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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  philosophical raconteurs, but most importantly my role models. Through a series of ... back of my mind whenever I went off campus that I might run into the ... . And most importantly, she is all of that in her own unparalleled way

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is transformed into a mix of adventures, innovation, and learning.  I am spending ... lotteries last year, so I didn't get into most of the classes I wanted and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  ’ll just slide in three more bits of important information. first important ... and a bunch of youtubers made up these storylines that they act out through Minecraft WAIT IS THIS is this part of the…omg...im supposed to give

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  differential equations and op amp PSETs, I’ve learned how to take care of myself ... high school was competitive to the point of being toxic, and that it’s important to pick the people that you hang around with wisely ( I have now

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible ... handle. Before I launch into my rationale, I think it is important to note ... from the conventional path of telling you what options are available to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  finding any of them. I wish I were five years old again and climbing into ... a lack of self-importance (one must wonder how I am from there, too ... was floating, ruminating on a series of fairly disjoint memories. It was

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  grew older. Once the initial euphoria of getting into college wore off ... me the importance of consistent work. The same way that speaking to ... , I stared blankly at a wall whenever I was hit with a wave of sadness

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American ... imagined college in high school, I imagined being in one of these huge halls

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  curiosity got the best of us. On one sweltering day, my oldest brother and I ... puzzles / a morning tendency Solving puzzles like these is one of the few ... different. There’s so many types of puzzles, ranging in shape, color, and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  figure we can each only type fast enough to catch half of what he says, so between our two entries you'll get either ALL of what he says or half of ... here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  about the importance of having a diverse range of backgrounds on a team. There were a handful of other benefits of being too: CPT is built into ... areas of study, I gained insight into how they relate. Figuring out how

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  I would not lose the important parts of myself to MIT, not all of them ... important characters died. In middle school I fell into a strange and very ... series that made Neil Gaiman into Neil Gaiman. If you haven’t heard of him

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Between June 1st and today, I have: written 5 versions of my ... average of 3 short essays ...not to mention other random essays for ... coaster of editing, getting feedback, and editing some more. In the midst of

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

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  have that backlog into November. Do not send a second copy of any ... officers will be reading these applications all of November into December. We ... ; *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  together every week.    Moments of creativity  My most important ... breathed the gift of teaching into his soul because I have never had any ... longer lists of the books I want to read and the places I want to go, and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  students would turn one of the classrooms into a makeshift church, often ... , crystallized into an axiom by years of interaction, was one so blatant it was ... joined dozens of MIT students, blending into a massive crowd of faces and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  We all have those weeks. Some sort of tragedy happens - a death in the family, the death of a friend, the sadness of a friend, an angry anonymous email, the hospitalization of a friend or cat - these all are very

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

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

  

  insights into the college application process—through the unique lens of ... looking for during college. That was a reminder of how important these types ... moving into this new type of environment can be. Seeing the students also

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

  Rules and who sets them

  

  not get into a relationship, romantic or sexual, before November of ... , I went out on a limb. I wanted to put a bit of myself into a community ... This post includes an in-depth and personal discussion of the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  my level of perfection is tested, parading myself around to fit into a ... As of this weekend, I have watched Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster ... rekindled my love of the movie and feel inclined to revisit it. Now I know I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024