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  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  phones back in Cambridge that we've gotten some inquiries about our essay ... begin thinking and planning in advance, which I respect and value (one of ... yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  A 21st birthday has significant significance in the U.S. because you ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Best from staff

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  in every math class I took. Although my high school was incredibly ... increasingly became one of few Black/Puerto Rican students in those classes. Particularly in STEM courses, there was a group who called themselves "The Nerd

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  skateboard for 6.810 final project. Spent over 10 hours in lab working on it ... course, I also spent a good chunk of time in lab working on my final ... with a friend visiting from the other coast over lunch in Central Square

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even in the slightest because that will Interrupt My Rhythm and Ruin ... out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  stuck in place by commuter traffic and people rushed across the street as ... (earlier than me!). She stares outside of the window, amazed by the scene in ... as I think about all of the prefrosh that will be checking-in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  stuff! In no particular order, here is a list: 1) We went on an errand ... lots of wierd decor)! 6) We saw Dear Evan Hansen in a totally legitimate ... in the Burton Conner TV room, but after an hour of failing to get the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  We are very sentimental people. Not like the keeps-every-birthday-card-in ... -the-potential-value-of-a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high school, because our mom kept us in check organiztion wise (read: she threw

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  while ago. So without further ado (keeping in mind that this is all very theoretical and somewhat subjective), let's dive in, shall we? We will examine scenarios in which some life must be lost, (a more specific case of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  emotional wreck, but I think it’s just something that comes with being in a ... old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take inside the MIT bubble, I feel myself growing in so many ways. I want to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I ... flower than he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated ... in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a ... really in front of you. Munch on some (free) lukewarm fried plantains. For ... in from building solar cars, ballroom dancing, psetting, and UROPing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  . Exhilarating! Remember that scientific discovery you always wanted to discuss in ... in dubious or passionate affairs with upperclassmen (or even classmates) until after Halloween. In time, you will appreciate the November Rule

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  , but I’ll be too busy celebrating and reveling in the streets, regardless ... take a break from the sit-all-day-locked-in-my-room studying technique ... - we’re literally across the river from the biggest college city in the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  Octopus, Apocalypse or Iron Man, we were always left in awe. In this piece ... question. New York Apartments To Finally Be Hospitable Having lived in the ... /size/neighbourhood trade-off that living in a city brings. In this article, the Media Lab

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  Materials for Biology, which hopefully will be a blend of my interests in science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I ... coffeehouse, back in the day when this space on the 3rd floor of the student

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  /Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear ... we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in and loiter in the airfield for a day or two. Let's be clear--wind is bad

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  't worry! Me: ...great! TSA Agent: In some ways. Me: Great! Well, here are my ... back where I started - at the check-in counters. Turns out that my gate ... Agent 2: Do you have DNA in your ears? Me: ....excuse me? TSA Agent 2: DNA

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  figure out why they’re actually important, but you will. In fact, learning ... times over winter break, but I wasn’t particularly getting anywhere. In fact, I wasn’t particularly interested in doing a whole lot of anything

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  I got my first piercing in eighth grade, at Walmart. I had done horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should ... little more training than a stapler) to put two new holes in my ears. A few

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012