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  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a ... to meet our target class size. With that figure in mind, I was convinced that we'd have to admit at least a few from the waitlist. I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  read economics papers. While I never learned how to do it directly as a ... A few days ago, I was talking with Nisha and other friends, and the subject of what we learned at MIT came up. Now that this semester’s over, I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  lab -- how exciting! I've also been working on assignments for my other ... Wow. I've had an intense week. And it's only Wednesday. Now, finally, I've gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I saw fireworks from the freeway… Happy 4th!

  

  are just beginning. Oddly enough, I'm in lab, but later this afternoon, I will be participating in my first ever VEGETARIAN BARBECUE. It ... it. Last year, some friends and I celebrated July 4th by barbecuing at

  • by Bryan
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  money. Well, these folks graduated two years ago, so last year I decided ... floors go out, buy some ingredients, and make a few dishes, Conner 2 ... of Sunday, I baked for 16 straight hours and, finding myself completely

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Jess: This is a guest post by my friend Grace Z. '25! I met her ... , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post, and this is that! I loved reading it, and I know you will too <3

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  resident of Tetazoo, where dirt and grime were constant companions, I would ... 'working' on a manicured persona (i.e. learn sorority chants/dances, gossip ... I've used in my life (finally something hot enough for proper wok

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  parents. Have a nice day. I don't know if any of you have heard about this, but I thought it would be best if you heard it from me. It's been a very ... . Please don't think that the Admissions Office would EVER do something like

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  I came to MIT with an ambitious goal: to sit everywhere on campus. Oh yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia ... television of our youth. guilty as charged). Because I graduated a little over a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to 34 hours (source). In this post, I’ll describe my (also wildly ... population. I take 5 HASS classes, rather than the “usual” 3-4 technicals and a ... subconscious yearning for sleep. I have, at times, been unable to resist the call

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  So on Sunday, I turned 20. I am now OLD. Now since I have a summer birthday, I rarely ever have the opportunity to celebrate my birthday with my friends, so clearly since I had the opportunity to do so this year, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  justice to how...I don't even have the words. Seriously? That kid was ... . I swear. But then I figured out how to make money off of it. See, I ... 's office so I could rant to him about how much I hate the world, or maybe he

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  would've never thought I could do something like this in high school, and ... . There are few projects I have worked on at MIT that have truly defined my time here thus far. So far on the blogs, I have written about two of them

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  would begin with typing up the poem I’d handwritten the previous day ... choosing a form and then looking for a theme that would work, I would ... that would suit.  The first time I wrote a pantoum, a poem where the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  million extracurriculars I was involved in. A word of advice: Take a deep ... stressful, believe me, I'm applying to graduate school and every day I call my mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  how to work in schools across America to change how children learn. I ... ?) But every time I think about the last four years, I also think about how ... Hey there. I know you've all missed my gorgeous face. (From my 4

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  , or the Green Building is tall. Or, maybe I should dream bigger—how ... _tim started.    Part 2: How WIDE I’ll go… “What art classes should I take ... the question—the question is,  How does one become WIDE?  At first, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  power of two!" you would be offered automatic admission. I hear that we ... Hypothesis if it is actually false." Last year I wrote an entry on a one ... , since then I've seen some comments on other blogs asking things like "Oh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  This was originally going to be a post about how now that I’m in college I’m finally taking steps to beat procrastination and do things early ... how happy and in awe I am. Logically, I’ve known that this city is

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020