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Arts and music
[intro]MIT students are as creative in the studio and on stage as they are in the lab. More than half of undergrads enroll in arts and ... name a few. Tune in below to watch the MIT Video Game Orchestra in their -
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Deadlines & requirements
The application The first-year application is closed in the MIT ... to be completed online. Creative portfolios in SlideRoom are available ... ) Early Action applicants will receive an admissions decision in mid -
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name, this name will be used in all official print and email ... option later in the application. Addresses We want to know your home ... preferred country and your application will be listed as international in our -
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Clubs & activities
fiction and fantasy books in the world Spinning Arts Club, which provides a venue in which to learn and practice (safe) LED prop and fire ... and Cambridge community enjoy the great outdoors, and owns cabins in New -
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Student life at MIT
“day in the life of an MIT student” looks like for them—and that's part ... know them yourself? Student perspectives Explore a day in the Life of MIT -
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First-year class profile
[/annotation] of the Class of 2028. You may also be interested in this post from our ... http://iso.mit.edu/about/statistics.shtml. Socioeconomic Status First generation in their family to attend college 20 -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs
to present-day commentary of what i can remember)—metaphorical pages in ... just woken up. I could see a faint blur of gold spinning in a large ... ] 2013 In 2013, I made a Twitter account. I cut my hair, and started buying -
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The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.
, collected my gold in my own bag, and returned to Hogwarts. When I stepped into ... of them changed my life in a good way and I’m excited to see the ... : I read something online that said, “There are 30,000 days in your life -
Blog / Academics & Research
How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.
Me: "Can I please list 'can raise each eyebrow independently' in the ... research position in their first year at MIT? That's right! They both can ... far as I can tell, UROPing follows a basic rule of thumb: if you want -
Blog / Admissions
My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.
worldwide? Which topic shall be chosen, A or B? Can I impress those admissions staff? Is there such a thing as too personal? I can't recall precisely ... that dream in the sky that I think I wanted more than other dreams in the -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake
meetings with the faculty. Now, I know how easily gossip can get amplified ... like to live in the week everything was canceled. I can imagine that if I ... 't overstate how important I think housing is in making CPW work. During our -
Blog / Advice
You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things
buildings, like how I talked about the ESP website and Building 20. I first ... wouldn't win a science fair. When I went to a party in SF this summer ... whether to create the website in Perl or Python. There's a bit of discussion -
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Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay
brother's starting college in a month and that makes me feel even older - I ... that doesn't inspire you. You can contribute to the world as a woman in ... with optimism. Nostalgia can be deceptive, so remember to live in the -
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Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.
is behind us, the Charles River is below us, and Boston is in front of us. One of my favorite places in the world is the gold hill under the ... ’s favorite place to go when we need an escape, especially in the late evening -
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sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child
boba, etched the space in muted gold light. A woman in a crisp suit ... elite higher education. In The New Republic, he wrote, “I taught many ... moment’s notice.” In retrospect, it’s a cynical take—in college, I’ve had -
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A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures
I really enjoyed Ana's recent post about a single day in her life, so ... into them in the hallways. Most of the time it's because I genuinely don ... pursuing a career in writing or the media industry. I'm hoping to interview -
Blog / About Decisions
context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?
could do it, then so can I. I looked up how to conduct research at ... who had placed in the Intel Science Fair. I looked up how to win ... amazing in ways I can’t even begin to count. It’s so easy to fall into the