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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  working alone all the time, that's fine! But you're not going to be happy ... would be a perfect spot, assuming you don't want to use your main essay ... YOU NOT LIKE FAST FOOD!!!??? Ahha love to hear your response on that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  think the lesson here is to be careful about how you time your travels ... pocket wouldn't exactly get me very far. I realized that I would have to ... discovered one last time I got lost in Camberville going to or from an alum

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts, but I'm also feeling reflective. I have a lot of wisdom to share ... much time to the projects as I wanted because I was busy with other

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  yours, Ben And on the flip side - to all the teachers who take the time to ... Kids Apply To MIT Each Year, As you may have heard, we don't read ... school sends as many students to MIT as yours does. Therefore, when you use

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  you updated when there's more to be said. Maybe about this time you're ... here writing this entry. Summers are a great time to focus your energies ... your time as a precious gift, and use it to its fullest extent. I know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ...  when they should have taught you. It is indeed very common for letters to come from ... . It doesn't have to be —  indeed, most likely shouldn't be —  longer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  means you're adults now, and you have to make choices. Some are trivial ... to comprehend it: You're going to have to start paying for things ... in business and life. Your first one doesn't have to be high tech with

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  regressed to "Organize rush logistics that probably should have been sorted ... or forget to check Google Tasks, as I am wont to do: "Feed Kristina ... from the somewhat ambitious "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis!" to "Keep

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  . Personally, most of the time I prefer to have a carefree weekend rather than a ... I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... 'm having to study quite a bit because I haven't learned anything about plants

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist ... it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice ... to have research experience. I have about two years of experience in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  the rain is sufficient to water [annotation note="I have all sorts of ... arbitrary white flags to indicate your surrender to the will of Sod. [caption ... ; And there you have it! Now you can grown your very own Kresge lawn.

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  taking time off, have recently come back, or have returned, realized MIT ... . Ask yourself questions -- enough to make yourself see your own personal ... central part of your college life, wherever you choose to pursue it. My

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  hotkey you're probably used to). If you have multiple documents open ... Some of my blogger friends and non-blogger friends have asked me to ... instead of trying to find time to meet irl. Illustrator is basically MS

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  and an honor. We are grateful to have walked this short part of your ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to

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

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  you have given your teachers sufficient time to write on your behalf ... your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  conflicting ideas. There will almost certainly be times where you have to agree ... opinions at face value. There have been tons of times where I blurt something out, someone calls me out and I have to respond “oh man, you’re right

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... tomorrow and just have the motivation and mojo to do everything I’ve ever ... mentor comes up to me at my little piano and says “Kayode! I see you’re

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal ... windowsill. recently, most people i've talked to have been high-strung and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  were important. My essays were not related to my “stats.” You have your ... You will suffer during your actual college experience if you have to lie ... expressed concerns about my essays, my parents literally said to me, “your SAT

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  have to check your notecard over and over again. OH NO! you think. THE ... honest, I still get terrified every single time I have to make a ... the baby shampoo bottle would have loved to listen to the talk. She

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012