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• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  me a bottle. Fast forward to 1991, and I'm a little boy playing outside ... department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman, participate in a week-long introduction to the Navy, and on August 28th I take

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

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  much better at identifying what i need, and how to go about fulfilling ... my high-speed data for canada, there wasn't much to do on my phone so i ... . i skimmed through many iterations of "a pleasure to have in class" and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  soon. When I apply, would I need to send a transcript from that college ... . ------------------------------------- Bill wrote, "I'm an international student. Do I need to send in a mid ... for TOEFL resutls to reach you? 2) How much does replacing SAT with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  are. ← Why does there have to be a right choice?” I opened the IDHR ... , whenever I needed a place to return to. But I remembered the previous ... out to IDHR does not trigger a formal investigation or resolution (i

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  I applied to be a student partner at several VC firms in the area ... more need for a filter.   It's been a great experience so far, and ... very few undergrads (Now I'm excited a lot more of my undergrad friends

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  choose to attend the Closing Show, we need a venue that can accommodate an ... , adjustments need to be made between each piece. After a bunch of tweaks to their ... “Other duties as assigned” is a concept well-known to admissions

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  for ten hours it’s 7 a.m. jesus christ, go to sleep," but I can’t cause ... . Usually, I am fine with losing a night's sleep as long as I don’t have to do ... I had to wake up again for a mandatory-attendance class. I don’t know

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  to do: catch up. I needed to bridge the gap that was created by a lifetime of disadvantage and I needed to do it as fast as possible ... I needed to take advantage of every opportunity available to me

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  on a game and analyze it akin to what one of our author’s does). If you ... Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers ... opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  , I was already rather committed to taking Japanese 1 then, which is a ... before the class was about to start, a package made its way to my home ... -up frantically, was because I thought, “hm, what if I want to write a blog about

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  This semester, I'm taking a wide array of classes, from music to media studies to English, and as a result, I've had to consume a lot of ... class, it is a media studies class, we do listen to music in and out of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  already doing this one for Halloween. After much deliberation, I came to a ... was to create an political statement about the troubled state of Random ... the eve of the eve of the eve of Halloween, I chose to execute a feat of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  . Do you need a tissue to mop up the tears of joy you have shed from ... forward a few years, when Matt mentions that Admissions is creating a new ... . What a world, amirite? Except it took me so stinkin long to come back to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  creating new things inspires others to create new things themselves, like MIT ... a mechanical engineer, decided to address this issue by designing a ... product that today’s young athletes need. I want to make sure that nobody

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  day to write a long, thoughtful, and very personal email about how much ... Chao: Does this guy even go to MIT? Continuously learn, entertain, and ... disrupted and ended, so I needed something to keep me excited. At first, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  't want to spend that much time away from mit." i never applied to a misti ... 'm comfortable with, when i need someone. maybe i need a boyfriend, or two or three ... live within a few minutes walk of each other, ever again. we went to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  . Student Sex-Positive Club (SSC) - The SSC focuses on "creating a safe space ... consensual safe sex". They have a lot of information about kinks and how to ... extra to be on a whole other insurance plan, so you have the option to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  feel like a slacker... so without further ado, here are some answers to ... completely optional essay on something I have created , I need some ... to pursue some great experiences and grow as students/people may have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  instructor should offer much better explanatory help to a student. But current ... language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of ... these systems; for instance, to stimulate thinking or to provide a variety

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  jumped at the idea of creating a new sign for our wall.   For reference, the previous sign was a printed banner which to me felt pretty old ... Measurements, and Create Files With the idea approved, it was now time to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024