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• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  would I willingly slog around the campus in a large group in the pouring ... orientation and jumped right in, learning the campus as a student. What did I ... most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  to attend in person." I was now press! I straightened my coat and tried ... would be as honoured as me to be compared to an iPhone. 😳) Next, the ... . In our brief conversation, we talked about how it can be difficult to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  not been nearly as involved in pistol as I would have liked to be this ... excited. Science fiction is my favorite genre, and I would love to take a ... seniors and juniors, so my sophomore friend and I did not get in. So I was

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  'm confused about how I'll be able to participate in MEET if I'm seven hours ... excellent contingency plan. in my sophomore fall semester, I haphazardly ... students in my major don't typically go to sophomores. at a certain point, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a ... dozen other MIT students in South Wales, I was the only MIT student in ... train back from a day trip in Liverpool. Then I painted a few scenes while

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  being welcomed in. I would never feel safe on private property like that ... It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  of the times in high school when I would stay after school ranting to ... refreshing in these last few weeks. In my last post, I uploaded a picture of my ... has definitely increased, I could not be happier with how life is going

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  , and even if I were, I doubt I'd want to take a dip in the Charles ... Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip to a warehouse club in the area. The house manager just delivered a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  third floor. I assumed it was pumpkins, but I was wondering how many ... events spanning the last week of which I took pictures. To whet your ... Sarah, '12 decided that, in addition to our delicious rice and chicken

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

   (alongside tours!). I’ve embedded all the 2023 i3 videos below in case you would ... Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  each other. How we did this without words is beyond me, but I will always treasure those moments when the girls would clearly be talking about me in Sinhalese, and I would start imitating them and we would all laugh.” But when

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  stuffy.   Somewhere in high school, I decided that I needed to ... learn about how some stylistic choice in films (choosing what dialogue to ... popular tropes in horror films, early horror genre movies would often

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  yet, somehow - in a few hours, I would be running around the kitchen in a frenzy, wondering if I would get to sleep at all. What happened? 1 ... would happen. That's life, and I felt secure in my priorities. Most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  most days - occasionally two meals and/or no dessert - but when I'm in ... ) - Reread lots of books that I haven't read in a long time - Attended my dad ... team once I get back in town and IAP starts - Visit my old high school

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  financial aid, I turned in my applications. Then, I stopped thinking about them. I had turned in what I needed to. My essays were some semblance of who I was, and while I might wish I hadn’t used so many commas in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt ... watched the second presidential debate. How do I make the most out of MIT ... I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  So in between reading applications I've been sitting in on CMS.790 ... , and say: "Hey Flourish! I'm Chris. I work over in admissions. A decade ago we worked on FictionAlley together. I was in the group that fled Fan

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  , if I were in charge of mail I would probably not process anything just to see how high I could get the stack. I also have sensitive hands - I ... sent in my scores awhile ago, but I still don't see them on My

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  . This means I can't put pictures in for the other ones. I would like to ... interesting story behind how I got interested in this and what I have been doing ... including in the Optional section? ( I hope you would rate it better than just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  are you stressed/anxious/ [emotion] about finals/decisions/[noun]?  here are some adorable dogs. also, me as james bond.

  

  latter, let's just say that I knew it would be successful from the ... kidding, dogs are my favorite animals in the world and this would be a ... final was to compete in a Top Gun shooting competition. ...I didn't win

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 13, 2012