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  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I ... week away (*cough* *cough*). And I waited! Then, the week of the deadline ... period of EXTREME STRESS, I finally submitted my application on Oct. 31

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on ... post as a reflection of how I regretfully spent some of my time during application season, and I aim to persuade some of you to handle it differently

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  and into the next year. I have a ton of plans to make sure you guys know ... more here. So, one of the classes that I feel I did really enjoy here was 5.111, fundamentals of chemical principles. I think the thing I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  fifth of my life so far, I have lived in Random Hall, MIT’s smallest and ... around the building to document what everyone was up to. One of my favorite ... so far.     By the time I took the pictures, that evening’s denizens of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  extraordinary of an appearance, seeing as I might’ve abused my powers as a blogger took advantage of another MIT-related communications outlet to tell you ... ’ve graduated, guys… Elizabeth, Course 20 class of 2013, lived in Simmons Hall

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  had my seventh day of school. In many ways, med school is like going back to high school - the days are much longer with an intense amount of ... MSSM Class of 2015, the age range is from 21 to 31, with the average age

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  shout out to both of you :D (kind of wish I could tag people.. argh ... Boston Logan. My arrival at Logan was welcomed with a myriad of texts from ... 's abundant supply of grease, memories definitely washed over me all around

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  (songs, for example, are the main element of a musical, or in the other ... interpretation of The Great Gatsby in which Gatsby is a seahorse when asked if ... about the common theme of games, dolls and playthings in his novel

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... members of the MIT Marching Band and MIT’s vocal groups. As it turns ... different kinds of music represented. The Chorallaries wow’d the crowd

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love ... deleting this dud of a post because I had left it unpublished for a month ... of a harsh coughing noise) and "kamber" is really just a weird nickname

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

    It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of ... rounds). If they lost this match, they would be out of the tournament and ... formed an unusally tight bond, joking around and making fun of their mentor

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  audience, all of us mentally picturing images of cute, fuzzy baby birds. So I ... visualization, oscilloscope showing the waveform of the music, and surveillance ... how.) Facebook I see that many of the '10s have set up their MIT email

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  high school, and I had lead roles in five of them. I made all-state choir ... 's show choir my junior year. I was captain of the largest color guard in the state of Ohio, and we went to the Macy's Parade my senior year. So

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  and see if I responded. Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can ... takes a semester off from teaching 5.03: Principles of Inorganic Chemistry ... term was not bad at all, but I still haven't achieved my MIT goal of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on ... got one of their top three choices). When you arrive on campus, a period ... or whatever your dorm of choice has. And then, after that, there

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  closely. of course, that was back when i was a prefrosh and didn't know him ... really got to know [annotation note="cj: the amount of times i am mentioned ... to learn that i had a lot of common interests with him, such as esp

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  Content Note: This post contains mentions of death, depression, and ... of MIT students this fall, the characters talk about two types of ... feel happiness or pleasure. It is described as a type of numbness, a numb

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  exercise! We lift, run, dance and generally touch grass. One feature of MIT ... lifted in (almost) all of them and chronicled/tier-listed them below for ... to take part. In addition to the confinement of hours like Gloria noted

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  'd be locked inside of my home (aah) i would've told you a year ago ... a waste of my time" or "Yeah I really should've gap yeared but oh well ... wasted, too. If you wake up in a house that’s full of smoke, Don’t panic

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is ... of tips for applicants based on interviews I have conducted. Remember

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014