reasons I used the career fair

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  sketch of the model's back! I did my first strict pullup last year and ... me that using charcoal is one of the first things they teach you to use ... of light and shadow. I find a process that seems to work for me: first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  grad students, a sixty-mile stretch of rural highway, and the most ... myself doing entertaining things (and about twenty pictures of my friends ... "burgeoning center for ... arts and culture ... maintaining the warmth and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  majors and two minors is the maximum amout of ridiculousness with which you ... (and tastes) kind of assembly-line.) To be honest, just looking at the ... diploma with both areas of specialization written on it, and we don't do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  starting, with so many cool things to be learned; and as of today, the world ... biggest fan of Charlie Brown in the world, and will nerd out about ... many hours of discussion and back-and-forth, we've selected seven new

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these ... with the advent of YouTube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online ... , and see more videos, at the MIT Guide to Residences. https

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  was wearing a sort-of suit because it was the first day of my internship ... , and I go all the way to the top. There’s a lovely view of the evening ... of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  disrupts the educational plans of many of our applicants and aspirants ... impact of these changes on credit placement at MIT. The first thing you ... at the Office of the First Year (OFY) maintain the comprehensive guide

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  the typical white and blue/black formal color scheme. Even the style of ... immerse myself more in the culture of the onsen where everyone showers and ... natural to me than the aggressiveness and volume of the U.S. Even Starbucks

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  baking cozy desserts, love comfy sweaters, and generally love all of the ... exploring Boston more than I did the first few weeks of school ... State House, and went to some local art museums. The highlight of the

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

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  nothing spectacular at the bottom of the staircase. As we huffed and puffed ... who comes up with the names of medicines, and she told me that there are ... graders celebrate the end of the year by pulling a prank on the school and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  (i tried escargot for the first time and ray had filipino food for the ... some museums in the near future. You can watch my first day of NYC life ... Spanish Incubator, where I would study Spanish poetry and literature in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ! -- the applicant Class of 2010. As for me, I spent a good part of today ... Red Sox game (first pitch: 11:05am). The idea is to have the crowd from ... (WBCN) and national brands like Gatorade. The runners (including the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  ’t going to jump out of the screen and stop me from carving some pumpkins ... Obama. And then BJ Novak – Heck, I don’t even watch The Office and I felt ... always-astonishing Simmons Hall and a wildly nebulous sky. The colors

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  shoes, and washed my clothes, and Clorox-wiped the entire floor of my room ... back to the comfort of friends and the excitement of many shenanigans to ... Here’s part two of my “I wrote this but procrastinated on editing and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024