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• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My ... school by its interviewer. I did keep up with Mr. Neighbours for a few years after I came to MIT. He was a great resource for me during the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it has not been received, we will personally contact your school to get it

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read ... . If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy ... While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  by Cody C. '14 When it comes to politics, there is one argument that ... process by which projects come to fruition, and how very political those ... my time in school, and he told me about his efforts to get his friends

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  Valley with a population over 4,000 students. How did you get to MIT? I ... shouldn’t be able to get into a top school too. So in 10th grade, MIT ... officer, I think that I would have had fun trying to be a journalist. I like

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  outside, a cup held to his chest. In response to my jumping in fright and ... anyway. He went into the bathroom to get some water and I returned to our ... —so to speak—came simply enough. I sat down somewhere to write a 3-hour

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  how the process went.   I went to a hippie middle school with 75 students in a basement beneath an aerial dance studio. We got to ... how to fix it. Anyway, that tire swing inspired me to get back to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  cool and probably from 2002 when Simmons was built. I tried to get a ... games of all time has to be Zork, a text based adventure game made by MIT ... to get out in the near future, but for now, i want to share what I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  dictated by the circumstances of one's birth. ????? You don't get to choose if you're black, white, or somewhere in between. You don't get to ... adjust to life at an institution like MIT. I regret that I didn't get to go

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  problem, and find a new way in getting to where you want to be. It is true ... you choose to go - even if it's not at MIT. I want to share with you a ... years, and he realized that it is time to pick a successor. He gathered

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  up? We wouldn’t want him to be overwhelmed by a new environment.” She ... and families in order to get a better education, so that my siblings and ... I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  when written well (i.e. when written by actual employees and not HR), a ... look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety ... people tend to make great teams.  These are the people I get super excited

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to start his/her ride. Not every attraction has to be a ride. We also had

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  bashes a thinly-disguised ex and upload it to Soundcloud only to get two ... Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks ... time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  romantic getaway to Salem, MA. Remember: there will be a time to get off ... a burger + ice cream + jewelry trip to Harvard Square. It was a ... friend and neighbor (the one with green hair) is a pet mom to two bearded

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  the lectured material and would like to get a further understanding that ... won't get around to marking it. This is a tough supervisor to have ... get back to the 1 post a week/fortnight schedule I held this summer. Let

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... 'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a ... to get to know different aspects of each individual. Here are this year

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike ... of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe ... enough to get me thinking about giving up my Dell and lucky Asics. If I end

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... and over eighty to plan. It functions as a giant bathtub, connecting two ... life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  back. Now I'm sitting in my room, typing, getting to read a little bit ... Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be ... laundry, and have a place to sleep. You'll actually be living here and will

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008