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  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  stress of college applications and the stress of just being at school in ... things, but I was only met with radio silence. At that time, I was on ... my boyfriend at the time, in between crying sessions. We would watch a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  categories: Central Meetings: major events, held at large venues, to which ... ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;I woke up at 5:30AM and caught a taxi to Logan Airport for my 7:30AM flight ... as (if not more) important than quality. After checking in at my hotel

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

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  undergraduate students at MIT actually major in subjects other than math and ... before CPW?" Well, it depends, do you want to spend it at MIT or not at MIT? At MIT, you might want to check out some classes or maybe swing up to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  . We consider one applicant at a time, in their own context. In your case ... really make something of that time? "MIT 09er who's not at ISEF" wrote ... class?'" No, no, no, not at all. You were admitted because we know you are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  time travel is overrated conversing with my past self

  

  arrived at MIT, we all gathered in kresge auditorium for one final event. our assignment — the first assignment we got at MIT — was to write an ... inboxes at the end of freshman year.  my letter, written while walking home

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • November 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  One of the coolest things at MIT is how easily undergrads can join ... Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in Portugal. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the project—and what a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  . The midterms happen at the end of a month. The final is only called a final because it's at the end of the semester, it's not "cumulative" in ... grade will come from three projects. Project 1 will be assigned at week 4

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  naive attempt at a very raw and honest reflection on the past year +/- a ... their goodbyes, she said something along the lines of: "at least we get a ... to do exactly just that. On Getting Burnt  At the same time that my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  Jeopardy at 7:00PM sharp, where our family gathered eagerly in front of the TV to yell trivia answers at an Alex Trebek from the past. It was ... sniff at my hair. It was the feeling of comfort and love that seemed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  . Still, remember that you’ll be out exploring both during the day and at ... toiletries. Pretty self-explanatory. You’ll need to take a shower and stuff at ... . If at all possible (i.e. if you don’t have The Most Important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in ... absolutely surrounded by prefrosh? Because I'm sitting at the Brown Yale MIT ... individual schools. At the end there will be some Q&A , which I probably

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  Japanese couple who loves to travel (the grandmother, at 67 years, is ... stare too hard at "interestingly attired" young people in Harajuku - and ... . :) Although I'm still not qualified to comment on what it's like to spend IAP at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... May 1, and my entire AP Government class cheered. And we do not at this ... , Maritza '03, mentioned at practice one day that her boss was looking for new

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  . In early January, a challenge is announced to the teams at the kickoff ... that are parked on a small ramp at the end of the match. Teams get 6 jam-packed weeks to design and build a robot that they think will do well at this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all ... Kai being athletic now,” S said. I thrilled at the idea of one of my old ... at our respective colleges. We swam at the beach and went to J’s place

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  at another school, and I'd say, "Well, I really don't like that, so I ... Thanksgiving break. I helped out with Thanksgiving at my dorm for the first time ... —I mean, in South Dakota, it snows in late September, or early October at

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  addition to this post. We also recently performed our Brazilian music at MIT ... hike around in the thickets of the rainforest. At MUSA, we were split into several different tour groups; my group started at the main

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  seven(!) guest artists and three guest speakers. At the time, I thought it ... performances. At the end of that fall semester, we read through a set of ... very little bandwidth to marvel at this phenomenon because I’d failed to

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

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  aggressively bad at reading maps. Notoriously, infamously, comically bad at it ... . The biggest tree on the Courtyard at the end of the infinite. These ... at MIT, though. My old room, number 351, in Next House. It was

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  the cover, the pad of post-it's I carry with me at all times in case I ... been struggling to find time for it. At the beginning of every semester I ... trying to decide what it is and if I want it to change at all. At the very

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022