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• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning ... 's Degree, and become a teacher. I'll go to Penn State. I hope to have an "A ... , and buy a normal, two-story house. I will be humble. Everybody says they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  that the entire galaxy is about to enter into a state of chaos for ... opportunity to imagine life in a world different than ours and envision what ... -fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  from all over come to MIT to compete to solve insane brain teasers with hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the ... created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  . A flashback to a previous entry is probably a good way to begin this ... everything you write and syncs it to your computer to be used later in a ... notes you're taking. All it takes is a tap on a word you've written to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  several textbooks from Amazon, and I was considering buying a notebook (the ... easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early ... having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a ... incredible things I've had a chance to do and be a part of - mea culpa, mea ... Charles River. And I can't help but think that it's a beautiful day to bid

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  IVMIT candygram to support a missionary trip to the Dominican Republic ... : "Oh. Admitting any?" Matt: "Yeah, a few, I guess. Well, I've got to go ... It was a music-filled, and unfortunately not work

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  get to show up, sing with a lot of extremely talented people, learn some ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is ... . It is a tedious process, but I cling to every instruction we get

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  lines memorized and ready to recite as eloquently as humanly possible. Too ... writing instructor came up to us. "You guys, have you filed a patent for ... idea to a group of people that could potentially steal it. I recommend a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  , as a way to remember all of the things that had happened. Brain dumping ... thoughts it was to a narrative, trying to tell the story of what it was like ... went from a normal college existence to leaving campus because of a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  't need to tell you that MIT is very different from all other schools. A ... .) Straight up - we are indeed trying to ready MyMIT to release decisions online ... us? Not much, I'm off to bed. But Marilee has a new post for you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  hope my floor uses the opportunity to buy a $1000 wide-screen television ... !" And now every time you hear The Police, you will want to buy a Verizon ... enlisting him to help design a new banner for Turkey vs. Spam--what do you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  a major at the end of freshman year, continue to take classes outside ... a morning exam does. Despite what my 9.01 Intro to Neuroscience ... body will get used to napping every day, and that’s a nuisance. Get off

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  Mt. Fuji. I have to preface this story with a couple facts: 1) I am not ... ), maybe because you can buy a cool stick that they brand at every station on ... my underwear, and ready to throw in the really, really wet towel I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  more data i've gathered since then, so i still have a lot to do. after recitation, i walk over to hayden and seat myself at a couch next to the ... building 46. i ask her to measure my pupillary distance so i can buy glasses

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  Wilson rest stop around exit 7 to buy soft ice cream cones from Carvel (yum ... life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved ... just a mess for me to get back to the job from lunch. Eventually, I made

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  pay for it directly instead of using a credit card. One reason to get a credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a ... , which leads to a credit score, which leads to getting an apartment. Or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  square target buying cat food and listening to pearl jam when i got a call ... i should buy a plastic wastebin to wash my bulky wool sweaters in. (i ... . i skimmed through many iterations of "a pleasure to have in class" and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choose my Halloween Costume!

  

  waiting for Prince Charming's white horse to get in gear) - a witch (even ... have no idea what to dress up as. In fact, I haven't actually dressed up ... some help coming up with a good idea. Here's what I've got so far

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  does it mean for the data to not be ready to analyze? Maybe there's a lot ... the Numbers What is it like to climb a 20-story building 22 times ... , I generally send a request to the owner to use it. If the data is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020