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  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  story of how my door finally got painted! When I moved back into EC this ... knows how many times, and each one has a story, whether it's that of the current resident or someone from years ago. But when I moved into my room

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  into the 6-120 lecture hall, about half an hour before the start of the ... late to tackle that last pset problem or coming into lab at the end of a ... important items that engineers should add to their personal wish list. Now it

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  experiences you listed earlier fit into the list of qualities. If you decide not ... start of your sentence, paragraph, or essay and to put the more important ... ’re condensing four years into 250-word essays. To do that you have to understand

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  excerpts slides below) and breathing into a paper bag and drinking cup of tea ... . Then my internship was over. I scooped the contents of my desk into a ... of boxes on top of my chest of drawers, and two full suitcases + three

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  of Wyoming. I was thrilled to join the planning team and attend the ... institutions outside of their home state.  Planning the 5 stop college fair was a ... , Barnard, and Case Western, we dove into every detail together. From

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A World of Pure Curation an interview with holly h. 18'

  

  photographer, writer, fimographer, and visual artist. On top of that, she is also ... together? One multimedia experience that is both a deeper look into her ... for the month of February, was created and curated by her (with some art

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  . “Will you go back?” This moment is a snapshot of many conversations I ... challenge of obligation. I invited members of the EESA (Ethiopian ... office. Earlier that month, a slew of Ethiopian political prisoners

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  for some ASEs. Coming into MIT, I heard some strong words of caution ... share of problem sets: that’s a good deal. Also, I think it’s important ... considering the benefits. Coming into MIT, I knew that I wanted to ASE out of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  The dialogue in Friends is one of the most important elements of the ... usually choose to watch like The Bear or Black Mirror. Then out of the blue, 10+ weeks of non-stop assignments gave way to a week of utter

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  , and it’s important to understand the mechanics of the game you’ve just ... decide to put all your points into academics for example, all of your other ... for EXP and not having fun, you’ll miss out on a lot of important

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  's something to look into! I like playing a lot of different roles. Throughout my ... time even the amount of input. Thus, it's important to talk to PMs of a ... any resource limits we need to take into account? What kind of company

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  social implications of getting into colleges. It's such good news, you ... accused me of thinking I didn't have to try anymore since I'd gotten into ... the college I got into. It is none of your business." And then sometimes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  before its initiation into the polite society of established physics. Yet ... easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my daily agenda, or even sources of Vitamin C. To start with a simple example

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  showed me this song a week into the school year. it's one of my favorites ... music is really important to me. i swear to god, without Spotify, i ... playlists is one of my favorite things to do, so i decided to create a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  -A student. She walked into the class with a firm grasp of calculus concepts ... 'll close with this. The concept of an LΔ is really important for all college ... One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  me on matters of great importance, such as this. During one ... their lack of insight into the intricacies of the greatest sport of all ... tons of fluid mechanics here and am really getting into the idea of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  of coherence will certainly carry over into the creation of the College ... outside Kresge that was the venue of the College of Computing celebrations ... Criminal,” appeared on the windows of my usual second-floor study spot at the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  neighborhood world would coalesce into a patchwork of picnic blankets, char ... important to me than my studies. Is that enough to make an identity? A pile of ... The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  chair of floorpi for the next year, which feels like an important position ... coming so quickly. we've been planning for rush since the spring, of course ... administrative things and stuff. and there's a decent amount of that, like writing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  's choice that dives more deeply into some aspect of the social history of the ... with Ethan Zuckerman, the Director of the Center for Civic Media, cofounder of Global Voices and MediaCloud, and board member for Ushahidi and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015