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  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  takeaway address the most important (or at least a sufficiently important ... 'll know what to write about, but at this point you probably need to start

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  teammates sitting at a booth near the windows. When they spot me, the guy ... around. It would’ve been nice if he’d at least checked in with me first

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  .[/annotation] We have been hard at work this summer completely overhauling the ... , working at MITAdmissions is more than a job: it's a commitment to compassion

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  this to love, in that a loved one can be a source of rest, but at this ... word poetry without realizing, at the time. And calligraphy, and ... four years ago, I think. There are like, at least two different ys, one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  , faculty and staff will lead us in prayer and reflection. The speakers at the ... forward one difficult step at a time. You make us proud.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

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

  

  thrive and succeed at MIT.   I took the subject tests. Can I submit ... English at home or in school, so that we may consider that alongside the SAT

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  fixed it, but not to the extent I wanted to. I was mildly annoyed at ... week or two ago, which is like Splendor but better, and I’ve played it at ... rounds one after the other. We start playing at 1 AM, and soon enough we

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  away at school, and even when you visit home for the holidays, it won ... . Master all the steps to the Cupid Shuffle. You'll be a hit at prom. Go

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  I do at a nearby lab, or the volunteer trip I took to Africa. or ... with the black licorice at the bottom of the bag.   mostly 2’s

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  just shrugged and told myself, "oh well," or not even noticed it at all ... what i did at a particular point in time and when, as opposed to a list

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  lot of people just don't go to college at all and yet they thrive ... -looking person there. At least I hope so. I don't like being called an old soul

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  , I was unfazed. Not shocked at all. The first thought that came to my ... the Muslim community and humanity at large. In that moment, the

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

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  shocked everyone was when I signed up at the local gym and began faithfully ... take it at your pace. I'd ideally do yoga after my morning jog as a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  the fact that at its core, this broth definitely tastes [annotation note ... ,41997,41996,42007" /] the line is always long at night. the people are all what the average ... looking at the bowl once i was done with the noodles, feeling how salty and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  four stove burners are available, and no one else is using the sink. At ... , and go to bed in the morning. At the start of the year, two friends came

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  -year academic experience at MIT. The initiative, which is ongoing, has been ... .[/caption] I guess my message is...standardized tests aren't fun, but at least

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  refreshing sense of anticipation and excitement. I took a look around at the ... life. That at some point, I'll look back at these four years. And I ... else loved enough to let me in. Because to be honest, I'm at a point in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  for this site, though it was carried through by the team at MIT ... jumping-off point to other destinations at MIT. ... In all of this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the "Murals of Senior Haus" exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery in the ... makes MIT unique, and it's disappointing (to me, at the very least) how

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation go from midterm to midterm. If we’re lucky, they go from pset to pset ... about why they’re here, at MIT. To talk about their dreams and aspirations

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017