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• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  stereotypes of certain communities that harmed a lot of people in the process ... smart. I think a lot of people coming into me identify themselves by being ... Now that the class of 2025 has arrived, they are, expectedly, chock

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  I’ll figure it out. About how the job interview process, and all of ... career, cc-by-nc 2.5[/caption] The concept of doing something I want is ... about being approved by others, I used to put a lot of weight on having a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  students about MIT. The goal of these presentations is to demystify the Institute and our admissions process, particularly for those far ... about my journey, and I thought I'd share some of them with you all to see

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  only one TA there, and lots of people who needed help, so it took ages ... hours later I was less optimistic. Also, I was tired of staring at the computer screen and having no breaks except a couple of trips to the bathroom

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  'm exploring the role of a bacterial communication system called quorum sensing ... according to the concentration of those molecules. Right now, I'm trying to ... sequences of certain enzymes that produce QS molecules are. I text my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  This semester I’m taking Intro to Photography. For the first half of ... , shaking, and sifting, not thinking much at all except keeping track of how ... there was a preview button. For all the inconveniences of the analog

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  advice and thoughts about the application process more about some of my ... as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ways of decompressing - imposing order on chaos, as it were. So I figured

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large population out there of parents who are readers of the blog. While most of those who leave comments are applicants, I would love to hear from some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  idea and end at a result, and be a part of that process. That feeling is ... During my hiatus, I spent a lot of time working and [annotation note ... tips of my fingers soldering, sliced the tip of another with a box cutter

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  take a lot of mental energy! In my experience, the formula of carb ... spring of my high school senior year, I decided that I was done with school ... being. A big part of this was learning how to cook and bake. I tried a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  Riddle! Don, tell them what they've won. Wow! I am impressed by how many of you met the challenge. Initially we had planned to only award one winner, but by the list you can see we are feeling the holiday cheer! The

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  taxes, or save part of your paycheck for the government overlords. In New Zealand, this happened as well; they took away roughly 30% of my paycheck ... to doing it. The entire process took less than fifteen minutes. And it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  link here. (Very) rough counts of windows by dorm (all counted by hand by the wonderful creators of this game 🥲): Random Hall: 96 windows ... the same dorm touch, they merge into one! Note: The order of dorms

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  -campus grocery store.[annotation note="The earliest mention of LaVerde's I could ... . Maybe it's existed since the beginning of time."][/annotation] Sadly, in the winter of my sophomore year, LaVerde's permanently closed its doors

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  (Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings) that morning. After the review I had but ... mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It ... , a land of glue, x-acto knives, mounds of paper, pencil and pens

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  on one of the New Year's party hats that were decorated by the 6-year ... without abiding by the number one rule of silly string, which is: SHAKE WELL ... 's like impossible to think of some clever 4 word phrase to encapsulate your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  gain a deeper understanding of rap, students engage in the full process ... is my favorite time of the year! I love registering for classes because ... , with 21 (12 from 614 and 9 from UAT) of those already allocated, so that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  ="as you may have gathered by the use of past tense so far"] And yet ... process of starting a math club, I’m blogging, I’m talking with professors ... is a somewhat privileged position to be in (and given some of those

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  . writing is an intimidating process for me, i subconsciously put a lot of ... but not feeling particularly inspired by any of the ones on my to ... i’ve been in a perpetual state of writer's block recently (i.e. the

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  method of keeping up with Chinese is by chatting with my students, friends ... I met Will and Kristina in very different parts of campus. I was psetting at Next House during spring semester of freshman year when Will

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013