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• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  helping students transition in and out of the dorm and navigating student concern during the renewal process. Being a member of this team was ... If you've read any of my other posts, you probably know how much I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  -and-the-firehose-oh-havent-you-missed-me-dearly kind of back-to-school welcome. Before having much time to recharge from ... -- after our family friends from Australia moved out of California. They are the sweetest! Reaching the summit of a 11k foot mountain, Mount Baldy

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done ... bike.) To those of you who are still working on apps, I thought I'd offer a bit of unsolicited advice (but puh-leeze, you know you want it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  were admitted or not by the size of the envelope...the bigger the ... to get on with the process of deciding among the schools that have ... major reunion and I've been spending much of the time recently, when I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  Political Process. Seriously though, it's really fun to take some of your own ... wide range of highly interesting people stop by for you to conversate ... spot of all time, but I did lift the title of an obscure yet underrated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  Lots of students make money during term by working in their UROPs ... are lots of other jobs out there, some of which are barely technical at all. You can browse some of them here, on the financial aid website

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  and eventual death by overdose. it’s probably one of the saddest things ... possibilities of early death as different ways by which your life can be derailed ... tw: mentions of substance abuse, various diseases, death i have been

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  the program. The Application Process I had heard of the program from my ... general. I slowly got into the groove of labs by the second or third week ... success by tangible achievements and I forget the whole point of my being

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  very cute collection of paintings completed this semester (Spring ‘20) by 20 different people! The ones at the bottom are by the daughters of the ... .prod[/caption]   The Persistence of Burton Third, by Heather Nelson '20  

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  grades. But you DO have to submit it, regardless of if you have updates or not. Access it through your MyMIT and submit it by Feb. 15! Now, if you ... get. I won’t have new grades by Feb. 15. What do I do?? Ya still gotta

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  care of a virtual pet! My Tamagotchi, fondly named Tamako, was like the fetus version of a full-fledged Tamagotchi—it was capable of walking ... electronics to the point of designing them, and that had been something I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  it [annotation note="inspired by the prospect of some contest deadline ... guilty about it. I think I wrote a grand total of two blogs this past semester, maybe three, which for me is probably an all-time low. Of course

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  numerically by course (in the School of Science, it went 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 18 ... Summertime, and the livin' is easy... and there are tons of awesome ... premieres of The 4400 and Hell's Kitchen, both of which we watched religiously

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  whittled down by 90%, a new class decided, and now all sorts of changes are ... HORRIBLE! You probably just lounged around and laughed at all of us!" While I ... Facebook groups, watching the entire process play out. I've been chatting

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  , he shares a lot of wisdom about MIT. One of his posts which I read on the Class of 2015 Facebook Group and liked very much is called Learning ... , the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  Before we get to scenes from the MIT Class of 2012 Movie Night, I'll share a few of my thoughts and observations after having seen 21 this weekend (now the #1 movie in the country): Lots of folks have been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Even as I write this I am en-route from the border town of El Paso ... Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I ... ) "Dry heat" huh... You know what? 99 degrees is 99 degrees. End of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or ... process is outlined here.
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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  6.UAT by Professor Joel Schindall, co-director of GEL. 6.UAT is course ... and emotional selection process, hired, from among 62 applicants ... . Reading your applications was a huge joy to all of us, and the final

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  have never failed do not understand the process of getting up. On a ... honeymoon is over and you find out that it is a lot of work. The work is manageable, but only if you are not in 10 other activities outside of classes

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012