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• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  by 105 words. Unfortunately, there's no "real" answer to this question ... important part of your application, since you have the chance to open up about ... that would add to your application file but wouldn't fit or would be

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  , anyone can get in on the action by going to these public lectures that are ... of the best things about going to school at MIT is that you get to live ... intense fear of missing out, I've definitely made an effort to get out and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  get credit for the dimples. And suddenly, you’re kind of…free? Only for ... themselves into your lives. Hopefully, they’ll come to understand the things that get you excited, the little segments of your lives that blend like

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  slightly different thing, because you don’t have to get each painting pre ... A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... , my boyfriend’s* mom had a bit to say about the colorfully painted walls

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  post) to UROP with the MIT Game Lab. Hopefully I get it, but we'll see ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbhv3_V_Lkg PS: I highly the recommend the album Heir to Despair by Sigh ... . "A novel way to write songs", I described it as! Then I started writing

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The year starts with 1,100 studious new freshmen who are ready to experience ... Exhibit B. Exhibit B Then BAM!!!, like a kick to the face delivered by

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  There are definitely perks to attending MIT. For example, at MIT I ... may laugh, but you'll laugh for a different reason if you're a student ... an MIT student, you are held to a standard that other people just aren

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  River. This excursion was arranged by a grad student (who happened to work ... internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random ... Dragon Boat team and were introduced to the sport. We spent some time on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  cj: pushes feet apart wayne: no i mean you need to keep your center of ... physics when ice skating wayne: you can also bend your knees to keep your ... this so hard wayne: it took me weeks to learn how to skate, you're doing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  "]annual[/annotation]excitement: I get to introduce you to this year's crop of baby bloggers. To hire ... wonderful group of people. And now you, like us, get to laugh, cry, and lose your dang mind over their amazing blogs. [image_row images="67584

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  took our class to Boxaroo (an escape room in Boston founded by MIT Alums ... from #1) 22) Receipts from when Danny went to get his brass rat resized ... the first, second, and third installments, in case you want to read them

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  .    In fact, I can prove it to you by sharing what we started off our third ...  special symbols. Helps to speak several foreign languages. 6. Proof by exhaustion: An issue or two of a journal devoted to your proof is useful

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  what I get. It’s going to be hard, but at least I know I got most of the ... graduate students or industry professionals) to defend their work and get ... .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  expecting to get in. Other places he applied to include Caltech, which turned ... Sciences) class in which he gets to create multiple design sketches, capped off by a final design project that brings them to life. He’s also

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  blissfully unaware of Bevi’s existence, prepare to have your day ruined as I ... -aggressively tell me to get better at dispensing water, but to our surprise, the QR ... want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• 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 ... check the listing on your MyMIT account for the most up to date ... Applications its time to start meeting you all! Kim was kind enough to let me

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  tricycles, it was always possible to get from point A to point B in an hour on ... most reasonable option to get places. The size of the Bay Area also ... that I get to expense things, so it doesn't feel like I'm buying things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  listed…. So if you’re coming to MIT (or you currently go here) and you’re ... My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  time travel is overrated conversing with my past self

  

  . and there’s so many cool things that you get to see if you don’t take ... knew as a toddler and came to the united states — a new home ... meant by this question; i don't really know what i meant by “supposed to

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • November 2, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  that your past self did, without having to do them again. You can admire ... to be like that now. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re becoming worse ... has to be perfect. Sure, quality beats quantity, but the quality of your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020