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• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  grind of a new week. I camped out in the 8.02 pset night held by TSR^2, as ... six hours left and a lot can happen in six hours, but I'm in a better ... out how to create shade so that we could actually see our screens. I got

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  only makes this even harder: in a face-to-face conversation, I can ask ... "how do i want to change as a person in college" or "what are my goals of ... an “uncommon piece of advice that I had heard or given”. And in that

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  setting. I wonder if I can buy a "Confident Teacher" costume off of Amazon ... for help much faster than I did in high school, but I wonder how much of ... to learn how to teach in a way that works for them, and that I don

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  else. I rented out a small room in some building, I learned how to feed ... 'm forced to partition myself, to choose how much soul i can put into each ... websites and learn stuff, i can't do it. i can't do it all. Here I used the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want ... second spiel about how I’m majoring in math and really interested in ... conversation. In this way, I can talk to anyone even if it may be difficult. I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  Solitude back in late 2020. I love The New Pornographers because of how ... known how to save a life. I listened to this song so much in high school ... By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  nature, you can be in practically any science/engineering major and get ... powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in ... nanotechnology, it’s quite understandable that many students are interested in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  school student and want to go to MIT. Tell me how to get in.” I just write it off and never think about it again. Sorry, “How do I get in” is a ... because that's how bad information can get out there and can also cause huge

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  . That's why they can't predict the date in advance. I know it may seem ... Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in ... laptop), I immediately thought about admissions...in particular, the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  fairly new class. I'm not sure that justifies how much I actually paid for ... I know, I know, I haven't written in forever and a week. Um, yeah ... pretty much anything you can imagine because I really enjoy, um, numbering

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again ... -done article. Plus, if you buy the actual magazine, you can see pictures of ... Korean-American woman who weights 105 lbs. She recently finished 3rd in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  've never had an In-N-Out burger you can't even begin to understand what I ... few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to college! In less than three days! Wait, I need socks? This list, as well as

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  whether I want to continue in school and get an advanced degree after my ... questions about what the company is looking for in its candidates. Before I ... attributes I’m learning in the GEL program! Small company: Be ready to work

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  't know the answer, but perhaps I can persuade Ben to answer it in the ... applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read ... world again. I had a great day of reading. The applications in today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I’m a lot better adjusted now than I was in high school, and I might have

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  in the gorilla suit jumped in, and I said, "Come on, Mitra, we can ... of us, backwards, taking pictures. And that's how I got my new facebook ... threshold of a new world of possibilities, like I could really achieve

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start ... , "How much?" I said, "$25,000." This was back in 1964. He said: "Oh, no ... insights into patterns in raw data. The idea excited me so much I took my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  during the school year with Spanish House, in a big cooking rotation. I cook every other week. I enjoy competing in the unofficial game of try ... course, the grocery store. In the summertime, I especially love fresh

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I discuss embarking on our new viewbook project. I can't believe it's been an ... final proofs next week - and then it's off to the presses! I can't wait to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  .mit.edu/chocolatiers/www. Check out a video of the MIT chocolatiers in action at www.how2heroes.com ... New York Times!       A Lab Where You Can Lick the ... postdoctoral biology student. "Now I feel like I can mess with my chocolate a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009