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• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  comfortable evaluating your application in context. A committee of experienced ... limited to): the IB, A Levels, the French Baccalaureate, and CBSE. Your ... admission and select a major at the end of the first year with help from their
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  . According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a bedroom is primarily defined as ... , of saying this is mine and this is how I want it to look. I couldn’t dye my hair, or pick my haircuts, or dress how I wanted to dress as a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  of Niels Bohr is drawn onto a whiteboard in the background, with his ... sitting at a lunch table in the distance. The surrounding is the New Vassar ... . Cami is smiling at her friend. The smile is warm, but maybe a little

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  PREMISES 1. This is an OPINION post. Not a suggestion post. I'm not ... that live in a small dorm but is part of a fraternity, so I don't know how much my opinion matters or would apply to future students, but here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  course Professor is also a really big deal in the field and he still hangs ... have a good grasp on the mechanisms of disease is infectious diseases (e ... -infected humans out there: your whole body is a mystery. As a course disclaimer, we

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  , which is part of how housing is assigned. According to MIT's Dormitory Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun time filled with tons of ... live, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the different parts of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  Hello beautiful folks of the interwebz, It's been a while! Much has happened since my last post - I stopped being a teenager, I went to San Diego, I discovered Rebecca Black (and am forever scarred) and I received a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  inspiration.” I reminded him that it is 2 a.m. He said “so what; don’t waste ... Academy and MIT alumnus, touched upon many compelling anecdotes and much advice in his remarks to MIT's newest graduates. The whole speech is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind ... 't be running from activity to activity anymore, but I do have a few ... 't have the chance to dance together anymore, but we still have a few things

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  then revealed that he, himself, is also a twin! Go figure! Danny: As ... . 3) Eating dinner alone is a thing. We were kind of scared to eat ... courses were always the same). Having similar academic interests is not

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  only 18%. Sam's Mom has informed me that I have a then/than error in one ... , but I'll leave you with a few thoughts of my migration southward. 1 ... grandmothers' house in the middle of the night. In the words of a great man, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria ... wariness that always sat deep inside me felt much bigger. A microscope over ... the lights go off, what we need is a shimmer, a glow, not a black hole

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  Hello Internet! I had a very writing major day, which is to say that ... preservation.)   The protagonist of ThesisNovel is a high school senior ... a huge huge issue for me later on, which is another story altogether

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  to be taught how to make a snowman, which I feel is some essential life ... this is that when it’s cold, it snows, which is pretty much the best. So ... -circles-of-hell-on-a-good-day-was-even-cold type of cold. But seriously, I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  threw a dinner party for a bunch of people Friday, including Sam's Mom ... most healthful food in the world, is actually bad for you, because it gives you gallstones. Luckily, I don't like spinach very much. That's why

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  portrayed. "MIT student?" But Anthony is so much more than that. So how do I ... obligations always tended to cross paths. And yes, now MIT is in a different ... direct relevance to what I feel is my singular path, yet it was taking a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  straight hours of short lessons ranging from "How to ask for a date" to "At ... sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We're stereotyped as awkward nerds with grody neckbeards who shower once a month

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  ’m normally heading out. Sleeping is a big part of that—how can I feel normal if ... , telling him how I felt a mixture of calm and anxiety, and I couldn’t quite ... please go anywhere, anywhere that’s not here, in a way that felt very much

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  general idea is that I'm working on a program that can navigate several ... for multiple robots to get to a destination. The goal this summer is to ... someone I know makes the weights a little more bearable. Artsy things How

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  Abstract Ring Delivery is a time-honored tradition in which Massachusetts ... elucidate why such great effort is put into emphasizing the presence of a new ... finally put a ring on it,” or “Engaged to the institute!” While this quip is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014