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• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  's lots of nights and weekends of work. But at the end, the final class will ... . The first answer, of course, is to keep on keeping on. Keep doing well ... creating, keep writing, and doing all the of the things that you love to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zOMG Zambia!

  

  So Development Lab (D-Lab), one of my classes this term, announced who is going on which trip this January. I got my first choice country, and will be spending Independent Activities Period (IAP) in Zambia! We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year, and it was my first impression of what college life could truly look ... , philosophical, and ethical look at the future of biotechnology. Despite it being

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  ://tiny.cc/monstermashup 2. Don’t come wearing the sheet. At the first sound of an airhorn, put ... because I was one of the only ones there taking video and not still photos ... many colleges, actual exciting things happen. The concept of a flash mob

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  Muslim students and staff would gather under the roof of a building ... of the retaliators were highly perceived and nontrivial, reflecting an ... , tensions would bubble to the surface, and an argument about the nature of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  for me was the AoPS forum. Some of the best and brightest students ... after I joined, I started the first incarnation of my blog, Annoying ... questions, and until the advent of MO I didn't have a good place to ask

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  Annie:((("]graduated.[/annotation] This and the influx of new faces have shifted the culture of my living space, and I find myself not willing or ... about the meaning, purpose, goal, and direction of my life. Nowadays

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  share with you a sliver of some of the amazing people I’ve met and the ... ? Well, now you will. First and foremost, there’s excitement. I’ve had the ... and the bloggers of this site. It gives me chills just to be there in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  moment. I rewatched Someone Great the day of the breakup and fully cried in ... before and this is the first one I've experienced where it's amicable and ... despite being one of the biggest proponents of said rule, but let's not dig

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  research, learning the ins and outs of team formation, and testing our ... poured out of the MechE Lounge and filled the hallway. This was glorious and terrifying. I warned the back half of the line that the wait would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  ethnicities of my classmates and feeling a loneliness in being the only Filipino ... for this first one was my comparison of Asian countries against the ... ethnicities of my classmates and feeling a loneliness in being the only Filipino

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  . Reading your applications was a huge joy to all of us, and the final ... before: once as EC historian and once as the creator of CourseRoad, an ... This summer we (Matt, Kris, Chris, the ‘15s, and I), after a rigorous

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  Last Sunday, some friends and I walked across the state of Rhode ... high. Charm, like me, is from Arizona, and one or the other of us kept ... beautiful. A couple of us rolled down the hill and the world has never spun so

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku ... /selection process, and clearly we were not prepared for the overlap of our recruitment

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  , though, Alex.) The admissions staff doesn't have some set list of priority ... high school and through the application process ethically (not lying or cheating, etc.). You haven't changed yourself for the sake of getting into

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the ... .23). 4. And I've learned the molecular mechanisms of more drugs and toxins ... from Massachusetts General Hospital and some of the best doctors in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  investigator" or PI), wants me to write some sort of short and sweet paper on the ... grad/family dorm on the very west end of campus, tomorrow (omg so excited). All of our stuff is carefully packed and ready to move, and I am super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  posts planned and then the first round of exams hit us. Some of them went ... perpetual state of studying and exam-taking from your first exam to your last ... Universe” and soon it’s like, “Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  from my advisor and the professor of the class, and filling out ... -afternoon classes and have perfected the skill of biking while holding a phone and an ... general don’t schedule sections (aka recitations) until the first week of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  get back to my p-set. First, as the title of this entry suggests ... Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008