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  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  attend CPW to write an entry > You must use paragraphs in your entry ... . > Make it awesome! Nobody wants to read a boring blog entry about CPW ... . Happy writing! Remember, make sure you get it to us within a week after

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  breathe. Here's a great article on how to make your berries last longer. 7 ... , you're the one I would expect to know how." This is one of the highest ... in your head). I forgot to do this at first out of excitement, but was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  walking is going to prolong your ankle sprain? Try arms! Give your legs a ... makes the trip to campus more bearable than the presence of some good ... I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  much as I can to make it easier for myself in future [annotation note ... got switched to hard mode for me after November started (and no, this has nothing to do with the November Rule). I finally have time to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  able to advocate most compellingly on your behalf and have them send ... . If your teachers want to use the Common App cover sheets, that's fine ... to use. I applied to MIT before, so why can’t I make a MyMIT account

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the Inside Scoop To: Me You should check out the Vassar side of Stata ("Razor ... motto is: "Have camera, will travel." Off to Killian Court I depart

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  . Fortunately, to make your life easier, MIT published a page about what it values ... expressed concerns about my essays, my parents literally said to me, “your SAT ... ; your mileage may vary. I will also try to offer general advice. I hope

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  digress.) As you're walking from the main buildings over to the east side ... decided to do you one better and give you a bit of a dorm tour! So here are a few glimpses of the Haus. (The Haus/House spelling used to be an

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  reading your applications so much and it came to me about the time I walked ... your lives with me, I'm enjoying it tremendously. Back to my folders ... warm day in Boston today, I still had applications to read. However, I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  'll post it on my next blog! What: A picture that's somehow related to your ... picture/blahblah Other than this - the only other thing is to try to make your picture sizes reasonable! (so it doesn't take forever for me to load

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Summer

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

  

  yet.  So now I know I need to make a change. But how? How do I get out ... what wish I would make if I had a genie. What immediately came to mind ... makes it fun to do. So I don’t want to just know it all instantly

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

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  amazing way to spend the maximum amount of time with your children and I ... fact, some of the best mothers that I know have decided to make parenting ... science or engineering. Do you plan to put aside your career once you have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  , way to make an insulting, totally useless reply to the entire dorm ... study schedule to make sure that the portion of summer residents who watch ... sexual deviants hitting on you. This is just because we want to know your

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends. Hope you're surviving the snow! Speaking of snow, we've gotten a ton of ... 've got to make me cackle.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  kids to follow their hearts in the choices they make, and then as adcoms ... spots and 70% of the pool has great numbers, your pool is going to have ... to determine if your kid is a good match for MIT. Your kid should be

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  Regular Action applicants are about to. So what do we do next? Once your applications are complete and all material received, your application goes to a ... your entire application, will then be presented to the selection commitee

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  people in your community are ok with this new addition to the family and ... Step 1: Wait and Hope You have to wait. Not a week. Not a month. At least a year! Check your emails frequently. If you wait and hope hard

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  the class are required to create a website about it- you can check out ... In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  life was to properly fill out your name and your AP Java teacher's name ... your four-year-old cousin to study. (Seriously, Mom; isn't it a little ... -backpack-wielding sophomore. (That WAS a long time ago, wasn't it? You're free to imagine me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007