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• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  I approached the prompts and my writing will be useful fodder for your essays. For the tl;dr, scroll to the bottom to get my general takeaways ... overthinking this essay, especially the last line where it looks like I dropped

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  , but for the most part, you can just imagine it as a bunch of people ... Mulligan, the typical game master for the show, creates such complex ... starting point for anyone that has not watched D20 before or any D&D. The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  . To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all ... . This is what the East Coast looks like from an airplane window: I’d imagine that is exactly what Antarctica looks like. With the wet residue of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  MIT was our dream school. The blogs were one of the main reasons for ... (sorry not sorry for the pun). We were both faced with that infamous letter ... ’t get the “yes” we had hoped for and worked for for so long. It felt like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  looked like a witch! Me: ..... The fourth time was a couple of weeks ago ... I was five years old the first time someone accused me of witchcraft ... powers]: Yes. Lisa: REALLY? Me: Yes. Lisa: Woah! The second time someone

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  experiences for the blogs, so I asked the blogger Slack for some questions for ... looking at colleges, and I tagged along on the trips and tours. MIT just ... was the place to go for science and math. From that point on, it became

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Liebe Deutschland! A video entry - because I was too lazy to type

  

  (Sorry for the abrupt ending! I accidentally pushed the button to stop recording a few seconds before I was actually done speaking, haha)

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 15, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  While You Wait… Like robotics? Like the Rubik's Cube?

  

  Like robotics? Like the Rubik's Cube? Check out this video that someone sent me. Discuss. (Sorry for the short post! Back to selection...)

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How can I get a course catalog?

  MIT has an online course catalog called the Bulletin that provides details about MIT, the campus, and undergraduate programs, including requirements and course descriptions for majors/minors.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  somebody in the UK dreamt that a loved one had died, only for that loved one ... , but we wanted to add new aspects to this field by only looking at the ... heard about Gnod from Gnoosic and the Music-Map, but they apply AI for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  ,” I said. The man looked surprised and so did Rob. “Hot as hell today ... ’m editing his memoir in exchange for the personal training he usually sells ... chocolate, and looks afraid for me, and tells me “weird things have been

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same ... bakes often and leaves the cake, or brownies, or cornbread, up for grabs ... , visiting seattle or looking for a couch to crash on for a few nights. we

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  rather than reading all the entries at smashbros.com some for the ... the museum for five hours I was hungry, because six pieces of buttered ... .00 euros is just about the universal standard price for Döner in Western

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Princeton for two and a half years. Why do I do this? Because the money's good ... Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  - and be a whole lot more fun! Take for instance the time I was climbing ... explored the novel construction and assembly methods needed for such a design ... artificial) - think of the scripted conversations you have with recruiters over

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  the delicious ravioli (I woke up in time for lunch :)). Raphael woke me ... ! A for effort! Now, we're sitting on the plane from Panama to Quito ... visiting her home in Ecuador for the first time in 2 years. She hasn't told

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ... Fellowship and join "the next generation of tech visionaries." Perhaps this ... years already?!?!), this was the page I took to heart: The Match Between

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

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  Phone. Oh yeah -- that's right, the iPhone just came out a few months ago for you, huh? Well, here's the latest model if you want to look at it ... that you signed up for on whim, and the best conversations you'll have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  look around that diner and not see The Simpsons, he's mildly obsessive ... almost crashed into him he decided to move Homer to the back seat. So, for ... and plan their meals. I know, right? I mean, who has time for that? Ever

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  app, which I use religiously. For the most part, I open the app, open a clean note, type, close the app, and never look at the note again. This ... how my luggage didn't arrive to Boston for four days. Then, I wrote

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022