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• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  little I can add to Khan's awesome address, so I will instead link you to ... about how hard they had to work, you will glance at the other MIT grad in ... happier. Replace the words “I have to” with “I get to” in your vocabulary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  once in a while. I've been feeling kind of floaty these past few weeks ... my current situation, but I can't remember it because I didn't end up ... . But seriously, guys, everything's really up in the air right now. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  raising at least $400. In general, I'm not that great at fundraising because ... Exactly three weeks from today, I'll be done with my freshman year of ... day, when I shelve my textbooks and notes and give it up for three

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  , Year, Major, Place of Birth, Dorm Hi! I’m Yuliya, a senior majoring in ... in Course 9 - Brain and Cognitive Sciences. I was born in Donetsk ... the MIT Museum specifically to buy nerdy earrings (I recently pierced

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  transform me in ways that I never expected, expose me to people I never would ... On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After ... generally alarming everyone within a half-mile radius, I promptly posted a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class ... at MIT to enroll in courses at another college or university.
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  . I'm sitting in my room facing the EC courtyard, tapping my feet ... couldn't carry more in my hands, because I hadn't thought to bring some ... student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  turkeys into oil and blogging, I actually don't have time to participate in ... . Also, I wasn't too interested in the prize of a VIP card to any of Boston ... , his first name is technically "the," right? How do I greet him? "Hey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  . Growing up, I just had no preconceptions of what Boston was like how L ... been here for only 38 days, I can confidently rank Boston higher on my ... and actually go explore the city I live in. One of my first ~outings

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  So, being an incoming frosh, there's really not much I can talk about. Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... out some survey that came in one of the many folders and envelopes I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  , so I don't know just how universal everything in this blogpost would be, but I hope this is helpful in some capacity. Table of Contents GIRs ... advisor: How do I know what to take this year? For starters, CJ has an

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for life. (Who can argue with that?) And whenever I see those first flakes falling from the sky, I won't deny that I always took a certain pleasure in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  far out in line that no store light shines upon my head. instead, i ... is salt ramen. i think that’s the magic tonkotsu, of using bone in the ... looking at the bowl once i was done with the noodles, feeling how salty and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  As I mentioned in[annotation note="which was uhhh a while ago oops ... some of what I learned! If you're interested in learning more about ... comfortable. I really enjoyed noticing how over time, some actions became more

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  Okay, so I just figured out how to add the Spanish keyboard to my OS and switch between English and Spanish, so I can now write with accent ... ...it's kind of pathetic, I suppose, that I just figured out how to do this. But

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  people in line and we got pretty good seats. You can see how close we ... time. I'm working my first in person internship, a real corporate job ... and live in a country that I haven't lived in before, I want to explore

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  , so I’ll go in with a general overview of this year's timeline! [March ... before and were interested in continuing. Additionally, I was able to ... [annotation note="Freshmen can figure out what dorm they want to live in during

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  content warning: mental health, trauma 1   I've been in a ... ; Last semester, I went through tough times. things were going on in my ... felt like I let myself down felt guilty like, how dare I let myself

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  paint imaginable is represented in the cluster of cans in the corner, and ... : Come on, anyone? Aw, what the heck. I stayed in Simmons this summer, and ... reasonable size. Back out in the courtyard, I informed the rush chairs that I

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  a knower of MIT-related things, I have been asked many times how ... psyched about brains. When I was in 8th grade, my mom brought home a copy of How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, who used to be a professor here in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005