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  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  a place a great place, MIT checks off a lot of those boxes. With that said, a place being objectively great, doesn’t make it the best place for ... is a great place to go to school, but I also recognize that it’s not a

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  program." Why would MIT do this? And isn't there a big risk? The curator of ... May. What a way to decorate your room! Whoever said MIT students don't ... Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  ;*#!$ with your head. Anyway, I don't really have time for a whole entry, but ... . Several times lately I've found myself saying, "So a couple of weeks ago ... length of the dorm with a bag of dirty clothes because I completely walked

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... . You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the opportunities that await you. I need you to think a little more about the "no

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  that entails? Coming to MIT, I didn’t really know the answers to the questions above. I would get excited by a scientific breakthrough featured on the news, but I didn’t really understand that there was a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  with a friend, so I don’t feel alone. [caption id="attachment_96980 ... . When I entered MIT, I had a different name and went by different pronouns ... ….why did I come here? 1. tO eXplOrE It is often said that “college is the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  classes, but it doesn't become real until after the first midterms. I have ... Did It! a delightful new album by a band called Bugs Frogs & Snakes ... the pilot knows they did a good job. Otherwise how would they know, you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  there? You don't need to be doubting yourself as you enter finals or a ... 4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  the humanities or the fine arts. Well, I don't know about No One, maybe he doesn't like the arts - but the truth of the matter is that MIT students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  pencil, and a few loose pens and pencils that only see the light of day ... notes I take in a typical week of classes.  2.086- Numerical Computation ... and Wednesday, and meets for a two hour lab every week. While the lab

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  from Princeton, a business degree from the MIT Sloan School, and an M ... Institute community must do to forge a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive ... histories. And, we commit to using the challenge of our past to inform a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... like I could have found a cure to cancer, ignorance, AIDS, made an ... , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  was terrifying. Now I know the T is a great luxury that provides a ... being from a small-town or rural community.   As part of our commitment to ... College Network, 32 institutions across the country, including MIT (a

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  take care to pick a user name that won't embarrass you. This is also a ... Hello from Georgia! We had a fantastic meeting last night in Atlanta ... , Alabama. If you came to one of these meetings, I hope you'll leave a comment

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  year I didn’t fully since I cook for myself with my dorm mates and it ... water for a whole night, and then she would prepare the soymilk machine in ... plain, poured hot from a pitcher into a small ceramic bowl. My brother

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  if you do have a spelling error? It's certainly not fatal, but it ... enrollment") Both of these examples, of course, don't get caught by spell check, since both discreet and duel are actual words. So don't just rely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  you haven't taken a literature class at MIT (which I haven't), you ... the Stata Center. "The Student Mural Project is a competition open to ... -dimensional creations. The winning design, chosen by a jury selected from the Stata Center

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don't ... Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... Louisiana. Some of you may be willing/able to attend a different meeting; if

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  library science had a great hook. I don't remember Susan's exact words, but ... not want such a student at their school. But then I suppose Nigel wouldn't ... -and-ink self come alive. Don't just say, "I used to work on an assembly line in a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  a positive feedback loop that generates entertainment. While I don't ... entertained. This can be an unproductive quality while alone; I have a terrible ... granted by the structure of a shoestring's weave, internal discussions on

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012