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What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…
When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we wanted to be when we grew up. My classmates drew astronauts and firemen. I ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun -
Blog / Uncategorized
Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT
to Be True. It was meant to be a simple introductory post, and I suppose it was, but I also wanted it to act as an anchor. I told myself that ... throw down the anchor. I could revisit what I knew to be true. Looking -
Blog / Admissions
Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ
your alumni happy by admitting their kids, they might be more likely to ... rest of the students by allowing them to build great labs and dorms and ... privilege for the advantaged.” For you to receive legacy preference, it means -
Blog / MIT Life
An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.
Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I ... , otherwise it'd be pretty much impossible to adapt to film. Stylistically, it's pretty close to what I imagined the novel looking like. I'm not impressed -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.
Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this ... to be exact. Amal, the guy who organized the convention, was ... which enables women in poor communities to "get back the eight hours a -
Blog / Internships & Externships
From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience
knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... phases: Flying from Boston to London Taking the train from London to Bristol Taking an Uber from the station to the flat I’m staying in (I -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge
IAP I took the MIT EMS class to become a certified emergency medical ... members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... weeks of IAP was to take as many shifts as I could while a lot of people -
Blog / Admissions
“How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.
live are preparing to celebrate Marathon Monday tomorrow but for those of ... and this is our last chance to make certain that every detail is perfect ... the weekend it makes sense for me to offer some tips about how you can -
Blog / Academics & Research
In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!
great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school -
Blog / Admissions
How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking
homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... rudimentary to very advanced. It also provides data to the schools where the -
Blog / Athletics
[Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24
wrote a lovely blog post to document all the behind-the-scenes work that ... invite a student leader to help set the tone for the weekend and welcome everyone to campus. Andre H. '24 gave a great speech that was equal parts fun -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals
particularly friendly, or, to be completely honest, even as[annotation note ... my acapella group to serving as the president of a dorm, or the vice ... positions. I've always put my election to these roles up to a couple of very -
Blog / Announcements
Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors
enthusiastic amateur MIT historian — Danny B.D. ’15 directed me to the 1930-1931 MIT Bulletin, which instructs those who wish to petition for entry to the Institute to room 10-100.']for decades,[/annotation] constituted the -
Blog / Academics & Research
(An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.
of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice ... , and anxiety. Last year, I went to the career fair with the primary ... , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new -
Blog / Life after MIT
Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab
around the idea of an audio thing for awhile, and decided to give it a shot ... guestblogger. Kellen works with MIT students to run the @MITStudents accounts on ... @MITstudents as being complementary to the blogs: whereas we hire a few students -
Blog / MIT Life
“Why does my kid have to move again?”
Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... /visiting the dorms?" I found the official policy here. Students are allowed to -
Blog / Admissions
To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?
up running around madly and using the compass on my smartphone to ... different. When I graduated from college, it actually didn’t even occur to me ... related to diversity and inclusion, which had been long-time passions of -
Blog / Life after MIT
I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!
from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got ... deleted every piece of media I'd ever uploaded to the blogs. The big wheel ... -something MIT grad, y'all want to know about campus culture, dining, UROPS