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• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  after a 20-hour flight, badly jetlagged and starving (plane food is not ... [/caption] 2. The subway is awesome, boba tea on the other hand… Since I came to ... public transportation is rather slow and unreliable so the subway is a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  stuff! In no particular order, here is a list: 1) We went on an errand ... M. '20!! As expected from a company that is essentially the second ... literally over IAP, which is so incredibly impressive. 5) A friend who

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  Venting, which I often feel like is a) a little depressing, and also b) not ... write a peppy post about personalities (which is still on the way for a ... advance by how meandering and rambl-y this post is about to be. Last night

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the MIT Interview keep b r e a t h i n g

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Elizabeth's other observations remain accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  0

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 6, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  . During the day, the sky here is a plain blue and the houses are beige. The ... added a "2"—  is cooler, right? Now when I visit Ohio, I don’t need a ... grow up. In college, youth is appreciated. It means a more flexible sleep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  , is Beantown Taqueria, a cozy Mexican Restaurant with delightfully spicy ... --which is indeed, as heavenly as it sounds. It was introduced to Beantown by ... ” with “Who is the Spiciest Memelord?” Since her win, she’s been

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  exciting~ This is my second time blagging from abroad, the first being ... , China, and Canada many times, and Italy once, this is the first time that ... looking at it is, I’m a foreigner everywhere--people stare at me a little

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... connect with my colleagues. To be able to understand why it is they thought ... felt. To me a foreign language was and is more than just the translation

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to ... decisions. Here is a list of things I came up with. (PS sorry it's all ... accelerator? That’s okay, because the internet is a helpful thing!) (Don’t want

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  The world looked very different today. The presidential election is ... is the same. With a sigh, I walk into 10-250 and try not to think about ... solids. David Bowie echoes through me as I hear, "Planet Earth is blue

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  ’ve been procrastinating). That is, until I found an exhaustive list of ... your body is saying, “Can we do this?? No, we can’t!!” (Also quick ... over you, and all you can do is pass the ball. It’s hard to see past the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  Hello party people!  I know. November 1 is looming and you are ... , email us to let us know. Make sure your MIT ID is in the email ... your other recommendations, it is okay if the recommendation is processed

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  , just to share how my semester is going. somehow, 1.5 weeks into classes ... is heavily concentrated in two assignments (a small project and a final ... these classes is 6 units (compared to 12 units for a typical one

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  else is 34000+? The number of cities that Airbnb services! Hooray for numbers that add no value to our lives. ***Airbnb is not paying me to say this, I swear. I just googled 34,000+ and this is what came up.  

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

   midterm, and the greatest pleasure in the world is ripping my glasses off ... of… ordinary. MIT is pretty great, don’t get me wrong. But now, when I ... ’ve terrified me earlier. But East Campus is home now, and any person should have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  !) yesterday that "spring is a tease. It's never as warm as it looks and our calendars strain under the weight of obligation. Spring is short ... the semester is stressful for everyone. For me, it's a plodding

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  into the semester, are exciting in smaller ways. The rest of this post is ... semester is starting to heat up and being off P/NR is mildly terrifying. I ... ” (because Lujan is someone who can’t decide if he should go by his first or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  . One thing I really like about MIT is that there is a HASS (humanities ... out my application is three months late. Thankfully, I have good reason ...  about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  This blog post is by Mike W. ‘19, epic speed integrator and Random ... the physics textbooks I would use next semester (my personal record is ... fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  . Most of this advice is paraphrased from people that I consider to be ... , if you're a bundle of nerves and it feels like your future is riding on ... 100% sure this is the right school for you but you have external

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015