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  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  most of the opportunities available to you there you will be at the best ... Last week I started working at the MIT Alumni Association. It was ... things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  so t-shirts (though most of them were at least three sizes too big for me because I apparently fail at pushing my way to the front of the line ... struggling under the sudden influx of CPW-related e-mails, and my willpower to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  see him in the "Valjeans of the World" medley at the end. It always ... second day of classes and I have now had every class in my schedule at ... Chef, originated the role of Jean Valjean in the Japanese production of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip ... . I feel like such a nerd for taking a picture of the engine, but it was very cool -- all of the boat engines were converted from used Honda car

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides grants of between $50 and $250 to pods and virtual groups for art supplies ... , pleasure, and community building," and anyone of any level could apply as

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  tip: don’t get sick while at MIT. So when my friend Roxana '09 suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... activities for the past two weeks have been working during the day, working at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  As per usual, CPW has again come and again, all of the prefrosh will be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with fire, run around campus at odd hours of the night, watch NextACT, and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  pervasive feeling at MIT of not having done enough — and still making a living ... MIT, surrounded by students with years of experience at X or Y and ... hard to feel like you’re making any progress at MIT. A lot of progress is

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... week has been a wild ride. To quantify it: Five hours of sleep per

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon as I stepped out of the cab, I could tell that everyone else felt the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... I made some of my best friends, and where I got to use a bit of my own creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... , it's convenient - and at MIT, everyone checks it. They don't call this the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for nothing, after all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  occasions I've made bad decisions solely of my own accord; at other times, it ... , I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project, and one revised essay) while still finding a decent amount of time for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  ? That's right -- the first completed folders of the year. The brown ... reading carefully every sheet of paper in your folder and summarizing the case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  have to say, this is one of the coolest drapes I saw at East Campus. Wow ... MIT Admissions webpage in hope of a new entry every hour. Anyways, since I basically spent most of my weekend with her, I figured that it

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  Things Work". This class starts at the level of MOSFETs (basic electronic ... I woke up this morning at 8:15, 45 minutes after my alarm was going to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  at the beginning of every game, but would use something called "Rooie ... ended up having boba and chilling. Saturday - 9/18 I got out of bed at 1 ... of at first but it was pretty good (I was still very much craving my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  stress of college applications and the stress of just being at school in ... , letting them know the good news. I got a lot of fake shit at school. A lot ... nearly cried with joy at the prospect of not having to go back to high

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  music and anime has been constant. I was shocked at how many of my posts ... month. My last year at MIT, I spent most of it ignoring school work and ... . Within three months, all of the confidence I had developed at MIT was

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  of the coffeehouse at one point, but his successor wanted to rename the ... of Car Talk (an NPR radio show about cars) spoke at their commencement ... Because my summer plans are about as fluid as one of those squishy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014