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• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  as to make it one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in ... the process and beyond. The best advice I can give you for the interview ... regular action? Well, the deadline isn't until December 1, but I recommend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit ... for me, sure. I know how necessary they are. But I was really scared to get the shot because I’ve had really bad experiences with injections in

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

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  . I'm just trying to be honest. 2. When I explain what goes on in ... that live in a small dorm but is part of a fraternity, so I don't know ... one or the other (I'm not referring to anyone in particular), but dorm

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  for the inevitable punch line. In which case I’d happily comply and say ... . How could I resist the intersection of my two loves, biology and comically improbable possibilities? Can I just take a moment here to marvel

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  the setting we’re learning about. I find myself swept up in the ... ’s summer in Brazil, so I brought mostly shorts and crop tops. I have not had time to open most of the books — I didn’t realize how much time I would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab space in the gorgeous new building, but it's taking longer to get the lab ... link to the new building. Perhaps I will take some later this week

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  closed my eyes, I knew I was back in Jordan (and I honestly say this with ... . But in writing this (and trying my best to keep it short I’m sorry!), I ... , it’s 3 AM (MIT prime writing time, I know) and I’m sitting in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  , and I collapse in a couch at a lounge. This was, in fact, how their quad ... they are to you isn’t new, not at all. That night, I sleep in my host ... classmates any more, because they were all in college. How every time I hung

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  one foot in front of another, proving to myself that I can just keep, on ... about a month ago, in the sense that Petey and I penciled in a date, and ... itself. In the two days before the marathon, I made a Google Doc estimating

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  -years in particular to meet new people, so the show was a wonderful means of ... (sophomore fall had me HOSED), I sent in a dance video and a performance video ... showcase our skills and attract new members in a way that being on campus

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  art adventures at MIT?” What I thought I heard: “how many pretty pictures can you fit in a blog post?” The answer, it turns out, is a lot! I ... origami pleated designs I folded in my freshman year. These pieces only

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  .009 project. But I’m exhausted, and burnout is settling in. Can I keep this up ... . Every hobby I picked up, except blacksmithing, lives in this room. My jewelry supplies are still in the desk drawer, though I've taken my best

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  final month of school! Somehow, I can't believe this year is coming to an end. It seemed like only yesterday when I stood in front of Lobby 7 with ... , there are no wrong choices - only good choices, and better ones. I can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  Cooking" and "How to Make a Bike". Or those who want to explore a new field ... accepted. To my surprise, I got in, and I signed myself up! Best decision so ... Houston explained how working at startups in high school and his frustration

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  good taste in music and also a beautiful singing voice, which I know ... , you just can't find people who will do that anywhere else. I also ... freshman in Mystery Hunt, and her team happened to finish first. So I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  . Disclaimer that I haven't slept in 22 hours. - Last summer, a life plan took ... conference in January, I talked with a few MIT alums, as well as Random Astronomers I Stopped In The Hallway. Everyone said: your grades matter, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  like this way is Chinatown,” I say, pointing to the streets in front of ... . You can read Chinese. I can, he says, but only simplified. He explains that in Chinatown, everything’s in traditional Chinese. Talks about how the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  : 1. How large are the individual rooms in a frat house(or in your case)? 2. Is it a expensive activity to pursue? My response: 1. While I can ... this is speaking from personal experience, I think living in a fraternity

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  important that happens in December. But, I refuse to break a trend and ... really liked 4. Nonetheless, here are the best movies I saw in the theater ... weeks, but I have already seen the movie multiple times in theaters. A lot

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  a cabin in New Hampshire, and skiing all day every day. Yeah, I ... , though I’d never competed or formally trained in any way. As Winter Break ... . WHAT WAS I THINKING I CAN’T SKI RACE. I didn’t even really know anybody

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016