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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning MIT application essay. I figure it's getting to be around crunch time for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... chip. My project was to find out how to remove those wires from the chip and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  to give her addiction to "papas adobadas," a kind of mexican hot Lays ... ! Another factor I'll have to consider when selecting a class is whether they allow me to take photographs. I should ask my classmates sign photo

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  Columbus Zoo. I managed to make my annual trip to the zoo last summer, but ... withheld dinner from me until I agreed to go to the movies. Being wily and sly, I managed to both pick the restaurant (California Pizza Kitchen

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  , this is my dream. I watched the first To All The Boys I've Loved Before ... Committee has access to resources like this. The moment I finished up the blogger meeting I ran to Lobby 7 to meet with Emma so we could take a Lyft

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  Answer to the subtext: Meta-phor! Also, a clue to the answer to the ... from high school are starting to come back to Boston for the summer, and ... proof that a post could be hazardous to your mental health. If you walk

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  adulting-oriented questions, because that's what I expected to learn, coming into the internship. But one thing I didn't expect to learn much about ... a software engineering internship to learn software engineering? Well

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  disorder awareness week, so I wanted to take some time to share my story. Before I start I want to thank Cami Meija for hosting my guest post! This ... chance to share my personal experiences. Trigger warning: discussion of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  : [annotation note="Intro to Videogame Critique"]CMS.300,[/annotation] [annotation ... three final projects to do. I had a pretty intense week. I think this is ... didn't mind the work too much. It was really fun to put my all into my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  courage to ask the question in the first place, I was already predicting ... nowadays. I will be the first to admit that I'm very vocal. And also very blunt. I'm not afraid to call it as it is, and I'm usually the first to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  blogs for many years might remember that i've been writing love poems to ... this style. i like to think that i was their inspiration :,) i'm not ... 's because i've started experiencing choice paralysis with what music i want to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  working closely with MIT Admissions to help organize CP*, MIT's virtual take ... this? During this time, I've been able to talk and spend a lot of time ... admissions team that I was trustworthy enough to a) run my own CP* events b

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  Shape program. As a student—at MIT or anywhere else—it can be easy to lose ... the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. Leader ... shoulders. It asks you to look into yourself and think deeply about who you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  INTRO First things first, I have to post this, as promised in an ... it took just as long as anything else takes because there's no way to ... when I started, and I get to look back at all I've done. Not gonna lie

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... it's rare to find any real gems there. when i was a kid, i had a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... 2023 to sneak up so quickly, and I opened my planner last Wednesday to ... 've never truly made New Years resolutions with a strong commitment to them

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  first steps on a 63-mile walk from Maine to Next House, an Odyssey which ... 's alright now, fortunately."]we lost Jonathan at mile 32 to some hip flexor ... and up the sides of roads, through the heat of the mid-afternoon to the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would ... : palm trees, iguanas, piña coladas. To me, they were nothing but pathetic ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  each wing has multiple lounges, where people come to hang out and study.  compared to last year, I now live closer to our main wing lounge so I spent a ... . we eliminated a [annotation note="Alan Z. ’23, Jonathan H. ’25 and I decided to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  to just die and donate all of that." I then asked my brother the same ... May, Olivia Rodrigo came to Boston on her sour tour. The online ... was alight with chatter: it was obviously going to be a vicious battle

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022