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  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  application, with 5 short-answer essay questions (I've blogged about the ... coming up with something we've never read before (because we most likely

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  I took part in HackMIT last year, and it was a great deal of fun! I had the chance to learn some web dev with my friends, meet industry mentors, and tinker around with lots of new shiny gadgets, technologies, and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  first line: I’ve never gone with the wind, just let it flow. It was a ... smile as heavy as dumbbells and carry on with the rest of my day with that ... me. Then I heard A Place In This World and Tied Together With a Smile

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT ... maintaining an orchard with walking distance of mycenae      

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  -number comparator was broken? What if you were saddled with a mental ... and determination often collided with pain, resulting in weeks where I ... more involved problems, could be figured out with a bit of thought and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  the loud, straining lyrics: “We have come over a way that with tears ... voice.” I’ve merely existed today rather than lived in it, operating with ... ignore the news, or listen quietly with pursed lips to someone else openly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  (things like biogen, Novartis, etc.). In industry research is done with the ... biggest problems with biology is that biology is expensive. A 50 microliter ... problems, the biggest of which is high impact papers with little to no impact

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  thursday evening section of CMS.307 coincided with a 6.867 exam, so i had to ... session, woke up in the evening, had a nice dinner with my friend, and then

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  . Usually, I am fine with losing a night's sleep as long as I don’t have to do ... without falling asleep, leaving me with a total of an hour and a half before ... how I was going to be able to finish my pset that day with my sleep

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  with the (soon-to-be-introduced) new bloggers for the Class of 2020 to ... Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun time filled with tons of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  coming up with something we've never read before (because we most likely ... the blogs here with great advice about writing college application

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  croissants with your anxiety. These activities do have intrinsic value. There ... then I was left with the loneliness of moving out and the stress of my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them ... MIT seniors (some of whom I am actually friends with, wow, celebrity

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  , and anxiety. Last year, I went to the career fair with the primary ... ended, I was already preoccupied with plans for the next. I find it crazy ... ’m just rolling with the punches and hoping the early start points to an

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  consulting with many others (as well as compiling from some earlier blog posts ... sharing with your professors."—Matt McGann '00 Usernames can often become

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  a poster that said this food truck along with one giving out 'gourmet ... -like delivery, which pretty much falls right in line with my sense of humor. Then

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  footprints, 200 million year old rift-deposits with astronomically forced ... cars rudely decide to drive by and mess with my sound quality. I tried to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  , I'm Danny; I'm a senior majoring in physics with CS classes sprinkled ... bad time to replace an introduction to this person with just scrunching

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  @MITStudents, which I myself follow and often interact with. He offered to send me an explanation of what DSL is trying to do with it (and, for that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  Sox fans are okay with being called Yankees. I don't mind the names, it ... company provided us with TMK ISPCO volunteer shirts. Another

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014