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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  I’m home in Pennsylvania for three weeks, for the second time this summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed animals on top of me where I had fallen asleep on the couch and, on a post

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  When most people learn what kind of work I do, they often speculate ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to point out that I am just a single member of an otherwise exceptional group

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  I have a personal blog that I write about my teenagers and I haven’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it certainly isn’t because of a lack of material. I have more material than ever

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  QUOTE: (i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech ... once upon a time, I wrote a blog comparing the college essay to froyo. Since then, the application has been revised, and although I still believe

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  I've been working on my grad school apps lately, when I'm not busy with other stuff. I bet that a lot of you are working on college applications, including your MIT applications. Over the summer, when I was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  , optimistically, and devastatingly. Yuliya blogged about it. I scrawled words on the flyer I’d taken at the door, wanting to remember every sentence I heard ... , I approached a friend. Ruben P. ’18 had stood up before the panel, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  :59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  When you last heard from me, I had just arrived at The Middle Of Nowhere, New Mexico - out on a Navajo Reservation. Did I mention that I ... neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  Wait, have you heard? I mean, it's only been published all over the ... times I've seen it are immediately prior to CPW and before the Dalai Lama ... . All of this was fine and good, and I kind of enjoyed watching how MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  't have fifty people; the number's closer to 65. But this is a series, and I ... . I've written not one, but two posts about Mystery Hunt, so I won ... fifty people I spent it with. Puzzlehunts, after all, are done in teams

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  I think the college essay is a lot like froyo. It comes in a variety ... either yields blissful joy, or, sometimes, yucky disappointment. When I applied to college 2 years ago (2 years! I'm old :( ), I wrote over a dozen

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  likely learn your limits, if you haven’t already. Pun not intended, but I'm gonna roll with it. Once your “I just got into MIT!” high school senior ... probably included. During my own preview weekend, I went to an event where

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  I'm chugging into my 3rd year here at MIT blogging, studying, and being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into ... -worry-inducing gadgets, I realize just how much MIT has permeated every part of my life

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but ... , too.” These are the words that echo in my head when I remember last ... and turns red because of science I won’t get into. Now, this itself

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  . I'd be tempted to say I'm a bit biased, as he was my 6.01 professor ... . When I was taking 6.01, there was one day where I was hosed beyond belief ... itself which was a non-trivial part of my grade. I sent Prof. Grimson an

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  FIT: I cannot emphasize this point enough. No matter how (in ... their experience with the dorm during REX and CPW. Watch the dorm i3 ... possible within the dorms. Even within East Campus, there are some halls I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... that I can’t always control the things that matter to me. This year I ... means it is customary to make wishes and toasts. I toast the adventures

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  since it's my last semester, I've been trying to spend more time working on campus. or rather, I feel guilty whenever I work in my bed since I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  lot easier that I just didn't find out about until much later. I've been ... system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my ... 't even mandatory for you anymore and I have no idea what's going on with

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011