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  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  irrevocably changed in many ways (my meme game has improved exponentially), I am ... in America. Autumn came late this year; the leaves are only now ... want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  , headed out for our annual camping trip in seven rental cars, with trunks ... set up our tents in the dark (read: with difficulty) on Friday night ... that they were all even more beautiful in person, especially the cloudy

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  to trial and error. we can turn in our psets barefoot and then binge ... least we actually did the pset!!!! and when we're living in this strange ... lot of us tend to let ourselves be absorbed in our own lives. keeping up

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit ... get the shot because I’ve had really bad experiences with injections in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15/18, at 12:15 PM ET

  

  decision on the 15th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the 15th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your My

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  plastic table amongst hundreds of other students in the Johnson Track Center ... packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  warm (and dry) in a Boston winter has been an adventure. It’s been a lot ... that were born in a six-foot pile of snow, feel free to share your own ... ’m smiling in this picture or squinting because i can’t see through my foggy

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root in the midwest and mountain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  have always been very serious about school. In high school, there were ... always put in my best effort to try to make it up to them; however, for a ... have. I remember thinking in high school, “I hope the MIT curfew is not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  inventions in the world. Radar, modern lithium-ion batteries, canned soup, and ... and hazards in a walker’s path, especially oncoming pedestrians. The 2×2″ device, called Toe the Line™, was developed by researchers in MIT’s STr

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  in response to Trump's immigration freeze on seven nations. MIT has 38 ... 's protests in Copley Square. I took all the photos above, and the following ... there: This was the first time I really actively participated in a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions ... effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone who was wait listed at my first choice college in high school (but didn

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Tuesday before CPW, caught my attention in particular. In it, Yuliya the ... ever. In summary: because CPW. But here is more (from April 8, 2014): I ... of lectures entitled “FIREHOSE” (in reference to a popular descriptor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  39 tabs open in Chrome (which is apparently the threshold at which the ... anymore), so now in an effort to get this post up, I'm just going to wing it ... impression that they were tunnels in the most adventurous sense of the word

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  packed up our winter clothing and headed to Colorado to spend a week in the ... over break to escape the Boston weather, but spend half of the break in ... if there are that many sensations in the world that can compare to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  watched Pitch Perfect, a film in which freshmen know what they want to do ... found a calling in rap. Soon the first three tracks of our (yet unreleased ... , created in an attempt to win dinner with the renowned Professor Eric Lander

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  in Computing -- which is basically an 8,000-attendee ... amazing people, and remember that I wasn't alone in this very male ... 'm kinda old.  I graduated 1.5 years ago, and originally applied to MIT in

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  . Prefrosh will have the opportunity to battle in a giant wrestling pit made of ... . But it is all in the name of science. All events taking place over the next week can be found in the Daily Confusion, which is actually just a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  I'm spending the summer in Seattle, interning at Amazon, and I've decided I'm in love with this place. A few thoughts about Seattle after my first week here. People are in general really nice and the food, so far

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  around our house in New Jersey:     Oh boy, it looks real bad in NJ.  The ... good thing MIT isn't in the Northea...oh wait...       ... us when we're sick, Is covered in snow, but only a few inches thick

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014