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  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  MIT application essay. I figure it's getting to be around crunch time ... specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing ... back to us upon our graduation. While being nostalgic this evening, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  conversation. I discovered that spinach, which I previously considered to be the ... , I just find it to be a little bitter, which may make me a supertaster ... , but it happened to be one of a set of eight color-coordinated plates and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  real way to know if I would like being a graduate student. Because as a ... [annotation note="It's important to note how I am defining dimension here. By ... dimensions. For instance, the Earth is locally homeomorphic to R^2, by which I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  questions, and be honest with your answers: What kind of a school do I want to ... kind of academic opportunities will be available to me as an ... I be proud in four years to call myself an alumnus of the school? Don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  him and his family to watch the game. On my way to meet them, I passed ... on the metro, but didn't take it all the way home. That would be silly ... to make their way to Plaza de la Cibeles, where the real party would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  athletics at MIT in order to share with attendees what I believe to be the ... vehicle. Its official color was plum (ask me sometime about being hit on by ... . Not having a car was not going to be a huge problem. As regular readers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  , there will be no way to find out. As for the postal mailing, we still do ... addition to sending out admissions decisions via postal mail, also release ... much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  !', then ran as quickly as it is possible to run while wheeling a suitcase (I ... Getting from London (England) to Charlottesville (Virginia) is much ... , sat down next to a kindly elderly British woman with a posh accent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  -back, carefree, and a whole lot of fun. This year my summer is shaping up to be ... might be interesting to play a little game: THE WORLD'S LARGEST PHOTO ... , and originality. Open to everyone, do it by yourself, do it with others

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  notes from all my classes, doodles from any TTRPGs I happen to be playing ... different projects, but because drawing is way faster for me, I like to sketch ... happened, but they’re good enough to be helpful for psets and test review

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  though? we'll be on campus, surrounded by people, able to go wherever we ... voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my ... instead of being consigned to a group of six people. oh, i guess i could

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  writing an "apologies for being too hosed to post" entry and never finished it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... reading the textbooks I got for my birthday. By the way, I turned eighteen

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  switched to soprano, and have been singing at pitches only heard by canines ... sessions that I'll be going to over the next month, and then I get to take ... be very well-fed. I'd like to participate in, but not sure if I have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  quick vacation to celebrate the new year (and then starting the regular ... students applying for regular action admission to MIT. This means that you ... to the deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  've heard!) consider themselves to be on a premedical track. Many of them are ... + classes), or else you're considered to be taking a light load. ... all sides. It's difficult to brown the meatballs evenly in the skillet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  everywhere in NOLA, from the decadent parade floats that seem to be a year ... vitality and very special way of life, and many of us are hoping to come back ... [by Janet Li '12] A house decked out in Mardi Gras swag in the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  thought it'd be fun to put together a study vlog captured during a recent ... Grüezi mitenand! Thought I'd give you all a quick update on how life ... 'm already returning back to the US end of next week. This week is also the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  advice would be to not sweat the small stuff. Everything will work out ... and the admissions committee will not be able to see it. Preview: On ... mail documents to us. All letters must be typed or written on official

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  endurance running, they offer ways to negotiate progress without being solely ... tell our bloggers, not every blog post needs to aspire to being among the ... can be stated as follows: there is often a tendency to see technical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Events

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

  

  plastic bags and enthusiasm. It was like we had found a way to bottle the ... hung from branches, channeling our inner three-toed sloths. Along the way ... and we headed back to the buses, sad to be leaving the crimson yellow

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013