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• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  's get together later to converge. --Hey, I'd like to sample your ... much. Prom is a nice excuse to dress-up, see what your friends look like ... , you’re dancing awfully close to Jimmy...”) Have no fear, for if you come

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT ... Washington, DC). If you went to one of the admitted students parties, send your ... can make it! CPW registration is available from your MyMIT portal, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... yet.  So now I know I need to make a change. But how? How do I get out ... strong enough to get things done on my own, and I shouldn't need help. In

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... occasion when I get to a story that has special significance to me. I believe ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  my lab, so I tend to get food truck pretty much every day. So, for this ... I relied So, that was my lunch for a month. I used to get Anna ... woman. Seriously! Just look at the Special K website as compared to, say

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  's not— dan: no, look! you turned eighteen. you're all excited to get out ... , like you do in your normal posts? alan: if this is how cj wants to ... , okay? alan: … dan: ah. dan: you're trying to pretend you're in control

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  like I miss my own bed. Also, you'll get to spend quality time with your ... I was your age, we didn't have any official release date to count down ... ?) 3. Get in the kitchen with your mom and don't leave until you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  's application, no matter how strong, isn't enough to get one accepted. We deferred ... numbers to us, you are human beings. So when I see your names, I think of ... you need to do to get into MIT." Sorry if I confused anyone! -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  semester dreaming of how the camera would look like--promising myself to start on the construction after finals week, for fear of not getting anything else done. But, of course, as soon as classes ended I set to work

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important ... talents and interests. Let us get to know you as a three-dimensional person ... Traveler Convention. Got to love the wonderfully hideous modern architecture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  about handling classes and encouraging me to get rest when I was sick ... school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them ... impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  my friend and I tried to build a sleep scheduling website for ... get from my plane to the main terminal hub, and then another to get from ... . And I'm still upset that I didn't get to fully enjoy being in a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  Tuesdays and Thursdays) after a term of never having to get up before ten is not fun. Don't even start with your "wah wah wah I have to get up at 5 ... they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I ... people when we read their applications. We imagine them coming to MIT, finding their niche, doing wonderful things - sometimes we even start to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  somehow unable to deliver what’s expected, find whatever works to get your ... important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was ... expected 12 drawings of our 3D models, but I couldn’t get the program to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  your Halloween vibe? No problem! Here are five costumes ideas that'll get ... get to go up to them and say, "Boy, that really was the bee's knees ... bananas on your head. Nothing can get better than that. Con: There are no

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... to function properly. When you don’t get sleep at night, you end ... use the provided parts to make air cannon to get a ping pong ball to

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  Matlab and SolidWorks. Get your hands dirty!" Suffice it to say, I've got a ... the block to get in for the chance to talk, face-to-face, with these ... each celebrity, saying, "Come to us! Come meet us! We're super cool!" Get

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013