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• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  in top law schools? Thank you so much...I can't wait to see everyone on ... which MIT can and does prepare people superbly. In the end, though, how ... as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  Development. I've now seen more snow than I ever cared to see in my life; by that token, you can tell that I'm certainly not new here anymore. (In ... upon my new life plan in an upcoming post. Hint: it's teaching. "So what

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  dad played tennis. We walked the dog. I took a run in some park in New ... -photographing in desperate profusion, because I only had about 12 hours left in New ... in Internet Explorer. I'll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  hospital and at home in New York. I had to miss my final classes for recovery ... taken, and the projects I've done in them.   21W.750: Experimental ... experimental writing. As you can see below, I chose to use repetitive letter

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  , everything was completely new, and there was a lot. At MIT I learned how to ... in emailing the CEO to ask for an internship, but can I have one?" The ... INTRO First things first, I have to post this, as promised in an

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  post detailing how and why I went on leave from MIT, in honor of my three ... of the differences between us, in how I see the world and how she sees ... can watch as I awkwardly introduce the group and we cover a Weird Al

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  'd really been wanting to remedy. Specifically, I wanted to learn how to ... II comes in! I took this class for one main reason: the final project ... showing how you can build your very own Tamagotchi. (Also check out the end

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  Donalds). Also, I'm pretty sure they don't allow you to set off smoke signals in ... to ask directions, to the first person I saw in the midst of this ... time today I'd walked at least fifteen minutes in the complete wrong

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  distinction is used for wordplay, though. In Tagalog, I can think of at least ... , I mean the pattern of how consonants and vowels can come together to ... parts of my identity, like Tagalog. In the post, I also mention OPM, an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  “@Andi you know how with ultra hand you can rotate objects in 45 ... . Coincidentally, [annotation note="I bet she can rotate cubes omnidirectionally in ... Maria,” I messaged her, “you know how with ultra hand you can…” A few

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if ... Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  my aunt about food in the US and how different it is Jenny> i also ... . Last thing you were excited about Fatima> i was in New York for a ... Massachusetts. I’m really interested in [annotation note="6: Computer Science

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  my alarm goes off at 8am, and i turn it off in probably enough ... should really get up, so i[annotation note="in room 251, we all have Next ... in light [annotation note="i was fortunate to acquire both a waterproof

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  the techniques I've seen in high school orchestra rehearsals about how ... dynamics, the phrasings, etc., in the way that I can pick sentences apart and ... nature of music in particular, but I'm constantly checking in with people—“how

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  're definitely getting in!" just increased the pressure. With how and where I grew ... ,[/annotation] I can tell you that I was nauseous once, too. But as a self ... true. This is how I got rejected from my "dream school", and how I got

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... behaviors and beliefs of people who live in it? How can we change our ... how much I did not want to fucking drop this class. In the five weeks I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  conservatory for classical guitar next year. I can't even begin to tell you how ... his arms around me in a hug. And I said, "aww, Kriff...I can't crush ... a lot of Star Wars books. I wore a fanny pack in the front with extra

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  am. The next day I was back in the rink working with my coach on new ... — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or ... semester, and we talked about the MEng. At one point, he mentioned how I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  the Emerson Music Performance Program. I'm back in Boston now, so I hope ... Great meetings this week in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette ... a meeting in San Jose on Sunday. It was an exciting meeting, with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  Materials My first official Mechanical Engineering class. How can I hate and ... How else would I know about all the awesome hacking that happens at MIT ... present. I hate physics, so of course my family buys me a book about physics

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008