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  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  tackling the world’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one ... , our primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the ... able to learn something new about you, then you've written a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  their professors as they try to strike it rich at blackjack by counting ... received a full scholarship worth more than $52,000 to attend MIT next year ... baseball team, which this summer is trying to earn a third trip to the state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  lingering doubts about going to grad school dissipated. there was a moment ... moments where i allowed myself to be blown away and thoroughly impressed by ... profoundly grateful that this field of study even exists, that i get to do work

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  (hang on, I’ll get to that), I decided that was a perfect time to make ... it. There were a few nights where I went to our student center ... carbs after a tough run and I’m not in any mood to assemble it myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  Things are getting fast and furious as we head towards Thursday, but I thought I'd take a tiny break to post a little something. I ... 't eaten dinner yet. Time to go get some food...

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... the line and beginning to organize a way of systematically getting ... while that I don’t get “selected” by the TSA for a spot check, because

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  roller coaster. As a junior, it was a bit tough to sit on the sidelines and ... taken away by a stupid, split-second collision. Little did I know that I ... would’ve been looking at a surgery that would leave me unable to put

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  ’m finally getting around to writing mine, and as you may be able to tell, one ... to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving)- This is a required class ... ’m enjoying it so far, and I have to admit that it is a good feeling when your

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to make is that Susan Hockfield was the best candidate by a landslide, and the fact that she also happens to be a woman reinforces the fact ... encourage them at a younger age. And what better place for that movement to

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  to fly by for no reason at all - but I also know people that run like a ... the thief didn't have time to get a new lock for it so I just walked it ... I was looking at the calendar a few days ago and thought to myself

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  's already a reading assigned for 5.13? This is nonsense. This year is going to ... 't get me wrong: I'm fascinated by aspects of all of the sciences with ... , incidentally, I started doing a couple weeks ago thanks to Netflix and Amazon

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  slices of bacon, which was equivalent to a 6-unit course in Not Getting ... , it's a time for residents to get together, enjoy free food, live up to ... have remained stupendously unlaundered. A few minutes ago, I began to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  to MIT and that has been doing this bloggin' business for a while. I ... had a freshman backpack.) I try to let that roll off my shoulders, burdened as they may be by a brobdingnagian backpack. See, sometimes, what

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... ornaments. I was amazed by how the satisfyingly geometric creases gave rise to ... -step folding instructions on a single sheet of paper. But when I came to MIT, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  sure I'd ever be able to get any work done. I went on a student-led tour ... my travels over the last month, I just want to take a minute to thank ... soon. I'm also happy to announce the arrival of a new blogger, Evan

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  MIT). To get there, we took a boat ride up the Rio Negro – one of the ... heaven and earth behind the scenes to forge a meaningful connection between ... local music and perform in a concert! Day 1 Fast forward to about three

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  you get on the plane (through a gate next to the line of people that was ... else is also hoping will get bitten by a snake on this plane, is sitting ... laughing maniacally. Another lady comes up to the counter with a bag. "42

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  not be following a recipe by the book while a chef scrambles to finish ... , but you get to be around a lot of fancier people All these options take ... Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  , I was the only one able to go, which meant that I didn't know a single ... on your ceiling just to keep things from getting too crazy and then ... LED (no joke). And, I'm happy to report that after a month and a half of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  to pull up a map. On Wednesday, I went between events hosted by various ... classes. How to use a bandsaw A bandsaw is this machine with a thin metal ... it into the saw in order to make a cut. To use a bandsaw, after

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019