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  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  let me take the rest of his advice to heart because there is so much ... , that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can ... brought to you. And then last thing, and this is the thing that's the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is ... update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the ... role and responsibilities in the office. This is a problem, but unlike

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... personally think it's one of the most beautiful pictures ever taken in ... ). "Is in the habitable zone" is a very different thing from "habitable

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  dining hall three times in the past two years, instead favoring to use the ... creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry ... menu (or at least a food item to be used in the dinner), and people sign

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  , Drive-Ins, and Dives (which is one of the few things we disagree on - I ... encounter pretty much made the kid's life. Here is Uncle Q, Tim, and Ry. d ... . g) Then we drove to Provincetown, which is at the very far tip of Cape

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  , most of the times they were sold out in the store. I'm not sure where to ... nearest Trader Joe's to campus is a quick six minute ride on the MIT Shuttle ... up buying the spicy version because I prefer having a bit of a kick in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  much vulnerability, even if it is the social norm. And my job in a ... education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want ... occurs, then I am officially engaged in the conversation. We don’t need to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  leaving in the past. Honorable mentions included missing having access to ... in a tea shop with a friend. the low barrier of entry to try new ... in the end to try new things, but I wish I appreciated more the sheer

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  sides to it: the metal side and the wood side. This is the wood side. In ... spending so much time on it, I decided to turn it into a UROP under the ... hoping to make an update for my work in April at the end of the week

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... '16, to sustain high school students through the application process

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  ... although I don't know how much he'll be able to say -- he is funded by the ... 's all year and still happily gone off to graduate school in the fall. At ... course of a day. There are a lot of benches in most of the main hallways

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  nearest Target is quite far, and the MIT Coop is not the go-to store for ... winter gear, unless you don’t plan to visit home in the winter. These take ... sockets appear in the oddest places. -- a Twin XL sheet set, a towel, and a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  where I’m living now. My answer is always the same. I’ve lived in the same ... the grand scheme of things, it felt odd to see a couple that had met ... water over our heads. Now, in the past year, at least a dozen engagement

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  beginning. the problem is that there are finals and final projects, and most classes will have one or the other, so everyone is busy in some way. on the ... people standing in front of the cashier, waiting to just tap anyone in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  ="aligncenter" width="750"] Poisson image editing — it's hard to tell but the "WOW" is in ... normally take much longer to replicate manually in Photoshop. [caption id ... -D cameras to locate where the cups are in the environment, and the grasp- and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  class that I somewhat have to take. It is only offered in the fall and is ... theory of computation before and pretty much everything is new to me so the ... the class I liked the least but mostly because I wanted to take all of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  really connected with in Theta. They were some of the most kind and down to ... to. Going in on the first day, I had absolutely no expectations. In my ... mysterious package in the mail that turned out to be a steamed bao ambient

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment ... to learn that it also existed in the US. None of the MIT dining halls ... to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard ... days, Geeta Dayal, is also a writer, but for periodicals. She most ... shutting off a whole line of non-technical careers. The fact is, though, that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a ... , I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013