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• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  internship, like I've been telling people. It's a subgenre of sorts, meant for ... expanded the program for me in order to get in. And so that's why when I look ... godly figure shining down on me saying "Cami, computer science is for you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  fundamentally broken, or psychotic, in some way, or that it was only for people ... huge front desk. i walk up to it. i couldn’t figure out what to say, for ... someone? i opted for the more conservative hi, i’m here for walk-in hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  for the first time in the most unguided way possible. I shimmied along ... Thomas Jefferson. I felt the need to jump out of my seat for Hamilton. I ... time you did something for the first time?" There's just something about

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  has been firmly on the pure math track for a few years and who hasn ... wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time ... school, and for the most part that turned out to be true, though they

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  campus for a 3-day Campus Preview Weekend.  Suffice it to say that those ... only covered a pinprick of what was in store for us. And to everyone who’s going to be here over the next few days for CPW, I can promise you that

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  Hello! Sorry for the recent lack of post! After an epic trip around ... approaching (of couse, after the horrifying super intense final week for people ... Cambridge.) SIGH. I will look like a zombie for 2 months ☹ But it’s okay

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  requirements. Other dorms would be less understanding. As for your plasma screen ... your dorm room (in any residence hall), except for microwaves and hot ... : good blog,I am doing research for my Daughter,she wants to apply to MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... , My interview is within 3 weeks, so I want to know how you prepared for ... probably for a lot of RA students, this is one of the most pressing questions

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  .Y. Before anyone could go running for the police, the new guide explained that ... fall, for reasons unrelated to the pseudo-kidnapping, which took place at ... admissions staff. She and her mother realized that the background music for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  CollegeBoard send them to us, but for a definitive answer you should call ... .253.4791. ------------------------------------- Steven wrote: "Is there any way for deferred students to send supplementary ... 't arrived yet for whatever reason. Regardless of the TOEFL, if you submitted

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  for an inch of rain and a thunderstorm in the White Mountains, Joe '08 ... Market, and an advertisement for Maine's greatest comedian , Bob Marley. We ... sort. But if you're going to Portland for a day, forget all that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties ... was unscheduled, but that made it all the more better. For example, Les ... of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  not the most of any dessert. I count six for cookies, [annotation note ... "]four for cake,[/annotation] [annotation note="Humble pie"]one for pie,[/annotation] and [annotation note="Aiden: 2 Ice Cream: 0"]zero for ice cream

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  my younger self for behaving that way. they just had a lot of growing ... unanswered for long periods. maybe it's a bit of a pride thing -- i can't let ... for help when i need it. thinking about the steadfast support and love

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  just in different hues. I've been traveling for the last month around the ... with the sesame paste on top. For a few hours I felt the city move and I ... child holding on to his toys for too long. But even so I would not say I

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  have ever read—for its emotional impact on me, but also for expanding ... . It seems like Ishiguro doesn’t hit hard for everyone, but I’d still say ... it standing right there at the shelf for two hours. Fun Home is a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  crazy! Oh, they have no weakness, except for a rock that you can’t find on ... the Great Depression, he was born out of a need for a hero. But I can ... . Think about it: for the last nearly 100 years Superman has been THE

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at ... studying for swe interviews because of my explorations as a novice electrical ... campus and internships for not having enough background. And while that has

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  students at MIT, I’m not at home for this Thanksgiving. I won’t be eating my ... importantly I won’t be hanging out with my family in person :(( For those of us ... of friendship✨ and ✨the power of cook-for-yourself dorms✨! In fact

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  Waffle House. They bought groceries for me, too. Not knowing what to ask for, I requested beans and chicken. I made eggs with no oil and then ... Kerry Way uses these routes, winding for miles through private pasture

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023