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• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  effort I put in to make a change. How long can I hope that this time ... 's how it's been for me in the past. I have to accept that there are some ... I competed in a lot of robotics competitions throughout high school

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  inappropriate, because I saw it in Harrisburg and not at MIT. Also, my 8 ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite ... other way around. 7. Also, for all the hype, I think that Angel was in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  appreciated the actual view in front of my eyes, just because how shitty I felt ... ...shh[/caption] These numbers are mostly based off of how confident I am in myself. I ... :("]few[/annotation] glaciers left in the park. All the blog posts I read

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  browsing email in search of free food when I came across Splash, a program ... pressure, I began to ideate. I considered teaching “how to make ... Hobbiton, Harry Potter entering Diagon Alley. I would have descended into

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  “hands-on”. Before I got here I would've listed, off the top of my head ... they did, and so I recounted my experiences learning how to cook and bake, and gardening as a child, and why I loved both and how they’d shaped me

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  ). I would recommend sending us a note to this email address in mid ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  interested in the math side of things, how physical systems make order. But I ... . How in the world did you both go from doing engineering at MIT to ... would have these models I designed on the computer laying around my desk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  ." How embarrassing. Anyway, I spent about an hour more taking notes in ... Looking For A Good Fantasy." I stood in that entrance hall for a solid ... how quickly my essay came together after I put all the chunks up there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  runs in high school and thinking about what I would blog. I don ... in a couple days, after this eight-week vacation. For now I’m wandering ... trees. One year ago I was in Venice, fairly certain this virus everyone

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  friends on which I can write on in my essays. I would be so grateful if you ... . Apologies. ------------------------------------- Aziz wrote: "If i'm living in ... long time. I cant exactly remember the number of hours as the'd go in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  models in hand. I’m walking around today too. In Cambridge. With a backpack ... past three years of my life. And in the blink of an eye, I’ve gone from ... inexhaustible variety of life). Floating in Nostalgia   I honestly can

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  the field is completely different. I might have been in over my head ... England, where I learned to work with people from a different culture and in ... GEL to teach me the things I never would have learned at MIT otherwise

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  Development. I've now seen more snow than I ever cared to see in my life; by that token, you can tell that I'm certainly not new here anymore. (In ... ; I had an awesome, well-thought-out plan, and look how that turned out

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  used to see him when I made solitary adventures downtown on Fridays in ... around the city so I go get a smoothie. These women in sundresses order ... . “Hey, how old are you?” “Depends on who’s asking.” “I’m asking!” “Well

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  , East Campus lets us store things in the basement free of charge, so I ... I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection ... buildings weren't in the way because I bet the sky is beautiful... and thus

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  Chapter website (ashraeboston.org). They are awarding 14 scholarships in the ... college student attending a school in Massachusetts, so keep it in mind!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  love for soy milk. It’s sort of how I imagined my freshman year would go ... me. I think this shows in what I like to write about, too: how things ... layer of masking tape. When I come home from classes I linger in the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  * -- and I'm here thinking about how awesome CPW's going to be next month. I ... communication course. In the next couple of weeks, I'll write a five-page paper on ... on. I continue to lean toward a major in management science, with a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  watch them fizz, which I thought would go down in history as The Most ... . I was taking a bath (not really sure why this detail sticks in mind ... accused me of witchcraft, I was a sophomore in High School, tutoring a seven

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011