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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  how can we cure it?" and "where did life come from?" meant that I ... totally mind-boggling. This whole "weather in which you can actually stand ... civilization in history has had a working answer to. "How did the universe begin

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  choose the best students we can without regard to how much money they will ... /250/600. * I get lots of questions along the lines of, "In my country ... very, very competitive. I can tell you from experience that making the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  events have happened in my life. I experienced the best FPOP ever aka DPD ... about somewhere. I think in numbers. The other day, I called one of my ... shocking. In a good way. Every person that I've met here has done some

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  amazing fact. (You may hazard a guess as to how many times I've heard the ... the sport for more information -- although I should warn you that we can ... are usually in use when I pass by. Mens et manus in corpore sano and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  Spanish Incubator, where I would study Spanish poetry and literature in the ...  not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP ... semester in CMS.300 Intro to Videogame Theory. In addition to this, I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides ... long as they were an MIT student. I'm a casual artist who paints once in ... first. I wanted to try painting in gouache since it was an unfamiliar

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  -and-tank-top-wearing days to finally be upon us again, I have also been in an application ... shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in ... difference in curriculum and partly because I didn’t dedicate time during my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  . In perhaps the msot culturally aligned experience I have ever had ever ... Story About Muti") in January, I stopped for lunch at a Chinese hot pot place in Addis. I was speaking Amharic with my cousin Gedion, English with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important news! Our faculty, an amazing group of folks, asked how they could help us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... you'd be surprised by what happens. III. As I write this entry, I can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I ... I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... can agree to because we're all human. In a world divided along many ... tongue-tied when I told her how close I was to him. I didn't even

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  that anything in particular triggers it. I'll be sitting in front of my ... bed, staring into space, thinking about how worthless I felt, or how pointless this all was, and how maybe it'd be better if I didn't wake up this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past ... of my friends and I rented an apartment in Central Square, Cambridge ... pillow + cover out in Walounge before leaving for winter break, but I had

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  ’m visiting my family in Ohio, and it feels like always. Except, I do miss the ... me while I was shivering under the frigid water in my new apartment ... exposed had that effect. But I was in a rush when I moved out. Plus I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... repeat. (If that's not how you climb a ladder....well I don't know what to ... with the sharp point of an axe (hey, can't blame it. I don't either). So

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  Despite how many mailing lists I'm on, I'm not an active member of ... Verde's. (In fact, the only time I even ever use TechCash is to do laundry. I ... things. So I went with My Suitemate Linda, and we learned how to make

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  day, in April, I got a thin envelope in the mail from this school. It ... better. I know that the admissions officers at this school care. I know how ... . I've been on that side and I know how it feels. And if you've now felt

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night's sleep so that I could wake up early the next day to figure out how to pack ... and used to let my cat in and out when I was away, tumbled all these

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  . There are some things about how you complete the application that can ... bubbling up to the surface, which I can certainly understand. I know the ... You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022