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  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  secret gem. While Google will tell you this is the home of the local T

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  -industrial complex. —a01 getting a job with Google. You're getting a lot of value from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  from Google Earth to help with comparing to how it looks today

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  Google dot com and type in “animation for high schoolers.” When nothing

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  changed my life. Every so often I google them to see what they're up to. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  ’s Google search of “World’s Best Universities.” And then one morning

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  residents can tap into 24/7. Since the [annotation note='the primary gym for

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  natural light, esp. in buildings 2/4 Cons outlet availability, sometimes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  I’ve been blacksmithing for just shy of a year. This fall, I took 3.096: Architectural Ironwork, a class which not only counts as both 2-A credit and HASS credit for…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  “Why did you come back?” “Well, I’m—I’m a queer Asian…person, so…” “You felt seen.” “Yeah.” Imagine a fish out of water. When I was growing up, I was always the…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  14.01 Microeconomics or 24.00 Problems of Philosophy. You need to take

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  stories so much richer. 24) It's okay to want to love yourself, and it

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  in the past 24 hours. Yet I didn’t feel hungry, nor did I have any

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  matters in America.”   He asked this question before November 24

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  something is an emergency, you can call 617-253-4481 24 hours a day for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  love, though, felt lackluster, and the pints of ice cream from the 24

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  Google Street View. Some satellites flip their cameras around and image

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  what kind of bridge it is to flex my [annotation note="read: googling

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  2.009 presentations were December 11th. Theme: WILD! 2.009 is a MechE capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It’s known for being intense, silly, and a…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  I: Exposition. To be able to tell this story in full, we must start in late January. I’m living in Next House after a busy on-campus IAP,⁠22 Independent Activities Period,…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020