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  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  had someone from Random Hall along with him. We drilled both of them ... more than anything else. After discovering that Random hall had all of ... great school for math, one of the best." "Ok, I'll go there." *laughter

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  House, MacGregor, Random Hall, and East Campus. lots of former BC ... during the week of REX. i participated in it a bit, going from hall to hall ... wonders if people on my hall resent my lack of involvement, but i know that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  hall gets a single vote in HouseComm). Eventually, Conor '07 (of 2nd West ... , including a half-hour conversation with Jeff '06, President of Random Hall, at ... . Our housemasters of several years, Prof. Julian Wheatley and his wife

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  did more research on the University of Chicago. They are weird. Really ... accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me ... to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  Beginning Wednesday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... complete list of sessions, click here. You might be wondering, what happens

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  On Valentine's Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique ... into a lecture hall or classroom and serenade a lucky individual ... - offered these options: 1. Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder 2. Can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  't know any seniors. This year, however, I knew tons of seniors, so there were plenty of people I could root for as they walked down the aisle proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority ... residential summer program in the MIT Dept. of Electrical Engineering and ... three have extremely competitive admissions. If you are planning to apply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  , sitting on stage at Symphony Hall.” “Pops” is a portmanteau of “popular ... Encounters of the Third Kind, and Star Wars. * * * Symphony Hall is a lovely ... up at the back of the hall. After all the music was over and it was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  offer. And in the midst of all of that, take some time to get to know the ... hustle and bustle of the street had a certain magic to it. The cars were ... (earlier than me!). She stares outside of the window, amazed by the scene in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  's charge for the graduates, the receipt of the diploma—these are pomp. The ... the Department of Education. At the end of my gap year between high school and college, I wrote a blog post quoting the chorus of At Least It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  ) MIT diploma We began closed beta testing of the game to our Early ... admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  ). Also known as the father of inflationary universe theory and, apparently ... Universe - which is pretty mind-blowing, since we owe much of our theories on ... donned my most comfortable pair of sweatpants (Manchester United sweatpants

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  other highly selective schools. Each university's yield (the percentage of students who accept their offer of admission) is predicted to decrease ... . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  UniversityRed Line: Harvard10am and 2pm, Monday-Friday Tufts UniversityRed Line: Davis9am, 10:30am, 1:30pm, Monday-Friday Boston UniversityGreen Line ... UniversityGreen Line, E Train: Northeastern9am, 10am, 2pm, 3pm, Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  lecture hall Sleep before midnight on most days of the week Don’t lose ... University  Walk everywhere for a week instead of biking or using public ... pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  myself to you. The ghosts of Uncle Labs and Beatriz have haunted me all ... . In my bio, I mentioned that MIT wasn't on my radar when I was applying ... radar (or I've created the perfect search terms to draw you here or one of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  freshman but rather apply to the whole of MIT; freshmen are all undeclared ... about the admission of the 2010 class. Do I have to apply 5 years before I ... victims of natural disasters. I myself am from Naples Florida and just got

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  movies and collected lots of Marvel knick-knacks. When I applied to MIT, I ... on the lawn of McCormick Hall [*] saw Shang-Chi and the Legend of the ... went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  International University who was the head of a new VR lab there, telling us that ... Computer Graphics Research at University of Miami Learning from Sophomore ... : cover letter, resume, submit. We applied to a lot of things, but in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019