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  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  Background: I love writing. I love building on thoughts I can’t put ... willingness to handle failure Hands-on creativity Intensity, curiosity, and ... your SAT scores. I won’t touch on it again. You shouldn’t need to touch

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  've noticed that my outlook on things has changed dramatically. It can be ... sure there wasn't a single thing on Stellar* that I didn't know about. I ... I had my heart set on. There isn't quite an experience that could ever

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  . Once you register on MyMIT, you will be ready to begin the application ... personalized teacher recommendation forms. In your packet, and on your My

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  on familiarization with MIT public service through participation in ... Vermonsters at Ben & Jerry's on Newbery Street.  One of my main concerns

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  away with an impressive coffee table book on the art of Duchamp. But here ... is written by MIT Media Lab professor Alex (Sandy) Pentland on the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  them would be great and cool. But the project he's currently working on ... photobook that encompasses environment and culture while focusing on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku ... . This feeling of utter panic manifested itself on the 6.005 Piazza site

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  (I'm a big fan.) But on one very exciting day last week, I saw this ... looking house with a seemingly robot face on the siding? I follow several

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  the first step on the road to recovery. My phone is a RAZR - not one ... want to look up on Wikipedia] if you had a smartphone. Except you don'

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  assignment. I was trying to capture the sunset on film. We also explore ... emphasis on design and architecture interesting as well, especially

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  to be erected on the lawn of the Endicott House - MIT's private mansion ... to prepare the bamboo structure - Then slipped on the canvas roof

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  There Goes My Baby The first music video from the MIT Logs.

  

  , rather than watch. At MIT, you won't see a lot of people who just sit on ... , you can connect with them on the web, Facebook, and Twitter. Edit: some

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  me to explain. Immediately after turning in my 6.170 pset on Sunday night (who decides to set due dates on Sunday night??), I started coughing

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  keep blogging promises. I blog about what's on my mind, and I can't predict what will be on my mind in the future. In any case, I hope

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  , and besides F=MA and watching my teacher set his hair on fire I don ... questions about what's going on. Let's call this "Level 0." At Level 0, it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  should have an idea.) And then I dwell on the fact that you can soon ... . - On the flipside, said e-book reader will be so convenient and I know I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  many unshackled, unfiltered poets are let loose on the stage, one after ... . Each poet in a poetry slam takes a huge risk in sharing their secrets on ... your high school years, but the truth is you'll be seeing the people on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  was offered $100,000 to start her own company based on her research ... developer whose music search engine was featured on lifehacker The King of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  favorite hacks throughout history, incuding the (in)famous police car on the ... music notes on the dome, the solar-powered T car (STILL more reliable than

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  occasionally creeping on Anjali '12, who'll be working just a few benches down ... -second lowdown on what CK (specifically, CK-MIT) is: Basically, Camp Kesem MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011