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• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  publish this past spring. The summer snuck up on me before I had a chance to ... to Africa to help vision-impaired children... worked on the Human ... seems like a better time, as people prepare to arrive on campus and start

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  , you definitely don’t want to know. A few times, I sit on the floor and ... Thanksgiving this week, and have the chance to reflect on the things that make ... -set I turned in one Ed Sheeran song before the deadline. Needless to say

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  of it, but I could only rely on myself to assuage the crushing fear of ... the Charles on my way to my apartment after a long trip. But, ten years ... MIT in the fall of 2015, I’ve taken the trip from New York to Boston

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  as fast as possible, enjoying the flavor for a second and moving on to ... just the typical two-shelved glass box, this case was filled to the brim ... ’s a huge crowd of people bustling about—each one trying to catch the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  , participate in a week-long introduction to the Navy, and on August 28th I take ... differences are the scratches on our minds. They are what make us unique. This entry is about showing you the scratches on my mind, what makes me the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  Macaroni, whom we had encountered earlier on the way to dinner. I give ... move out for the summer. On the Facebook employee shuttle, I happened to ... grown near and dear to my heart in my lifelong quest to become the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  ’t find the time. I’ve been working on a new project, and I’m writing a ... 's the point?" "The point is to make money." Rest assured that purchasing ... thing to do, at the time, and it paid off. It made me happy. It made me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  Theory, or How I Learned to Stop Losing and Love Math -The Cities of ... 'm teaching. The class going on *right now* is "Cow Facts," so here's a live ... eventually) out of bed and into the shower. I spread some brie on bread, took

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  in the fall - had commented on it saying something to the effect of ... grade science reports on, say, baking powder volcanos, I did mine on The ... to enter the 6th grade, my mom got a flier for something called the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  profits to charity, posting thoughtful weekly vlogs — the list goes on. I ... critically and broadened my perspective on the world. I look forward to ... surface. It feels especially fitting to write about this here, on the MIT

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  . Now, I'm forcing myself to try and do more formal writing, hopping on to The ... those four years in high school, I quickly clung on to what the MIT kid in ... MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops ... will unmistably help in my attempts to tame the beast that is MIT. I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house ... letters back to their MIT family. We tack them up on the wall in the kitchen ... +/- 3 beds (too sleepy to think harder about it); two are doubles, and the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  to shit; in the beginning, I'd created a beautiful cherry blossom theme that I'd intended to carry through the journal, but by the end, my pages ... random shit to keep track of, but honestly, I had so much going on in high

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  Given how depressing and sad the last few days were, I’ve resorted to ... the extent to which they're amenable to idling is very different. I don ... the long waits, it's probably my least favorite game on this list

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Today was the second and final day of ... . [...] Now, she's teaming up with the American Academy of Pediatrics to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  on the West Coast, I would be likely to need a spine and hip ... temperatures you see are how it actually feels. Compared to seeing 23F on the ... "]MIT Educational Counselor[/annotation] for this application season, and being on the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  recitation on Friday (which is pretty similar to most courses). In the ... Sooo. It all ended a few nights ago. The all-nighter turned out to ... working for 13 hours straight, from 11 pm to noon the next day. Part of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  , across the street from Burton-Conner (not to be confused with the Sailing ... think of the boathouse as kind of a second home. It’s where half my ... team in the middle of Colorado. Prior to crew, I never thought I could

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  them. For the I-9 form you will fill out once to receive access to all on ... . No need to bring the stock of a lifetime on the plane. And once you ... clothing and mementos on the floor... But what should you pack, really

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015