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• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  , which I framed and padded with my winter coat. Then, in a thick black scrawl, I wrote my full name, my flight number, my phone number, and a ... the Nashville International Airport, which was a foreign place that I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  at the time, so i learned a lot - every time i wanted to visit a new ... district is confusing to navigate because a silly surveyor decided to align it with a road 45 degrees offset from most of the city, how hunters

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  is another record high: about a 2% increase from last year, with both ... and pastoralism — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  computer science classes this year, but today I only have a single lecture ... any requirements. I walk into the classroom and a bunch of people wave at me. Most are from the First-Year Pre-Orientation Program I was a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be a blogger to write for tenth grade me. i want to show him, the kid

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  stayed here for a long, long time. I thought I could drop the things that ... . Assuming a new identity, almost hiding in plain sight with every costume I put on. But every flight home was a stutter in the movie, a break in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  opposed to taking a gap year, or enrolling somewhere else). We always plan ... list are invariably awesome, and we hope to find a space for them in our class.  This year, however, we had a record high number of admitted

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  apples (and/or pears) An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away - swap a traditional ingredient used in your recipe for a healthier choice (you will have ... - a dish that captures the community on your floor  Apple Additive - a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  Today has been a hectic day, to say the least. It's only around 9pm ... the Obama administration. There was a real buzzing of enthusiasm ... . Surrounded by booths and booths of companies and corporations felt like a total

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  . Subconsciously, I've been feeling a lot of feelings. Sadness. Despair. Hopelessness ... became streaks down the dry skin of my cheek. And eventually became a loud sob. I can't remember the last time I cried like that. Alone and on a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  implementation of this order is still under review, its prospect has caused a lot ... eventually serve in the military or in the MIT ROTC program. MIT has a long ... spurred a faculty task force that produced a set of recommendations to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  Here is a picture of Allan's room, snipped from here: He left this ... precious time we spend after classes together twice a week to sing, setting ... . i have a stack of summer reading on my desk that i will start clearing

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  Harvard. It was a wonderful course, with fascinating readings and ... articles every week (for a total of ~300 pages a week) and wrote a 25-page ... can definitely say that I learned a lot and improved in both reading

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  : your admissions decision does not in any way reflect your worth. A ... . Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun time filled with tons of ... live, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the different parts of ... culture and residents feel like the best fit for you. Most of all, REX is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• 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