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  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  learn how to face them. And you have to have fun in life. The fun is what ... ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to ... ….why did I come here? 1. tO eXplOrE It is often said that “college is the

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  that most of the freshmen who are placed in Maseeh end up moving out, I ... hallways. In an effort to spice up the recurring blandness of Maseeh’s white ... half of the art had already been retrieved by the time I popped in to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  :       Don't refer to yourself in the 3rd person. It ... the author how he's enjoying his PG year.) There is no reason to use ... fights with the Admissions staff. You want us to remember you in good ways

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  perspective. The bar here is so much higher than back in high school. The other ... floundering in the amount of work you have to do The word itself comes from the ... , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  that’s been on my mind the most lately is the pandemic — after getting ... is productive at all — i used to think the pain from regrets like these ... ; the most common complaint is something along the lines of “can you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... interscholastically forces me to stay healthy. Another benefit to competing is the sense ... member of a team in college is of real importance to me. Is it to you?

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  corresponds to what its function in the circuit is. The battery is energetic ... Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists ... presentation so we decided to chill before the show started. This is when the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  check if Lupe was in his office. I went to the fourth floor of building 14 ... wrong to think of fellow humans as NPCs, but perhaps the most obvious of ... had visited his office. That was our cue to leave. In the elevator

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  't really like home that much I decided to stay at my boyfriend's home in DE ... entire week free from classes! Back in high school spring break was in the middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a ... UROP. I work in the BioInstrumentation Lab and I’m trying to write up the ... gives us the opportunity to meet alumni who have established careers in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  from Indiana - most of the callers wanted to talk to admitted students ... , it was pretty much anyone's guess as to how the conversation would go ... you decide to come here next year: most of the events at MIT have free

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  march is a rough month. you are lost, not only in a pile of things to ... 't really seem to get rid of. it gets in the way of your coherent thoughts and ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA in your head. this is fear. a close cousin to anxiety, but not

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  ] but it's a huge leap. In fact, it is one of the largest leaps in math ... students are vaguely expected to understand by this point can be used in much ... particular, this is given by the Euclidean distance from a point a to the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  a unique name.) My influence is most clearly seen in the acceleration ... . This is sort of weird because...well, I don't have much interest in going ... poor people in Africa, it's not like being published is really in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  are buzzing... the semester seems to be in full swing. This semester is ... to the department you're interested in to see what programs you will ... couple courses in the department, I determined that this was not the career

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  I went to a lot of classes in the first week of the fall semester. According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... class last year before dropping it. It is pretty much the same as what I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  't know what the most parsimonious common denominator is yet. So, just to ... suggestions as to the application process? How was it when you applied? How is ... . I was pretty much the anti-model applicant (my story is here, if you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  Cafe is the best place in town for soup dumplings (very, very yummy ... ). After dinner, it was over to the Boston Common Theater, Boston's largest (and most expensive) movie theater. When I walked in, I saw a big crowd

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

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

  

  responded with much glee, mostly because I wanted to use a cheesy pun (double ... which list, then: focus your application on the things that matter most to ... , pumpkin drop (pumpkins falling from the tallest building in Cambridge

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  detail to the most minute. Nothing is too ridiculous to be included on ... questions! I'm happy to do answer questions, and most of the bloggers are on ... Keuhne: "[In many ways, picking a college is a lot like marriage: the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006