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• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  to be on the Burton half of the building in a double, but my room had ... the Student Center to check in with the Orientation people. (This is a ... finally managed to get to the point where the wireless card detected a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of ... working in a haze trying to make sure I was completely caught up in my ... weaved through the horde of students in the Infinite to get to lobby 10

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  , in a car, in your stereotypical scary movie setting. An intersection in ... readers, to bring you entertainment and distraction in your final hours ... actually supposed to be about. You have a little over 24 hours to submit your

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  hoped to meet you in, but since I’m already stuck in a staring contest ... blotted by some cruel impressionist painter, my days in quarantine seem to blur together in a clumsy mess. Lately, I've been feeling a sort of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  see if I'll get in. I'm tentatively taking a semester off of school to ... of getting to them without a car was too high. I've found that the walkability of a city is, in fact, important to me. And although I do like

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  and go to plenty of parties in college.   gold rush But I don't like a gold rush, gold rush I don't like anticipatin' my face in a red flush I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch Everybody

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we updated the admissions statistics page for this ... my class, the MIT Class of 2000, when we were admitted in 1996? [answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  intruders (which, in a way, we were), children were following us, talking to ... Prakash, getting in some last-minute shopping, and preparing to leave. My ... whose direct flight to Newark turned into a twenty-four hour layover in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this ... 'll enjoy the moment. I certainly would were I in your place. Revel in it a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  , we had to decline admission to a great many outstanding students. We ... unsuccessful, my advice to you is to make your next 2-3 years at your current ... applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as ... things you'd find in your typical day to day household. Over the summer ... summer season 3."]Season 3[/annotation] house in Virginia to the Season 4

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  at that time, but I asked my friend Tiffany L. '24 to get a strawberry ... working in a wet lab after two attempts at computational UROPs that I ... drive anytime soon.) Fiber arts became a frequent topic in my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  a day, five days a week, but the benefit is that you get an intensive ... , Italian, and Spanish during IAP, and it's all included in your usual tuition for the spring. I was given a slot in the French 1 class and am pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  ."]PhD[/annotation] programs.  Well, I don’t really have to make a decision until if I get in ... I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to ... industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  your child, you will bear witness to a defining moment in his or her ... found a few nuggets of wisdom in my last post that will help you and your ... paperwork in a timely manner. Once your child is admitted, the decision

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  i’m gonna keep this short so i can get to posting real content again ... in writing Last semester I tried to get all my writing requirements out ... major) and a CI-H(communications intensive class in humanities) that

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  't worry - you WILL have a host and a place to stay once you get here. We ... arrangements, a meeting time/place, and everything!) Anyways, in addition to ... CPW + Web things so you can get your nerd on while CPW-ing! Have a safe

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like ... -awesome)! It's also a time to see some folks we haven't seen in a while. It was ... I'll start off by linking to some of your photos: Anthony et al

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of ... get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... getting more and more tired and a fear of slipping creeps in on me. I squirm

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to ... my summer in Japan, so it was a good chance to fully immerse myself in ... realsies! In the meanwhile, I'd love to answer any of your questions about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009