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• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  sadly still 5'2". That's 157 cm, for the 95.7% of humans who don't reside ... something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words or fewer) I wrote ... roasted for trying to turn this essay into another opportunity to humblebrag

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  were released. For instance, because audiences were not yet exposed to ... for a classy dinner (scallops and salmon and steak, oh my!) and more ... . For some reason, I’ve always found movie scores so captivating - one of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  own Canadian format, called Reach for the Top, so I didn't (and still ... super excited to start practice for real this year. Once or twice a week ... meeting and find some truly awesome people; that holds true for quizbowl

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  . Editor's notes were added in the spring of senior year. For reference, here ... from my college experience? For example, I had zero doubts about being a ... be a great resource for quelling such fears!]  Now, Biology isn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to ... was a slobbery, deflated mess on the floor. For the sake of writing a ... influenza. 1. Shock For the duration of the phone call, I don’t remember much

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  . I believe it qualifies the company for the “Best Intern Recruitment ... for MIT students to perform research at Automobili Lamborghini.) 2 ... very close to classes. Anecdotal proof: --- For five years, I'd had a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... for pretty much the entirety of the semester. And now that, for the ... a canvas for a beautifully illustrated stress sketch in the bottom

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  monument has been on my bucket list for a while. It’s 294 stairs to the top ... decided to take Hubways back into downtown. For those of you who don’t know ... a code from the app. After biking around for half an hour, you return

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  something to strive for) wanted to release this into the world, as it has been ... pages of MIT Confessions, I applaud him for writing more meaningful words ... remotely have feelings for. So I ended up dating a boy (we’ll call him

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  found that your busy lifestyle leaves little time for reading for pleasure ... couch reading books for upwards of six hours a day sometimes. Figure 1 ... them!) and my (incomplete) list of 10 books for this coming summer

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  should read more poetry for class. - Where did I leave my bike? In senior ... -wise, that's really great and I hope things stay that way for you. :) With the ... and on. Poi has become a sort of meditation for me, where I can just let

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... undergraduates and alumni for miniature, month-long internships. Externships are

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Pluto for 35 years and helped design the New Horizon's spacecraft. “Just ... invented the Torino Scale, a method for categorizing the danger levels of ... (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy), a high-altitude NASA plane that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  , my friend and I crossed the Harvard Bridge for the first time. We had ... river accompanied our walk. For an hour, time slowed, and we were rulers ... to bed for hours, and left me insatiable for sleep. Sometime during the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a ... nerdiest dorm. Right now I am in Florida for winter break, and as often ... (a giant meringue) for Loop’s floor dinner the next day. Bianca was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 ... for high school students to join -- we had to wait until May to get our ... inviting everyone to join an AIM chat room called "MIT09." For many of us, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  To give you a flavor (well, many flavors) for what MIT students do ... bridges' structural integrity, what are your goals for the summer? I had ... environmentally friendly materials for ITO replacement in touch screens

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  the weekend drawing, cutting, and gluing together my first project for a ... had a giant crush on MIT. I signed up for a million classes (five and a ... -based storytelling. That ended, and the psets kept coming, and I waxed nostalgic for

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  California for ten years now, but unlike other sun-loving transplants, I ... , crispy leaves ripe for the leaping, apple picking, cinnamon and nutmeg ... pie I found on the internet for all you visual learners out there. Two

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  imagine that they must have had my info from when I was a finalist for the ... food restrictions that people had (for instance, Hendrik was a vegetarian ... be up and ready for the morning's activities. When did the morning

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013