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  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  planning in some way, and this one was conducive to that (since planning is a ... i choose that will still be meaningful and make me memorable to the ... autonomy and mobility, and the quarantine bike rides that led me to local

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the ... distilling my thoughts over the last 4-5 years. That is, in addition to no ... the curb. For one, I've made a vow to revive my Tumblr and resume

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  -five and complaining about how hard it is to land a decent job. and sometimes ... , but i learned to repeat and build upon the scenes that i've watched. and ... real thing". is there a real thing in the first place? am i so worried

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  that I've returned from a long time away, I'm getting ready to head out ... that I could take advantage of a free trip to Paris! I picked up a copy of the MIT newspaper today and one item caught my eye: it said that MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  to a walk. I kept the pauses as short as I could, reminding myself that ... advice in his remarks to MIT's newest graduates. The whole speech is definitely worth a read (and worth watching), but I wanted to highlight

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  there’s a way to balance the three as long as you're organized and realize ... class takes the form of a lab that we have to complete every week and that ... something is still broken. That’s a problem, because the more tired I get, and

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

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  life driving to and from the internship that he liked. As luck should have it, "the day" came on August 13th of 2010, and now that same (not as ... about keeping a car in the city and commuting to work this summer :) I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  , and for the most part is what happens. Some, however, really want a ... Over a week has passed since Pi day, and the reality of the MIT ... admission, there is a bit of role reversal as a new decision date approaches

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  . I asked her to send a couple pictures and said that I will take care ... and high-energy-density physics - like what the hell is that anyways ... sure just a semester ago that I could never take care of an animal and a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  down to the main ground. If there is any one moment that my heart feel so ... particular that stuck out to most people: "Spinning Yarn." So the idea here is that someone starts off by holding a ball of yarn. And they began to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  approach to the novel technologies available and seeking sponsorship from a ... strayed off the road, flipped, and suffered immense damage. A summer that ... , the team is gearing up to compete and is hoping to win the World Solar

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  , and has heated the surrounding sidewalks up to a temperature of 138 deg ... ?) -- each of you come to us with a different story, and that's mhat makes this ... certifying that the application fee poses a financial hardship to your family

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  people are excited by that, because the cold, bleak winter is a tough time ... !) so there's no way I can sneak off to the mountains for a few runs ... . Sunburns suck, sand doesn't do it for me, and the heat is just tougher for me

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  section of both Parts One and Two, there is a link that will allow you to ... recommended, the interview is not a required part of the application (and ... Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  parts of the trip. I exit baggage claim, and there someone is holding a sign that reads: "Mr. Bryan O." I wanted to take a picture of him and ... completing 2 essays, the math section, and a verbal section, I am offered to do

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  like myself and the Pope is that people will inevitably recognize you in ... . It turned out that the correct door had both an ID card swipe and a ... Senior House, one of the dorms that is definitely not a bookstore in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  Confidential when I was applying to colleges, and this is probably a good thing ... applications ask for your unweighted GPA, so the fact that your GPA is 26.2 on a ... classes. It was a good entry, and this was going to be a comment on it, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  get to be that person who always has a quippy remark locked and loaded ... fork in the road, and every choice feels weighty in a place that you ... life, and there’s not much of a message here. Maybe a recommendation that

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  in me was hyped to hear that. The arboretum is a good ~5 miles away ... spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be ... North America, and is home to over 1.3 million trees, shrubs, and woody

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  not sure that I would want everything to occur the exact same way that ... over campus and begin to gain a better understanding of who the people ... beginning to believe that in college and especially at a place like MIT where

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007