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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  that out of the way, I'm writing this entry for a few reasons. One ... entering MIT. Don't worry, I'll wait.) And three, because I'm about to be class of 2016 myself. After working for two years in Boston, I'm moving

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  I have a personal blog that I write about my teenagers and I haven’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it certainly isn’t because of a lack of material. I have more material than ever

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  occurence that it's not until I'm away from campus that it really sinks in how

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  On Friday, the movie Iron Man opened (and opened big: a $100 million opening weekend). I must admit, I'm not generally a big comic book ... magazine, Technology Review. (I'm trying to track down a copy of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  place where you get to say "hey, I'm a human being, let me ... ." That's all we're really looking for. To clarify, I'm not

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  know what? I'm ready for something to be different. I think, for the first time, I'm ready to take this next step. But it's still terrifying ... and talking to them about the application process and how I'm

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  wishing. also i guess i'm a frat boi now :O ... this summer and next year. I'm grateful that tEp, another tightknit and creative community, decided to take me in. I'm excited for what's in store

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  trying to trim the tree of possible paths an Aristotelean inquiry

  

  . I'm reaching to the edge of my abilities and seeing what's there. This is true in a lot of different ways—I'm taking a lot of different classes to try and find where my academic interests lie. I'm taking as many

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  email came out, I’m really grateful I was at MIT.  It’s a scary time and ...   I really don’ t know where to start with these guys. I’m truly blessed ... W.)   I'm high-key emotional rn. While that was a lot, compared

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  I'm sitting at the kitchen table in my London flat; my sister Lisa ... an internship in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I'm pretty sure I was on ... 'd take a lot of time on each post. I'm not sure when the downward spiral

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... right now and soon, I’m told, things will be even more laid-back (!) when ... D students/post-docs so I’m again the youngin’. I’ve been able to get to know a

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  before it's due. I'm well aware that this is one of my greatest flaws, and will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless ... .) 9:53 AM: Back to pset. mCPBA is the most commonly used peroxyacid to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  isn’t for me. I’m not entirely excluding the possibility. […] But Java ... is kind of annoying, and I enjoyed programming more when I’m not doing ... 't that be my project? Why shouldn't I care about having fun on what I'm

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  . This job, I’m realizing as I write this, has really accelerated the aging ... excruciating. I miss talking to my colleagues, and I’m a notorious waffler, often in need of a second opinion. When I’m really desperate for human

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  “slow and steady,” although I’m reluctant to apply it here because MIT isn ... . Tiramisu. Butternut squash lasagna. I’m telling you, even if I weren’t a ... .” I’m my most incongruously chipper self at these things. I wear a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  :   (Now let me just preface my $0.02 that I'm about to spill by ... , internet policy, legal stuff, technology, society, OKAY LET'S BE REAL I'M NOT ... jabs at Zuckerberg's intellect or anything (and I'm certainly not the one

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  I'm chugging into my 3rd year here at MIT blogging, studying, and being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into ... getting it on. So fast forward a bit: I'm there again at the end of August

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  've known, because I'm staying for another year to finish my Master's degree ... black cowboy hat (he attached the tassel to the brim.) I'm not sure about ... 's it. I'm graduated. Weird.

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  apply to. “M.I.T.,” I replied. “Oh, M.I.T.?” she mused. “How ironic, that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  not I'm at work); that, or the world just hates me. Anyway, I was ... . I'm going into a third year hosting DJ Awesome and the Wonderfriends ... cover. I'm surprised people still listen to us, since our show mostly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008