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  slow burn you and the void

  

  morning pale and grey. There are jobs that need doing in the basement by the ... foul chemicals you do not know the name of. They make the metal that you ... ball shatter. To remove the fear of messing up. You could crush that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  research, at least in biology, is driven by questions of cause and effect. If ... for the fall, here are some interesting ones taught by some of my ... mRNA modifications in yeast. Science has been a major part of my life

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  this fine afternoon, heading to the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment offices, when I was accosted by a man in a bicycle taxi. MAN: "Hey ... going to the end of this block." MAN: "It's actually free!" ME: "No

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at ... things to love about the MIT student community, and one of them is that we ... tutoring services (see #2 in that post – yes, I’m that Elizabeth), or any of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision letters on Friday, March 11, 2005 by regular mail. We know how nerve ... your letter by March 18, please give us a call. Right now, the decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

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

  

  ! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears ... College, and then home safe by the gentle hour of 6:30AM. All this, dear ... would also like to add to that list of "rest of the night" activities by

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

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  " and the second, "The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans" (ranked by INC ... class. Beyond the technical process of writing up executive summaries and ... IAP has been a time of very... well, different learning than I had

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  walked through the front entrance of the Shoqan School and was serenaded by ... ="I think this last tradition was created by the students out of a place of ... . The last week of GTL was the best by far. Although I got sick

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  tw: slight nsfw language and talk of objectification and ... of three girls I hung out with a lot and I felt like I understood them ... inevitably fell out and started on our different paths. In my freshman year of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  stopped by a week of Cascade (ESP’s Spring Program) and came to meetings ... gingerbread house in the lobby of Wentworth by the Sea. -I tried a bunch of new ... note="until AC came in and confused the shit out of me"]coolest thing

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  , and a wide collection of John Deere memorabilia. Stop by if you're ever ... through Seoul, and I'm holding it. This is not because of lack of access - I ... decrease the suspicion of the two other people in the emergency exit row with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  of the amount of material that will be sent, admitted students should ... Times story). A Pell Grant is a need-based scholarship provided by the federal government to support education in low-income families. I'm proud of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  it. This summer felt like a waste of my energy and my time, but I do ... , "What is the place you've worked at that you're most proud of?" My heart swelled as I talked about MIT, and MIT Admissions, and Petey, and all of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  acceptable option. “Why must our academic future be determined by a series of ... ’s sparkle with a curtain of grey. The life of the Frosh shifts. Dulled is the thrill of the first impossible PSet. On sleepy breakfast runs, the Dome is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  process so that everyone working on the book, including myself, was aware of ... each night in the final months of production. For me, the design process ... 's book, but of course if you want to find out you'll have to stop by our

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  around campus mid-afternoon today. I went by some of my favorite spots, the ... by Building 66 (where I spent much of my undergraduate life). I like ... holidays as it brings back wonderful memories of times gone by. So why do

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  . All of this is a standard part of the admissions process. We colleges ... I know that students on the waitlist have lots of questions ... aiming for a class of about 1130 students this year. Based on our estimates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  feeling of empowerment - we can do what we want - tempered by the feeling of ... “intense” dorm of people with no shoes and dyed hair. But, not everyone who ... ’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  using much energy at all. And by locking their wings, they can rest and ... [HEY! NOTE: If you are looking for the real, scientific reason of how ... ’s a full semester’s worth of cool things, none of which are particularly

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  "]No,[/annotation] but I present to you the brief evolution of my dorm room.    Freshman ... under my bed. I spent at least a third of my nights sleeping on it instead of my bed.  I have scoured thousands of my pictures trying to find a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022