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• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  I get home for holidays? What will happen to me if I get sick? What ... shuttle to take me to SFO for my red-eye flight to Boston.) I'm really kind ... the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  was another huge success and an easy way to get involved in charity at ... The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has ... Boston (#37), but I have yet to earn my pirate's license (#64). I recently

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  always felt near-impossible for me to put forth. This goes beyond ... chances. Somehow it took seven semesters for me to learn what’s always been ... even when I didn’t know what in the world I wanted to use it for. And

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say ... appears to be broken, which makes me sad, especially since I had cute pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  expensive”. Surprising, since you can get them for $5 in the states. I’d said ... ’d be a perfect fit for MIT and lots of other build-y culture nerd schools (we just happen to be the biggest and nerdiest) (that’s just my opinion

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  tired after I get home from work and the gym to actually chop things up ... application essays I want to complete before I leave for my semester abroad.  I ... I have to think about the real world.  Things like where to live, what

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  ’s. [I’ve been planning for a while to have a midlife crisis and switch to ... for at least two days to sit down and grind out p-sets, thirty percent ... at that rate doesn’t work for me. I’d have to cut big chunks of it. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  All transcripts must be submitted by a school counselor or another school representative to be considered official. This applies for high ... counselor, your transcript may be submitted by your registrar’s office
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  would assist us in getting to know you. Obviously, the greater the ... decision about what letters of support to send for review is left up to the ... There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  guys will get to see it. I assure you that the real thing was much better ... MIT was packed to capacity with students eager to hear six MIT professors argue for their favorite Jewish delicacy – either Latke or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  For now, I'll refer you to this blog entry, but I'll be back ... to wait for me. I have three months left in my undergraduate career ... . Don't go comparing yourselves to other people who did or did not get in

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going ... time last year (accompanied by some hasty drawings). I would link you to ... think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  made my way down to Chinatown, where I went shopping crazy for my peeps ... , it's the only way to fly. I don't care how you take it, but my CPW ... met, to the numerous fraternities I visited, to the awesome trips to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  handful of essays to get through. I should be stressed out - really really ... and as my time as a blogger comes close to an end, I'm hoping I can get ... starting to get worn out. But yes love the MSA fam IHTFP Part One: I got

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  2021s, can't wait to meet y'all this week! To give you guys a sneak peek of what is to come, I (finally!) got around to learning how to film and edit videos. Here's my first shot at it, and a room tour to show for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  render adults dreadfully boring to every child under the sun - a desire for ... , articulate what that means anymore. When I was 17, about to leave Arkansas for ... one’s early twenties. I have begun to feel viscerally alone, but not for

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... slightly different thing, because you don’t have to get each painting pre ... so we (me and another very close friend) met him for a meal before

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  mean...) school is open tomorrow, so it's back to a mostly snowballfight-less life. :P Nemo just getting started in Boston -- dedicated joggers forge on... 3:57 pm -- you got 3 minutes to get off the road cars

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2015. If there's one in your ... home of a Kansas City MIT Alum for a lovely Sunday afternoon. Be sure to check the listing on your MyMIT account for the most up to date

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  They say that the best way to get something important done is to do ... moment, I’m supposed to be preparing for a 6.01 exam on circuits tomorrow ... room as a last resort to putting off psets, I buy groceries whenever I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015