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  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  each question, including stories and examples where possible. It’s okay ... include stories, dialogue, and descriptions, and to use more specific ... short sentence at the end of an essay or story to maximize its impact

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  room to my right swayed with me, and so did the world four stories down ... plushies in my sleep. By the time I scan the alleyway four stories down and ... the situation all wrong. I tried to make a second story by lofting a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  away by their maturity and their stories. They’re the best kids ever < ... Jenn Lai ‘11– an MIT alum and a Rhodes Scholar. This is her story with cancer-- ~*~ I’ve always been fascinated by personal stories. Everyone

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  justifications. Let me tell you a story of two Bs. 8.02 8.02 was a second semester ... the extra three points I needed for an A! Moral of the story? Don ... jeeeeeeeeeeez, if his horror stories didn't give me misgivings about taking 5

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  next four years at MIT. This is a safe place where everyone has a story ... a persona and tell the story of that "person." Even then, though, they ... , I tend to listen to other people's stories so that I can try to tease

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  not a story about failure. I did learn a lesson or two from it, but it is not the story of this blogpost. The story of this blogpost can be

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  is an intimate extension of yourself - your life story presented to the ... need to tell your story, because who knows yourself better than ... have ideas - then let them flow forth. Tell a story about your first love

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  successfully retrieved, will lead to the sort of stories that you will someday ... numerous, results were none. Anyway, the story of the sofa that now graces ... . However, this story does not involve Reuse and doesn't really belong here. I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  the story is - Introduction to Art History (4.601) is this wonderful class that I discovered by chance this year. The actual story is kind of ... these stories and anecdotes that she was telling me about the class. So it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  . Eventually we got back to MIT, settled in, and told everybody our story. Well, it turns out, more people know our story now, because when I checked ... on a family friendly website! So that's my story. Check out Imrov

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  gingerbread house story. The sad thing? I most likely would have done the exact ... ... Shannon. That is one of the greatest stories ever. =) Jessica: That is an awesome story! haha I love the picture. I applied to MIT regular decision

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  I’m coming back to cross stitch on campus again It's been three years, but I'm back!

  

  before my freshman year) but I'm friendly and like to chat and tell stories

  • by Snively '11
  • April 3, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Crusty White Dogs Appreciation Post 💕 🐕 💕 🐕💕

  

  there's, but it is still amazing. Yeah. That's the moral of this story

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 18, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i am taking in spring 26 because i'm stuck at the airport right now. NOT ranked in terms of edibility (sorry)

  

  stories are also engaging, and given current events, we place the stories through a particularly critical lens and understand how these stories shape ... great big bowl of cherries to our last class because we read a short story

  • by Janet G. '27
  • February 8, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  your applications. Thank you for sharing your story with us.  Again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  college students to tell a story so vividly and intensely? It was about more ... flips the story on its head in a totally unexpected, fucked-up manner. But musicals with conventional story structures have made me cry, too. Is it a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  former bloggers, queuing their posts, and absorbing their stories, I got

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  scurried back into the warmth of the dorm. But of course, the story doesn

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  probably took a year off our lives — story for another time?— it gave us time

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  to my bank of stories: writing together with these awesome bloggers. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024