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• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  cheering the water polo team to a 5-2 lead at the end of the period, we left ... . Some of the cheerleading alums came back to watch the game and cheer on ... to the musical stylings of the MIT Marching Band. I was really excited

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  '08 had seen March of the Penguins, so she knew that the best way to get ... actually planned to their home stadium and just randomly spectate at one of ... Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice ... of my essays were within word limits, and yeah, it wasn't great to cut ... important part of your application, since you have the chance to open up about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  additional bed posts, after several weeks of being ghosted, I decided to regain ... disjoint construction material, a circular saw, and a handful of screws to a practical piece of furniture opened my space to all sorts of customization

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  the loss of sleep one single bit. To explain: Milan, MIT's annual ... people I've come to know so well over the course of this past year. For those of you in the process of applying to MIT: come to campus, meet the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  blow to the wallet) of an on-campus grocery store. With La ... -campus grocery store.[annotation note="The earliest mention of LaVerde's I could ... . Maybe it's existed since the beginning of time."][/annotation] Sadly, in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  much else to learn. But in the last year or so, the old dream of doing a ... 't matter). One of the suggested art supplies to purchase was a small ... to draw[/caption] One of our first tasks was to draw a display of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  9 months to do all of the following: get through the list of 101 ... 's a promise to all of you - I want to make sure my senior year doesn ... the "big sister" of 6.006 (Introduction to Algorithms), which I took

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall ... close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not ... next year. But to those of you who have been so patient this year, thanks

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  when I got to MIT, I would proceed to get C’s on pretty much all of the ... ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers ... socialization aspect of Science League than the exams.) September of senior year

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  , where there seems to be a pretty even split of Mac and PC users. And if ... admitted to MIT for the class of 2010? Do graduate/Ph.D students get an IAP ... lots of activities... So it's kind of hard to participate in a math

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  as the last few years, to wit: We know you lead a busy life, full of ... together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their ... , or feel like we need to read the most unique piece of writing we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would ... danger of falling flat on my face, because when I walk at night I tend to ... want to study the fabric of the universe! I love Physics. Ahhh

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ice Bear it’s ice bear

  

  Due to popular demand, here’s a guest post from Ice Bear. If you haven’t heard of Ice Bear before, here’s a good introductory video: https ... enjoys companionship. Ice Bear goes to sleep. Ice Bear will wake up again.

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive Early Action applicant pool, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was ... students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred in EA

  

  We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we ... the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country ... immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: EA Deferred

  

  We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we ... the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  consists of lectures, readings, and labs, designed to equip trainees with the ... mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  This week in verse There's a song that describes exactly what I'm feeling right now.

  

  Rather than write a real blog entry, I instead urge you to consider the following: An MIT surveyor came upon the gates of Hell, He looked ... already 'cuz you went to MIT." That is all.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 30, 2009