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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  getting e-mails from Hilleevery two days inviting me to all of their events ... bore the slogan "It's getting hot in herre, so emigrate to Israel with ... DID YOU KNOW? If you eat too many carrots, your skin will turn orange

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  probably are if you want to apply to MIT), you're good at things, and that ... . And getting paid any reasonable amount to do what you love is basically ... your job is really, really conducive to doing it very well. It's pretty

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  : "Hey, what question did your friend want us to ask him again?" Me: "'What ... person affect your life?" To which Bill Gates responded, in complete ... my excitement long enough to get a brief video interview with her

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ;What do you want to do after school?” “I’m going to set ... ’s going to sink fastest because of it?” I couldn’t argue ... ), who could sell you your own shirt and convince you that he’s going

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  work to get grants, artists get stuck in bubbles that make it hard for them to broaden their horizons, and students like me get swayed by status ... success and efficiency. But when you hide away your sense of self to purely

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  other than that, I'm sorry I won't be able to accept your friend requests ... see the need to sugar-coat any of this. If this is your first time to ... you see it (unless you get accepted to MIT and we become friends). Left

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  couple things we want you to know as you begin filling out your application: Start by contacting your EC as soon as you are ready to schedule your ... create a separate recommendations account for this, in addition to your My

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  your stomach clenches tighter and tighter, and you just want to scream ... continuing to bother that welt would increase your chances of infection, you ... able to get above a C in this class. Normally I'd just tell myself that C

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  this, but your flight has been cancelled." I didn't want to believe it ... hope. The next morning I managed to get a flight out, and I was off to ... getting our fill of food, we went to the Cincinnati Reds game where they

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  to get back to one of my favorite hobbies, movies. Just as I got ready ... thought I would be. Don't get me wrong; it lived up to every bit of its ... Now that CPW is behind us, I am beginning to return to my life as a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  of difficulty. It's difficult enough where you're going to struggle ... to them every week. I highly, highly recommend taking 6.08 if you're ... showings are where everyone gets together and performs their dances to update

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  as I stare at my completed 7.014 exam. I get up to hand the thick packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its ... your own purpose and objectives as long as you overcome the fear to think

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  information, check out the section of our website for undocumented applicants.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  biological engineering. To "prove your worth" to the department and earn a degree, you're asked to use your expertise to tackle a realistic, complex ... the rest of your time to work on the project. Unfortunately, because my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  "there's so much going on that you're bound to find something that will get your blood flowing, your mind thinking, or your heart racing." At the ... specific lab, it's in your best interest to speak to the professor directly

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  site that Ben Jones created, where we could all check in and get to know ... for high school students to join -- we had to wait until May to get our ... , unless you happened to know your fellow admitted students in your city or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  , keeping tabs, making sure you're getting the most out of your college ... don't really know how to write it. There are so many things I want to say, and yet so many of them don't attach well to words - only to strong

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  painted the same colors. Yuki wanted to know why I was getting rid of the ... was, "If you want to do that in your room, you go right ahead." Okay ... sand dunes and burying your hands in the sand gets boring after like 20

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  's no warm water in the sink or any hooks to hang and dry your towels or ... Solution: Just make your own kitchen? I woke up to the noise of Raymond ... classrooms around MIT! I think it'll be a great way to get our steps in and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  progress you made iii) how that progress contributes to your overall ... and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015