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• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT is a great place to go to school, but I also recognize that it’s not a ... ?[/annotation] I mean, MIT is objectively great. Now that’s not to say it’s perfect

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  there, and I realized that if I actually pursued a career in this ... it is something so deeply rooted in me that I couldn’t help but love it ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  again a zonotope; in this case, it’s a [annotation note="I learned that ... What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... boundary of your shape, at the end of this process, is called a zonotope. In

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  I am aware that it is no longer IAP, but I figure it’s better late ... be a sponge (in the best metaphorical sense possible), but during that ... week, but during IAP, all dining is optional. That one time I fed myself

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  's a step in a proof I have trouble motivating, and thinking about how to motivate that step in a blog post leads to insights I would never have had ... years of MIT? It is strange to walk into a building and find out that it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  see this weird in-between age bracket that is usually absent from campus ... I got in and am doing the work. As long as I try my hardest, work hard ... 's the bottom line. MIT is still a fantastic school, I love it, and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

   not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP ... entertainment and media. I'll be doing this UROP with Shayna '23 and my advisor is ... ] Overall, I am really falling in love with the city. Granted, I am getting a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  there is something i have never been able to understand: how much of that ... i am in the tenth week of my summer job and i can remember how the ... memory results in a confused recollection of the entire group. this is why

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  that's supposed to teach you how to be happier and more productive. i was ... with a stranger in any physical location at this point in time, i decided ... meet a lot of people in classes/at random events that you can lose touch

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  MIT. So that's pretty much it, doing stuff I can't say, and a lot of ... vomited in their mouths a little). I miss waking up and looking out and ... 't know, I'll go ask Yan. But if you're interested in what your 4th or maybe

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  tell us in the essays. Think about why you are applying to MIT. Do a ... that the interview is not only a way for us to get to know you better ... the report that the EC writes. But it is the nice thing to do. (Email is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  am I looking for? What/who would make me happy? What do I want in a ... abstract concept that I don’t think anyone can describe completely in a ... :) _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ So last time I poured out all that I had in my brain regarding my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... with small telescopes. She says that getting a UROP is one of the best things students can do and has had a UROP in the MIT Center for Space

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  how I think. How I make sense of the things that are happening in my ... while you guys. I'm happy to report that I'm alive and I'm actually doing ... 's something that I've simply convinced myself to be true, but MIT in fact does

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... class. Rhetoric is not a HASS I recommend for the particularly faint of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  to be important.” *Helena Lam is a girl I knew in high school who liked ... never sent me a postcard. Notice that even in my formative years, I ... learn that there is a life-sized plastic cow in the Stata center. The tour

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  !) - published a letter to the editor from Folkers E. Rojas on February 28th that I ... arriving at MIT, you might harbor the notion that it is a magical place where ... honeymoon is over and you find out that it is a lot of work. The work is

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  is doing this IAP and a quick recap of our winter break! Winter Break ... how well your bot is doing"]scrimmages.[/annotation] They practically ... week, I start a brief program with D.E. Shaw in their Discovery

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to ... ;_< >_>), but this time I was doing great! I finished up a few drafts ... is coming up! I completely forgot! And oh wow! The deadline is only a

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  vegetarian I was a bit worried that I would be stuck eating fancy salad (even though salad is super yummy).  However, the waitress suggested that I try a ... , Boots! I wished him a happy belated birthday. My little puppy is five

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014