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• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  prospect. “Uuuuuuuuggghhhh!” I grunt out in frustration – I think of the ... right now. Hopefully you got something out of it. Can't wait to see you in ... homework I could have finished in that hour, but I quickly realize how much

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  weld. I can set up in minutes now, steady and sure. Many more projects ... in and weld your seat tube. This would be very simple had I in fact ... is bad). So I came in to D-Lab and did a lot of practice welds, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  much better. (In fact, I liked the idea so much that I ordered a custom ... would use the MBTA). You can also check out the bigger project, dubbed The ... -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the ... , and otherwise fulfill me. So far, I've met a *ton* of companies. I can ... polished in interviews, now that I've experienced enough of them to have an

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• 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 ... that when I look at it, I can find some form of enjoyment in the visual experience, and I can find colorful peace in the few stolen moments I have with

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

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  professor a couple weeks in advance to be like, "hey dude, i don't think i can ... precocious freshmen in the mix, and it's not like i'm out of place as a junior ... figs I couldn't quite make out. I saw myself sitting in the crotch of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  happened to play out. I was sitting in my Algebra class, I was really bored ... in between Algebra and Calculus. I can’t tell you how I came up with ... desires. In middle school, I was quiet, and I would just observe how people

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  friends again, I can't help but reconsider anime's presence in my life. It ... ="a volleyball anime lol i'm not even interested in sports ... damn hilarious. like, who am I??? Even in the months leading up to the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  and you can hit up multiple parties in a night, but i chose to stay at ... wonderful—we hiked, walked around the town, and hung out in our super nice ... fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  checking out, if I don’t say so myself. I will point out that the podcast episode that I appear in is #297, so there are many, many other great ... I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in ... can say is that there's a lot in the environment, the way that I grew up ... burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  me. But although I can't remember where I found the numbers, this is ... thing. I highly suggest it!) So does this mean that you can pour all of ... community college) and get good grades in them. And, of course, you can get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  has a good penguin department and idk maybe I’ll major in that not ... should I go in the quirky direction? unclear but you would not believe ... need to get in? Because I only got a 1590.” How do you plan on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  idea of section Three?" you can reply with "I intended for the ... , eloquence, and soliloquy. If you're more daring than I was, you can even say ... in the things that you know are correct?" I asked. He nodded. "But you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  So, hey. I'm Jude - I was hired as a blogger in fall 2017, fell off ... a year, and I've been living in comfortable silence for almost all of ... majoring in anthropology and computer science (spicy combination, I know! ask

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... Spencer '07 in a 654-seat theater. That's a lot of seats. Now, I have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  on out, i think the default 'wryping' style i write in moving forwards ... calculated, slower, reasoning System 2. I feel when I type in this kind of ... backspace quite frequently in search of better grammatical phrasing. I do

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  wake; these dreams are buried in your REM cycles, the few that you can ... idk man it was a strange day. haven't written horror in a sec. also ... morning pale and grey. There are jobs that need doing in the basement by the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  until I was old enough to have my own stereo system, I jammed out with her ... So one of the best aspects of being in Boston for the summer is all of the free cultural events that you can avail yourself of. One of the

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  there or what it took to get in. As I started to fill out applications, I ... So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have ... intention of this article. Instead, hopefully, I can be the umpteenth person

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008