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• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  want to be happy Here's what I submitted in third grade. This one is in ... for the first time four years later to see Lucy Lawless in Grease. I ... story is to let your children play Sonic the Hedgehog 3 if you want them

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... and running to your 8.01 lecture. The smell of something cooking in the ... eating in my dorm, this usually is enough food to last a week. I typically

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  ="Information platform for organizations and programs in the MIT community"]MIT Engage ... , which is hype. The FLC is structured to provide experiences that are more ... 't have the chance to dance together anymore, but we still have a few things

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  after but not the in-between. It is, after all, easiest to picture the ...   Let's review a concept taught in the lowest levels of ... slide a book across a table, its displacement is equal to the distance it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  graduate. Turns out varsity fencing is THE BEST and I never want to leave so ... one for this year because most of the companies I want to work for ... projects is not the direction that I saw my life going in - I was sort of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  , for a Christmas special on how much it'd actually cost to buy all the ... thought so. (The other fun part is playing different beats in sync with 30 ... hours early to get ready, try out the acoustics in our new digs, and get

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  PROGRAMMING Topics: 6.00 is known as an introduction to Python, but the ... different number. 6.00 is the sum of 6.0001 (Introduction to Computer Science ... my learning. And, the most recent pset was about space cows—how cool is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  top students in the world. This goal is much more modest: Minerva is ... best students in the world. This is particularly relevant to Minerva ... ’t,” says Mr Nelson. ... The plan is for admission standards to be higher

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  've done in the last year. "As this year's applicant pool is shaping up to be ... from the same school? 2)Is it true that if I apply to MIT as a major in ... in directly to admissions; I most commonly see these without the forms

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  -favorite spot, from the years he spent in Japan to his arrival in Boston. There is ... out the beauty in her environment. Further, she is able to translate ... have left. Sophia has said most of what you need to know, so here is the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  of the time, which is what I did when I was most bitter. I have so much ... myself with the strongest support system I could ever imagine in order to ... 've used the blogs as a platform to talk about my weird, mixed feelings about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  campus to help with this, luxuriating in the joys of free Starlink wifi ... )"]finding the friends[/annotation]. What I’m more interested in is how that ... relevant definition is this: “the use of centralized planning in an attempt

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  little mustard in with the cheese. Now, my recipe called for nutmeg to be ... resolution to cook dinner every night? Well, I did it!* *Okay, I mostly did ... carbs after a tough run and I’m not in any mood to assemble it myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  campus as much as possible. You’re living in one of the most fascinating ... knowledge and ignorance. My theory is that, at MIT, especially in the first ... professor claims is right for the brain. Also, know when to stop studying. At

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  system. (I introduced this to you sometime in February.) Our effort is ... to "be mobile," in the sense of exchange of information in a mobile ... fares. (those red boxes show where on the platform the camera is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  eaten or lost to the tides of time. one item in particular stuck with me ... when the people i trust say that they believe in me, i owe to myself and ... i should buy a plastic wastebin to wash my bulky wool sweaters in. (i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  . It seems odd, reading that post, to do it again, and for much the same ... had on so many readers. However, as is always the case in web design ... on in admissions, and we never set aside the time, or the money, to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  the urgent desire to leave this place whenever possible is subject to ... . Timeliness and preparation are the keys to success said no one in my family ... It is standard practice to leave MIT as quickly as possible upon

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  skates. A career in skating is short-lived. I want to make the most of it ... . Each trip to the rink not only is a 25 min commute, but add in the cost ... and off the ice. I've even had the opportunity to perform in shows and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  --students narrow down their course selections to somewhere in the 4-7 range (usually ... -day schedules! The math department is located in Building 2. In my previous three ... offices were in building E17 (the "E" means "east"), which is incidentally

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016