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• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  competition in getting into MIT and you should want to put your best foot ... about how the interview is an effort to get to know the student as an ... just to feel like he had to impress his interviewer.  In fact, I told him

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  tried holding out, but I was young and wanted to fit in, so peer pressure ... [annotation note="Not to mention all the in-between cookies-and-cream patterns ... . I learned how to identify them based on their coos alone; for some

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  Fahrenheit. I learned how to spell cumulonimbus, in preparation for my brother’s spelling test, and I learned how to cook things that are not cereal, in ... up to the driver, asking to pay in cash for a seat. The driver reached

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  needed to get back in shape. With the desire to end my career on a better ... . Last season was intended to be my last. But a last-minute injury in the ... wasn't how I wanted to end my career. I took a long break away from the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  -centered classroom activities and student-led classes, to explore issues in schools and ... created to measure. Maybe I’m just a nerd who has taken a lot of tests in ... given to them by the district, and homework is often turned in through

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  wikiquote and other sources have been unable to locate it in any of her ... look for the true source, or at least i wasn’t able to get anywhere ... means loving the world enough to be grateful for every moment i spend in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  off the road in thickets; you slid or stumbled to get from one to the ... 's kind of fun to sit in your car while it wags around, a tractor's tail ... passers-by. Me: Hello! We're trying to get to Floyd; could you help direct

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  highest score achieved in each section. We do this in order to consider all ... . Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... evaluated within an applicant's context. To view test score statistics from
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the ... Championship Cup in picture, we needed to win West Point resoundingly. The ... before weigh-in at the tournament in order to make a certain weight class

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in ... difference is that now I'm getting paid significantly more to do it. (Ugh, I ... mouse immunology lab that works with proteins in the cytoskeleton to see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  up to ten times. Researchers at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center in ... may be used in future models. GEMs are able to detect particles using ... found most impressive was the ability to detect cosmic rays muons. In

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  before you were admitted? If so, please advice me on how to do that (and ... I dedicated to the sport in high school.) Anyway, I don't think I ... or did you contact the coach and (this is going to sound stupid) how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  regimented to be useful when attempting to frame my life in increments of “days ... dress and sandals (in contrast to my usual comfy T-shirt and shorts ... 've included some supplemental powerpoint slides to hopefully fill in any gaps or

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  effervescence of autumn in just one day. Photo credits to Elisa '17. Thanks for ... pumpkin patch, breathing in the smell of falling leaves and listening to the ... . Despite the rampant snacking, our bags were filled to the brim in no time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by ... drew some blood to do a blood test, put me in a bed, and set me up on an ... to do in my busy schedule of having a fever and sleeping it off. S^3

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  myself puzzling out how to implement a certain feature in the back of my ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep ... the opportunity, we had to try to squeeze in another restaurant visit

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  Spanish professor how to "prove" my proficiency in Spanish, she basically ... haven't figured out how to feed all of the hungry people in the world ... am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  able to transfer my experience judging people in admissions to judging ... relationships among women in aerospace engineering and to build outreach ... throwing. Each participant has a time slot of 1 minute to perform in front

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman ... contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... extravagant event, and stages a lavish delivery ceremony. How did this all start

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... trick-or-treating in the Beacon Hill neighborhood was rumored to be top ... resolved to just tag along in the back while the others grabbed handfuls of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014