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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  is read by multiple people, it goes to committee where it will be seen by up to 10 different people. Finally, the Dean herself reviews every ... ? ------------------------------------- Danish wrote: "I want to improve my scores by retaking the tests but I have

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  , and got picked up by an auntie to go to my grandparents’ house in Fuxin ... Featuring my sister's drawings cuz she's awesome.   I went to ... blurry memories of restaurants, relatives, and a zoo. I flew over to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  Central Meeting to survey the venue, talk to the tech on hand, and make sure ... like me to risk the strong seas churned up by Hurricane Norbert just off ... . By the time I got to the Malibu Surf Shack, they were already closing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  ). I'm now sitting at home, trying to relax but not quite, because there is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas ... fully explicate, this semester has been a blur, passing by faster than I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days ... . So I would sit down to write something, like a blog entry, or a ... would stare longingly out the window. Then when MIT went back to class on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  try, and involved Vogt '06 standing behind Milo making stupid faces to ... John Cloutier are supposed to meet with MIT President Susan Hockfield to discuss our respective plans for the Institvte. So I went to the Garment

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  Read another post by Sharon here.   That’s right, I’m talking about the H-word, Harvard University. I’ve found myself going to Harvard ... -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  to or what to ask for. I started by asking one person… and they knew ... A thank you to all the supportive faculty & staff at the ’Tute ... this and what I’ll call “normal adult things”—making a budget and paying

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  At MIT, students are able to declare their major starting sometime ... when it come to what I want to do, so I was dead confident that nothing was going to keep me from declaring [annotation note="Computation and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  relative to campus tends to make them a tight knit bunch.   ??? Campus ... (HA!). The Temporary Housing Assignments. Hard to believe that it was ... it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  i had enough time to make it to the studio without being late. i was ... have bangers playing at all times, and there's so much space to dance ... from my floor showed up to parties in one screaming orange horde and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  let you adjust to different temperatures (by putting on/off layers), but ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles/Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  they need to be heard by more people. Here is her original post. This ... black licorice. i know how to make a lot of balloon animals and hats ... All words beyond this introduction belong to Piper L. '17 (who is no

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  from MIT in order to make this possible. I was basically the person they ... . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to ... admire her up the heezy because last year she happened to participate as a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  in time to head back to Boston/MIT for the summer :) This is where I ... shortened my name to "H," lol. I started working in this lab just over a month ... , this UROP manages to be fun, relaxed, serious, and instructional, all at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  literature and learn how I can meld my interests to do something that will make ... It's been four years since I applied to MIT, and while I've been ... again. Of course, this is only one approach to the essays. The most

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  always put in my best effort to try to make it up to them; however, for a number of reasons I feel like my ability to balance work/school with ... studying rather than going to whatever social thing my friends were doing

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  do my job) a day after learning how to make them myself. And although I ... supported by the people that I’ve had a chance to meet here. This feeling ... ultimately folded to external influences by subconsciously singling out the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  isn't all that useful. Channeling the spirit of "practice makes perfect ... and triceps might need to be a larger part of my life - asap!! I was slightly jealous of the other members of my EMT class, none of whom seemed to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  going to come by and correct that, and then you'll know the real story ... , probably because I had to much work. Do you always wait for the longest day ... band into making up this excellent photojournalistic piece about life in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006