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  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  of the jokes and laughed at others. Still, only at MIT would nerdy ... been exposed to a capella, at least not outside of Pitch Perfect (and ... computing group, improving computing at MIT since 1969), ESP (creators of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  was a remarkably warm day today, with highs of 20 degrees. It was the ... feelings to process. But the weird part about all of this is that I feel very little, oddly enough. Sure, there’s that vague feeling of missing people

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  came over and looked at me inquisitively. i offered a weak smile. "i was ... little more talkative they'll wish me the best of luck at mit. it's a ... i've been thinking, recently: in times of need, who takes care of me

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  supplemental portfolios may feel especially useful. We offer portfolios of the ... Submit section at the end of each portfolio in SlideRoom. To request a fee ... the words of a wise colleague, “Don't throw spaghetti at the wall and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  usually use. So don't look at the rest of the entry if you're on a dialup ... first marathon of line-waiting occurred at the Uffizi Gallery in Italy. We ... it's the best-valued hostel that we stayed at in the course of our 10

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  of reasons. I wanted to get better at guitar and paint more, in ... for just the amount of opportunity given to me at MIT. So many of my ... streamers. Also hanging out with Ethan at TwitchCon. Three of my biggest

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  humanities at MIT were very much a thing, and Anne Hunter of course 6 fame, who ... was Good at Math and Got A’s in Math and I thought that was the kind of ... confusing. That’s something of paramount importance at MIT, where new and

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  assure me that all was well. At first I clearly didn’t know the meaning of ... fellowships, with families at home and a mindset of just getting through the ... if I were a baby; when I was ignored at grocery stores in favor of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  start off my first day of my sophomore year with 21G.703, Spanish 3, at 12 ... concept of "firefighting" within businesses, specifically looking at product ... because one of them is a 3 unit class, meaning it really doesn't take up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  Competition! MIT Technology Fair - a group of undergraduates dedicated to ... we are inviting YOU to be a part of it! THINK (Technology for Humanity ... and technology. We're offering amazing prizes - including a scholarship

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• 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 ... to one of these programs, don't procrastinate! MIT K-12 Educational

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

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I ... the end of the semester. All three groups had their end-of-semester concerts on the same weekend, which coincided with end-of-semester projects

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  Valencia, staying in a hotel at our final city of the trip, and so on. All in ... . Hostels, at least all the ones I stayed at, offered lockers that could only ... mushroom ragu and a glass of rose. At that waterside restaurant, I was the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  has been one of my most treasured experiences at MIT thus far, and I am ... translate to a variety of actual careers. I'd tried my hand at menial labor on ... offers in hand. Both were good. One would start with analysis of water

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  system, but doesn't offer any examples of the problems. At the end of the ... at the connotation of "creativity" from a new angle (in a sense, be ... writing about creative ideas, creative ways of looking at things, creative

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  arrived at the gate! a round of applause broke out since we were now sure ... euros worth of candy, and i intend for this to last me at least an entire ... because of the delays, i would have had to spend another night at the

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  wacky architecture, there's a large presence of dorm culture at MIT. In ... offered us an impromptu tour of Random Hall, which we gladly accepted. And ... befriended Aiden, who would eventually become one of my closest friends here at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  gatherings offer fantastic opportunities to meet some of your potential future ... admissions officers are celebrating the end of application season. Also, this ... incredible team of Educational Counselors and other great alumni to put

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  about the club and fashion at MIT. Looking through past issues of the ... ideas about developing community at Infinite.  Structure of board [Masha ... and in my [annotation note="of my beauty and, at times, self

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  applications. For the extra space provided at the end of the application (pt 2 ... poorly in classes, MIT can rescind your offer of admissions.(In fact, many ... Wow. You guys asked some hard questions! And a lot of them. No

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008