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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  luggage bags, rolled into a car with my five siblings and my mom and my dad ... . Suddenly I was on the other side of the line, separated from my family by a sign that read “ONLY PASSENGERS BEYOND THIS POINT”. Suddenly, I was on a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  I'm blogging this from a Starbucks in Phoenix. I'm sweating ... or other research programs is neither a requirement nor expectation of ... progressed to some level of the affiliated fairs, as well as a handful of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  yourself. It may seem counterintuitive to take a break from studying ... is tomorrow morning. But go for a quick jog. Call up a friend or a family member and talk for a half hour. Watch an inspirational video

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  . MIT is competitive, but it’s not a competition. There are no judges to ... . 2 Regular Action applicants, good luck! Only a little left until the ... early. Then, refer to 1. Don’t apply as a fictional character. You know

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  ate a lot of these       (notice a pattern?), I also took an ... videos. At the time, I was thinking a lot about the foods I eat and their ... simultaneously took pains to avoid (that skim milk) and ate a lot of (that pizza

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  for a tubular products company, TMK IPSCO. What I did not mention is ... to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... with some of the coolest people in the world. And it did happen for a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  Ten years ago when I was a high school senior, a long-haired friendly ... Talent Search public session and gave me an MIT frisbee. A year later, he offered me a blog and the task of writing about my life at MIT and the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  I recently received an email from a rising high school senior who was ... they did get into MIT by some miracle-lightning-strikes-a-unicorn-and ... only do so much as a high school senior and almost-college freshman. But

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a ... of a Patagonia catalog.  Certainly I loved hiking, and spent a lot of ... silent sports. None requires a motor; none delivers the cheers of a crowd

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Actividades Independientes No estamos desperdiciando demasiado tiempo

  

  introducción a Python y una práctica de teatro por trabajar en la producción ... mafiosos y votan para matar al mayor sospechoso. Si los ciudadanos matarían a ... de música se llama Un Brindis Amargo a mi Mas Interno (A Bitter Toast

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  admission to MIT this year. This is a 4% increase from last year. Since most ... an academic record, a high caliber of character, and a strong match with MIT's mission to make the world a better place. We deferred

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  selected to work at a magical company called 5 Wits Productions, where many ... , you could be a spy and infiltrate an evil corporation or discover ... could eat. & Imagination, who loved to imagine he was a beaver. Or

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  details about the Regular Action deadline. Other than a few hours of ... school report form. To reiterate a few other things mentioned in previous ... ) arrive a little later. We're understanding and flexible with your teachers

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  known as His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. Not just because he's a Nobel laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and ... people on stage couldn't help but laugh and smile. Neither could I - or a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  to calculate internal forces and deformations. It's a neat class ... different support structures. I'll never be able to look at a bridge the same ... of moving objects. Rolling, oscillating, and spinning. You name a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... Kendall/MIT stop on a daily basis, and I no longer spend my days with the ... special to me. The feeling of connection is a bit more complex. When I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  My courseload this semester might look like that of a confused ... quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will ... 't really need it per say, but since I want to go into journalism, a writing

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  'm actually learning a lot of things in this class called 20.330 Forces, Fields ... good with numbers. But hey, I'm surviving! And it's actually kind of a ... weird." I'm excited. Hopefully by the end of the semester, I'll be a fluid

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  obvious, I love playing! Twice a week in Kresge Auditorium, however, I also ... rediscovering the meaning of the word “passion”. You see, when you’re playing a piece, you have a sheet of paper in front of you in black and white. You

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  nearly a year. Things perked up slightly when I walked into my Delta-provided hotel room and saw a beautiful queen size bed. I curled up and (1) watched ... into a dreamless sleep, and eight hours later, woke up to catch my flight

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012