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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  ^Earthrise, 1968. This semester, I’ve read over 160 poems, spent 30 ... dozen verses. I’ve pored over meter and rhythm, imagery and enjambments ... powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  probably some others, but I'm not certain so I left them off). Mollie added ... omnivores. For the record, I think the best place for veggie options is Steam ... -in-the-wall that a lot of people miss, but it has some great veggie options. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... Long Island while I took the train to Boston with a friend from my high school. The days I spent at CPW felt intense – MIT is a unique place and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  A few weeks ago, I took some much needed vacation time to attend ... community. This reminded me of a conference I had recently attended, where ... takeaways I took from our conversation was that many transgender students want

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  I spend several minutes in and around Building 68 elevators most days of the week. Often the elevators are where I find out about cool talks ... giving the talk. Except, of course, for the many posters I see advertising

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  Boston.) Last January, I took a Spanish conversation class in Madrid with the Spanish department (I wrote a blog post about it—check it out here ... , I made good friends from MIT that I wouldn’t have met otherwise, my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  I'm going to start this out with a quick disclaimer: no, a double ... you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to ... struggle, I drew a comic about it pre-summer). I love learning about biology

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  homework. Some days begin with silence. I woke up on Sunday morning, a ... tiles, and I laid in bed and watched for a while. Some mornings also begin with ringing alarm clocks, I thought, which seemed hilarious because

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a ... in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young. Ford Prefect: Why, what did she tell you? Arthur

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  Hello readers. Happy Holidays to everyone! The term is over and I ... . Almost all of my grades are in and I'm also happy to report that I did much ... 's left from last semester is a bunch of pictures that I'm about to share

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  (I wrote this entry after spending three months working in Tokyo for ... it never got posted. I'm posting it today because it's Memorial Day ... 't remember me, I'm a '10 graduate who once spent three months working in Tokyo

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to ... white-out game, titled, “The Greatest Show In College Football.” I used to ... . That and football were what people usually mentioned when I said I was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles first-year and transfer admissions. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each…
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  Disclaimer: I actually wrote this on my flight to California back in ... are only relevant to my first semester. I'm going through them now (3/16/2020) to see if there's anything I should remove or add :) MIT has been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs ... , it's also strange to think I once had a full head of hair and wasn ... post elsewhere too, on different platforms. I've never been that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  I'm in a cool HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) class this ... semiweekly reading handouts, the oral debate, or the 3 essays we've crafted, I ... typically aren't concious. Sometimes I catch myself grinning as our hockey

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  . Students who have already graduated select the "I'm not currently attending
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  Please don’t be overly concerned about your class rank or GPA (grade point average) or even whether your school calculates them. With our holistic admissions process, we’re much more interested…
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  As I mentioned in my last entry, Change.org is running a competition ... ' to Empower Problem Solvers" was among them! I owe that victory to you, and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math/science teacher and a humanities/social science/language teacher. We accept QuestBridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of recommendation, but…