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  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  gardening when I can to stay cool during extreme heat waves I'm fleeing to the mountains for a much-needed vacation, where I will sit in backyards ... a cool new thing in class, and so forth. The mission of the blogs is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  expressed in an open letter to the Chancellor, which I suggest you read for a ... uniqueness. I can name a number of fellow students who have taken time for ... I phrased this in a way that is obviously sarcastic, since I feel like

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  Just so you all know, I'm working on a new Q&A video. Thanks for ... . Speaking of 7.05 (how am I so good at these segues?), I told Chris P. about ... should not only blog it but illustrate it scene by scene" (how am I so good

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  application finish line. After that, refer to 1. But for now, here is what I can ... become a wide-eyed frosh in a brave new world. Ask questions. What is MIT like? What is this application question asking? When can I visit? What is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... research project in six weeks. I attended RSI myself in high school, and this ... trial and error, I’ve become an expert in certain areas of the MIT

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  converting the numbers to Roman numerals. I'll be frank: never in a bajillion ... answer. So. Awesome. How my friend figured that one out, I will never ... You're sitting in your living room, one eye on an Agatha Christie

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  possible. You can imagine how disconcerting this can be for a social ... knowledge base. By focusing on LΔ we can really zero in on YOUR individual ... , and standardized tests. Can we rely solely on these tools? I say no

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  Pederson won the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1987 for figuring out how to ... received his PhD from MIT in 1983, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for co ... amazing ability to turn genes on and off at their whim. I used RNAi during

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  once. They are gentle and severe. I want this woman to teach me how to write. You can read the first essay in the book, "Time and Distance ... in Central Square and lost it on the plane back home. In between, I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  in the differential equation, the system that is my life, and I am oh ... in IPA. Maybe that would be silly. (i'm uh... also not sure if people ... the road when we're not hosed. I'm not sure how to end this blog post

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  It's an ordinary Thursday! I'm living at an apartment in Cambridge ... circadian rhythm into obedience. 9:15 AM I feel up all the avocados in my ... I can finally work 40-hour weeks now! 12:35 PM LUNCH TIME I make a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  the situation? I can't emphasize this enough: make sure to review ... should be soon.  I know the college application process can be, like ... not yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  been a very good opportunity to learn how the economic theory can be applied to solve real problems and I hope I can go back to India to start my ... to work in their chosen field. In 2010 & 2011, we sent 66

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  that in mind, I would like to impart some advice regarding the ... about the people in my life. I couldn’t have arrived here without them ... challenge. Yes, I’ve had plenty of fun in high school, but when I picked a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  advice I'd received in high school about college decisions. I'll give it to you in the form of a short poem I found recently by Piet Hein ... lesswrong.com might be a good idea, although I don't know how much good it

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  best we can, which is how we've settled on our current format of ... I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a ... 's kind of what going back to MIT feels like. So I visited back in February ... than meeting new people and eating free food. Both of which I was fine

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  off-guard was in that moment I finally realized everything I learned ... I knew what I was going to write about next. I was ready. I even had the draft saved in a folder outside of the vortex folder on my desktop

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  . “You have no idea,” he told me, “how often I asked [insert Math Major ... thinking about how guilty I felt. Fast forward to last night. I was kneeling ... turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  , It's A Pain. For Chris M. '12, It's Amazing Pterodactyl. For me, I think it's in between a party and a pain. Maybe something like a picnic ... wants to have in Boston that day. Who knew it snowed in Boston?? (Just

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012