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• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  people and social interactions in college i still only looked for new stem ... the responsibility for having chosen an option which is harder than my ... way it suggests every one of us is absolutely insane. for instance:  in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  shocking way, so I'll answer anyway. Look at yourself in the mirror -- there ... research for him for very little in the way of salary. So slave labor works ... class. (I had been working in my UROP lab for a year when I took the class

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  room in the halls/dorms generally? 2.are there different halls for boys ... spectrum in this area. Arrangements range from McCormick Hall, which is an ... sending an email to the address in the banner. I'll do my best to either

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  free for MIT students. I filled out an online application and reserved an ... going great. There was an event for freshmen going on that day, so it looked less like a library and more like a mini convention center. People

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  In 1965, Jocelyn Bell arrived at Cambridge University to earn her Ph ... built a radio telescope that could fit 57 tennis courts. Bell was put in charge of operating the telescope, and collecting data. Bear in mind that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  , playing minecraft in utter secret while my mom wasn't looking. i walked and ... the east and set in the west. i looked up at the sun; time to chase the ... is ten minutes in game) i found myself at the shore of an ocean. i

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  to Boston, where, as you already know, I went to LeaderShape in an ... MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of a classroom project, a cool new toy, an internship with MISTI

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  solved for, I could plan my future by laying these decisions out in front ... tell you a story." One day, as a young man, he got in an elevator ... probably got over-simplified while making a home for itself in my memory. But

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  on in NYC. I am always keeping an eye out for pop-ups (like the ... Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an ... situationship I was in at the time and my mom was so mad at me for using my last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  an hour in the backyard trying to take a head-on selfie in direct ... first. You'll register for an appointment at the RMV to take the permit test, but forget to study for it because you were so immersed in your

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for the forthcoming admissions cycle. As you may know, in the past ... . There is no preference in our process for early applicants. We use the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  new information about my life just dropped [ from the archive ] roses, thorns, and buds

  

  for, things I’m looking forward to, and things I’m hoping to accomplish ... Massachusetts.  I needed a car for the summer since my internship was in Western ... ="123089" /] i started rock climbing Like every other 20-something living in an

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • February 21, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  a slightly different permutation in order to get a nice figure for our ... percentile) in math and a 740 (99th percentile) in verbal. I got an 870 (97th ... Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  , including reading for fun, dancing as much as I used to in high school, and ... -beep-beep-beep - my alarm goes off, I look out my window, and I realize that once again ... I don't much care for this nickname, lol...). I have three suitemates

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  for $1.25 in about half an hour. Yeah, they were ridiculously happy ... and slingshots. This year, it was an officially sanctioned event held in ... was held in Walker Memorial (Building 50) for new freshmen and their

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  that in a country like Pakistan there isn't much opportunities for ... Maina asked:: I sat for SAT 1 and I messed up in one section in Critical ... then cheated, like an idiot! So of course he got caught, and I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  's really important that you end up in the best dorm for you and don't succumb ... . It's much better to be with great people in an older dorm than to be ... requirements for a degree in that major, as if you're getting a degree in just

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  to meetings Oh, god. So many damn meetings. I'm in an MIT committee for this, and an MIT committee for that. I have a work standup, a sync ... been in. (Coming in second would be the one between 8th and 9th grade

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  , for whatever reason, really good at acting like an MIT student." Me ... 't audition." Auditions for the Spring musical rolled around in February - the ... : "It's only an audition! It's not like I'm committing to be in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  competitive applicant, about what medical schools are looking for, the ... emerged in my head: I began to realize that an application to graduate ... become an expert in. This caught me totally by surprise, since I've always

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013