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• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day). After working for 3 hours I decided to study for my 18.03 test that I had ... prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of pressure trying to summarize myself in a few sentences. Should I mention the weird accumulation-of-facts thing that I do constantly? Am I going to be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  product that today’s young athletes need. I want to make sure that nobody ... creating new things inspires others to create new things themselves, like MIT ... unable to speak as he staggered into the trainer's room. This problem of

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

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  ' :) This might sound familiar to those of you who have been reading the blogs ... importantly, it's a chance for these youngsters to forget about difficult times at home for just a little while and to immerse themselves in pure camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  an app, which allows you to Venmo money to Lambda Tea’s account. Once ... There are times when I feel incredibly lucky to exist in close proximity to so many creative and amazing individuals, and right now is one of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should know that we will be looking to hire almost exclusively incoming freshmen to maintain a balance between new students and upperclassmen. That said

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  needed to learn it. and i had satisfied the prerequisites, and i had spent ... every saturday or sunday my freshman fall, i'd go over to have dinner with ... due. — i signed up for 18.701 because it was the right thing for me to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  wanted to share a PSA! Sorry I haven't blogged much over the last few weeks ... limited to) those listed on our enrichment opportunities page. One of these ... volunteer judges to review student projects. All students in grades 9

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  we should take out to dinner or where we should go out to eat? Mitra ... anything from smoking to AIDS. Sam recommends: Preetinder S. Virk ... . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  's collective Spotify wrapped. It's crazy to me how much Spotify has just ... . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  see, in my family of five, we all like apple juice so much that if we all drank as much as we wanted to, there wouldn’t be enough. The result ... Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  needs to talk. In stressful times, there are other resources at MIT. One ... than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... a world where they were the BEST and always got A's and never had to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT have a Financial Aid Calculator?

  We have two calculators. The MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six questions. For a more in-depth review, the Net Price Calculator will help you learn…
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  is always an element of chance to what does and does not go viral, I ... comfort for trans kids while giving them connection to a community that does ... , and economic forces that enabled these influencers’ rise to prominence

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  attempting to fall asleep, having heard stories of people doing this at times ... and I rolled out of bed and ran 3 miles and ate breakfast and walked to ... audition because I missed the actual auditions and trudged to the other side

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  . Not only does she love the riveting storylines and character development ... , and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie & ... touring to libraries and charity events and finally decided she was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  chance to walk through campus, down the infinite, with my 9-month old baby — and it all still felt like home.  Okay, all the places I loved to eat ... to peer into). But! I still have so many specific MIT memories I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  blind spots, we need to confront the problems and get to know them before ... need to be just as innovative in public policy, just as innovative in our ... he said was that he didn't deserve to be speaking up there. "Let

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test ... right from freshman year, I came up with a plan to help me to stay calm ... freshman year: "Considering my track record in math, I figured I'd need

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  community of caring adults to provide needed attention and to boost their self ... opportunity to just have fun. Students at MIT have launched Camp Kesem, or Camp ... expanded to 22 campuses in 14 states. Camp Kesem at MIT, founded by Caroline

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007