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  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  this internship program where you get to make your own exhibit. That ... some variation of “What did you do in high school to get into MIT ... relied on finger memory, and never learned to sight read or play by ear

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  , once your moment is over, you need to get back in the game as well ... , get back in the game because you have a big decision to make in the next six weeks. Not to worry, we are here to answer your questions about all

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  responded to a Craigslist personal ad which bore only a single coy statement ... , culminating in skydiving. Needless to say, he had a good time. This story has grown near and dear to my heart in my lifelong quest to become the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  dedicate the rest of your mortal existence to the study of rocks. Just try ... free items in building 66, from which I managed to procure this shiny new ... inexplicably around campus, so you can make sure that you're getting your tuition

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  basement. I went to get water and two people were switching shirts in front ... you get to MIT. I've seen how this is true for some. But for me, the ... cyclical nature, the traditions as new to me as the fact of changing seasons

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  JT would get back to them with the changes to the schedule for that ... drive home to New Hampshire for a hockey game. My brother and I were part ... nice to find another place to study. My favorite option was the room of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master ... to you when you've spent enough of your time (and soul, and heart, and ... the self-deprecation: I like to go to lecture. And I like to get a lot

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  ago. i should be able to write about that? i scroll for ten minutes through my Google Drive to confirm my suspicion that i was drowning in ... holding tomorrow, and how we’ve been working really hard to put everything

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  to a new domain? In group meetings for this salmon project we get even ... apart in every direction. I quit the plasma physics research: to get any ... yawned wider by the day. In every field I turned to, the same question

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  the comments thread in this post to leave your best wishes for Ben as he ... As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a fantastic new job (Vice President for Communications!) at Oberlin College. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  past ideas about these essays, because maybe they're similar to yours. 1 ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT ... -essays may not represent you in all your 1080p HD glory. 2. You don't need to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  staff to get together and catch up. And before that, I was sleeping off ... crazy. So, if you've been watching your application tracking on the MyMIT portal, be patient. We still have a lot of application pieces to enter and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  individuals worst hit by a lack of access to safe drinking water. Worldwide ... 1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to Costa Rica to work with their partners in a community to eradicate the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  class I took here personally and wasn’t helped by dealing with trying to adjust to in-person MIT, classes for my major, a new dorm, mental health ... tearing my place apart, I could not find it, and I had days to order a new

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  reflects that. Or if it's something new to you, express your curiosity and ... iced tea we tried not to drink. Some of you might be having your first ... basic getting-to-know-you questions. Here are some things to keep in mind

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  , allow me to describe the books I’ve read this semester. Boneshaker by ... by a long shot. It was great to climb in bed and read a few precious ... . Thoughts: SPOILER WARNING -- skip this section if you wish to keep your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  extra socks (it's just starting to get extra freezing here in New England ... for why in the time it has taken me to write this new blog entry I have ... otherwise, even the little voice in your head that's telling you to just strap

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  diagnostic when you first get to campus. The results of the diagnostic help you ... returned to us. People around my table of nine began getting their quizzes ... MORE THAN THAT! GIVE ME ADVICE THAT'S HELPFUL! YOUR JOB IS TO TEACH ME

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  , but I was too hosed to write new content for it; instead I submitted ... . I picked up new skills, and began to develop an understanding of ... .007? Leaving space in your schedule to pursue personal projects, such as through

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  not. But while I’m reading your application, I should be able to get to ... be memorable in your college essays; you should try to be knowable. In ... .  When Jeremy said he was going to stop by Fresno, I felt like some

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022