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  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The ... me introduce to you our new bloggers! Class of 2015:  ... . While majoring in Course 6-2 he intends to spend a lot of time combining

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  contacting my interviewer? A: You do not have to wait until the rest of your ... to have you applying to MIT through QuestBridge. Here are some FAQs ... not need to complete the Part 2 (essays, activities, awards) - we will

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  . What field of study appeals to you the most right now? (100/100) I applied to MIT largely because of the program in Urban Science and Planning ... like this! The application of programming and GIS to visualize pedestrian

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  to be in the same post since they had different tones kind of so ... , I decided to take 6.145 because I started to entertain the idea of ... front of me in order for me to fully understand what they're talking about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  figure, dozing against one of the sandstone pillars with what appears to be ... to provide an elaborate and thoughtful Discussion of important Elements ... opened my eyes to this exciting new form of history, which I've never

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  to say, was a little wistful. Like how Tim Gunn cries at the end of ... , two hundred of which were spent just listening to our vice principal ... the window, probably much to the amusement of her roommate, which at the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of ... , then down Memorial Drive in front of Killian Court on their way to the TD ... for the elephants as Alex tries to get some front shots of the elephants

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  First of all, Welcome to the MIT Family! (click to see full ... . Plan what to do with the Official Copy of the Admissions Letter that will be coming soon to a postbox near you. :) 5,897. Let any of us know if

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  obsession with turtles, up to the point of having a collection of them in his ... part of the cycle. Ben is on his way to even bigger things. And that ... quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  . Anyway, you guys hang in there and try not to worry too much. For those of ... It's that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with ... which context affects everything. I love imagining all of you at MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  dying to check that fateful webpage sometime in the middle of December ... course of a few weeks, you have to learn how to deal with classes (which ... ' experiences with freshman fall lie on the scale of "it was a little rough to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  as possible. On weekdays, those of us willing to get up for breakfast ... for a few seconds, as if to convince me it was real, and not a spark of ... , the kind of STEM-based community that SSP gave me was impossible to even

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  weeks and dozens of writers, artists, and designers to put together ... week, my GRTs invite our entry to go one of MIT's five dining halls for dinner. They use a special GRT dining card to swipe all of us into the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  lot of my friends in industries like big tech or finance openly admit to ... : yeah, i think it’s common for these kinds of narratives to become very ... difficult for me to pinpoint what i got out of the program - i learned a bit

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  relieving— none of that pressure to 'forge new bonds' and make small talk. All of them clearly seemed to be good friends, so I was content to just sit ... Lawn again, accompanied by instruments to strum and bubble teas to sip

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There ... different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my situtation is pretty unique; since I live very close to the NIH, working here

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  This is the way…to check your decisions

  

  blog post — want to let you know that MIT Regular Action decisions will ... decisions are made available, you will need to access decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use to sign into

  • by The BlogChild
  • March 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  'm beginning to build a fundamental understanding of the way the universe works ... , and to the best of my knowledge its true nature is still a mystery). A ... close to stop. 21M.051: Fundamentals of Music A long, long time ago, in

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  to make the exact same set of mistakes as last year. I landed in Boston ... for the equivalent of 6.5 standard classes, in addition to singing in ... from being able to really enjoy the semester in a variety of ways: I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  (LCS) is a student club dedicated to spreading the appreciation of ... , appreciation of, and indulgence in our favorite substance to the community.   ... 's fun to explore the different sides of chocolate," says Allison Kunz, 23

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009