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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  't know what to put that day, but I was surprised by how much personality ... much they wanted to share the books they enjoyed. "YES The Stormlight ... commit to building the maze from the start and the end, but the overall

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  the vast majority of our applicant pool. We need to capture as much ... step to "solving the puzzle" is connecting the corners and the outside border. Once the puzzle is framed, the remaining pieces are easier to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ring and bright black and pink hair. i'm applying EA to MIT and i was ... process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As ... and the application readers to be careful not to fall into trap of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  gotten into my room and created a shrine to him, including hanging a 4'x4 ... art in my dorm, East Campus. According to the MIT Mind and Hand Book ... individuality and how you choose to represent yourself, and your door is perhaps

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off ... belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has ... game to be tested on. Luckily, that week prior and weekend, I spent a

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  decision? Does this student have the emotional and social maturity to be a ... from a distance and try not to be obtrusive." [MIT junior Drew] Reese ... -dancing club. And this past spring, if you happened to wander past a classroom

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  talked about the the power of technology and data science to bring change ... witness to human rights abuses and give voice to people who have ... data and technology to change it? "If we're not managing our bias, then

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  with anticipation, with constructive interference and radiant energy and ... was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably ... ordered pizza and didn't really want it to go to waste, so we postponed that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  competitive applicants will provide one from a math/science teacher, and one ... profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... section of your application. We will also accept letters and materials
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  's really not much else to say about that. Incidentally, are there some ... -in, so I had to go to regular check-in and there was a really long line ... problem, got to my gate and they were still boarding - WIN. Then they asked

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  has been much easier to take Harvard classes in the Spring term, when MIT's schedule and Harvard's schedule are pretty much the same (MIT and ... between MIT and Harvard, as Harvard is contemplating moving to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  talking to people outside of the MIT bubble. Basia and I once had lunch at ... where the boat leaves and returns to. And the MIT Ethiopian ... enjoy meeting people from other schools and getting to know them. At MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that there are dues to be paid, you must accumulate a certain number and type ... to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  . and no matter how much people try to reassure me that being at mit is ... midwestern genes. and it's really cool to look at a basket of fruit and be like ... describe my courseload to people their eyes kind of widen and they're like

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  which I cheered and Sam trumpeted -- and, due to a malicious ball of ... it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet ... . And we, the MIT students, get to show off our lives to a willing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach ... worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  years old, and not only do I have to call my mom every day, I pretty much ... time awesome to think that I'm actually growing up and doing my own ... had to work, I walked to and from school most days. I kind of cry a tear

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  , which is even later than MIT - Friday, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM - and so while ... to take a step back and look at my choices and think, "well planned ... 've been itching to write about over the past two years, and have never

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  indeed fun, you just need to show why - and be convincing. Does that make ... the Summer Science Program, 2005, USA. And was the only student ever to ... basis and I do it because it is an absolute blast. Without going too much

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  there. But I don't have to live there. And even if I would have drawn it ... housing once I had discovered that the interior gives me THE SHIVERS. And ... DID YOU KNOW? According to Wikipedia, "An article from The Onion

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006