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  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  -provoking conference. Thursday through Sunday, I was in St. Louis for the annual ... we do in admissions, and what we can do to improve our process. One ... collegial idea-sharing, I've returned with some thoughts on how to improve our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a shoebox pc clips of summer

  

  , this house i'm in already feels like home: i start to think for the first time how i'll be quite sad leaving this place when i'm gone. the familiar ... . the chicken coop in the backyard. the housemates who i've come to know

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  waste of time if they're all full! I'd much rather buy another road in ... I've lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it's clean ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the sport and can’t imagine my MIT years without it. I am sharing my story ... : Growing up, I never thought I’d become a college rower. I was a swimmer in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  ’t help but think about how much I’ll miss these constants when I’m lost in ... would be in custody of my younger brother, which, okay yeah I can see why ... [/annotation] in something else I dunno — and preemptively held it up to anyone I

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  experiences. ^_^   4. How do I enroll? Log in to your myMIT account and ... to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is ... outside my office).   2. I don't think I can handle the curriculum at

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  ’t feel anything while editing and sometimes I can only get through it in 15 ... . I have been in many workshops about how to support friends rather than ... resources as well, but I can’t speak on how they work as I haven’t personally

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the past year went well, what didn't go well, and what I could've done better. But, as much as we can learn from ourselves, I believe we can also learn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  About two weeks ago, not too long after my 21st birthday, I climbed ... a mountain climber in any form, shape, or capacity. I hike occasionally but the last full mountain I climbed was in 4th grade, when it was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  District (where I buy hair dye when I put green streaks in my hair every so ... hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt ... me (with my hair down - it's usually in a ponytail). I've decided that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  regret or shame, buying a tofu sandwich in St. Louis with robotics without ... and I am a physics major in the class of 2024. This week is eating ... For as long as I can remember, the world has been a scary, anxiety

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  than I realized...) It's a preposterous idea considering how many ... trip. Anastassia and I got onto the topic of how we perceive money as something that could buy X amount of Y. I told her I always jokingly see money

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  remember how to write in cursive anymore, and don't know how I managed it ... applying to MIT this year. In this vein, I thought I'd post some of my old ... rediscovered all of them in my closet. So, here goes. I wrote this first one in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  I'm not so reliant on them. I gave up shaving for IAP and now I can go ... into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  Ok, so you know how Chris is always talking about free food? Well, I ... creations. There isn”t much left I can get my teenagers to do with me on a ... very cool mom, how about that huh?’... “Please?’ “Oh come on, I”ll also

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  ever changing. As I learn to believe in that with all of my heart, I ... based on the circumstances of the day, I find comfort in knowing that ... Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  Green Building stairs when I can just live all my 3.5 years on campus in ... This blog has been in the works for a… long time. I first started ... thought it would be interesting to look back at how many of these items I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  -hours How do you measure, MIT time? In psets, in physics In midnights, in cans of Red Bull. In tooling, in frats, in lectures, in hacks. In ten ... frosh year? How about spam? How about spam? How about spam? Measure in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  i should buy a plastic wastebin to wash my bulky wool sweaters in. (i ... , no matter how confusing things get, i know we'll always be in each ... unboxing was literal -- i visited my family's place in vancouver over winter

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  edu. Q: How do I schedule an interview? A: You can find your ... taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the ... December 1st, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014