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• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  on both exams, you're fine. I somehow managed to scrape by with my ... panic set in. You're going to get nightmares of every tiny mistake you made (or think you made) on your application. This is normal. It shouldn

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for ... ] 10/10 amazing place to spend a day. Go picnic with your friends, or ... North America, and is home to over 1.3 million trees, shrubs, and woody

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  the terrorist attacks on the US. It is often difficult to find good days ... on this day. To acknowledge the day, I asked the Miami crowd for a ... 've gotten to meet some students in person that I've only talked to here on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

  As you probably remember, we are launching the new MITAdmissions ... , ExpressionEngine, is, like my mom's 16 year old minivan with 250,000 miles on ... making it hard to blog right now. So, in order to not have to migrate n

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  , at least it's not as bad as the freshmen on the floor who, thanks to the P/NR system, have spent the past week playing Final Fantasy X on the big screen in our floor lounge. Anyway, thanks to the apparent lack of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is ... ."']here at the office,[/annotation] we are all getting ready to read your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  , metalworking, archery, new programming languages, and so on. If you come to MIT ... have a new battery, and their robot is fine, so they should be good to go ... game is someone who used to occasionally comment on this blog a long time

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Chun To: Us Subject: Your Mission v2.008 Your mission should you choose ... were set on our way to make some yo-yos. We could have made a simple yo ... Before you get all "zomg" on me. This is *not* the iPhone v2. MIT

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  provide updates on what i'm currently doing, or new and exciting things in ... i've realized i spend most of my time trying to divorce myself from ... used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  childhood memories... and decided to make a yo-yo based on the 1996 movie ... a mold. The warm plastic is then sucked down on top of the mold to ... hands-on environment. Plus I got to spend a semester hanging out with some

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  the perfect essay so you'll have to rely on writing skills alone. I ... dropped, which will they be? On MIT's application you'll have to remember ... out what matters in your life, transferred it to paper, and can only

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  my scores for your consideration? No: in fairness to all applicants ... more on the things that matter to them while still preserving our ability ... be on your health, and the health of your community, and not worrying

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two weeks before ... proximity to so many different countries make it so easy to hop on trains or ... Amsterdam, to an even colder city up north. I guess I'll count that as part of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  a whole day until he flew down to New York City to appear on The ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  they're versatile enough to be savory (if you put eggs and stuff on it ... : what's your take on crepes? Is Nutella the dominant and essential ... I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  hour elapses quickly. 6:07 PM I read Infinite Jest on the porch of my ... Sloan lab that I stumbled upon during a desperate mid-April I need-to-get ... purest form, on top. #helth 1:03 PM My dorm, Burton-Conner, is making a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  were going on an all-expenses-paid trip to Brazil to learn about their ... get enough sleep (and food) on the two flights it took to get to Manaus ... ).[/caption] Nevertheless, there were still advantages to being on the water – we saw dolphins

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  cool things. It is strange to feel that there is only ever one thing on ... knock on. I want to be reliable and available and helpful. I want to be ... something indispensable? It is hard to feel out of your depths. Being looked

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  begin to rush over. I tell them not to worry about it, to get on with ... feeling on the inside. As if goosebumps are embedded deep into my skin ... . Confusion. Fear. When I first received news about the tragedy in New Zealand

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  interviewer have told us, it is my job to summarize your application on the ... States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on ... 's important to remember that while this college application process is going on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004