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• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  enjoyably intense focus on or absorption in a task. Flow is the best thing ... . I've found that my writing is better when I'm in a mental state ... Not every writer is an artist. Not every piece of writing is a work

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  in the blogs about how important your living group is to your MIT ... As you may know, I lived in Next House as a freshman, and while it ... Residence-Based Advising (RBA). RBA is a lot like ordering a Big Mac and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon ... (any % although whole is more manly) 2) You can't vomit I'm the one in ... So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  . That shift in mentality is honestly what has kept me sane in being a ... loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a ... (I was more of a math person at that point), dragged in my physics

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow ... long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... Of Toolage, cementing its place in history. As long as there is MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  is the Siemens Research Competition. MIT is a University Partner for ... wanted to share a PSA! Sorry I haven't blogged much over the last few weeks ... As I've blogged before, many students who are interested in MIT are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  calling myself a writer, and that I've become much more interested in ... , there is a blog post associated with that day. This is in spite of a ... is not a particularly interesting age, and the past year itself has

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  a week of wireless internet in the bathtub and reading by the fireplace. My actual purpose today is to talk a little bit about selecting a ... any major. A list of degree programs is here (I find this list SUPER

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is ... Tell the truth, how many current MIT students read the title of this ... least Chris M did. Yesterday a video, made by a bunch of people from

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... . Doable in a week, even. Little did I know that it would take over a month ... found a 2080-ft 5-bed, 2-bath located in Central that was just barely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  mind-opening. The course is open to pretty much anyone in the MIT ... you have to do is submit a project and budget proposal in order to ... resource. Everyone at MIT is talented and driven. In a couple decades, they

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  think of it as a wearable yearbook. The 2014 ring is much the same way ... Jobs. In the beaver's right hand is a candle with a screw jutting out ... name, got his Master's in City Planning, and in a way, he planted the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  There comes a time in everyone's MIT experience, from the application ... down a list of things to remember. Things that, in an ideal world, we ... Awesome, a VlogBrothers, or John and Hank Green, run charity event in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  of my work there in the form of a letter of reference or is my noting ... white, no one deferred in EA is guaranteed a spot in RA. They'll all go ... here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... connect. Crafting a class is similar - we go into painstaking detail to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I'm a little exhausted from answering questions right now, so this is ... suggestions as to the application process? How was it when you applied? How is ... -- write them, put them in a drawer for a few days, come back, revise, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  . Simon: When you do math in public, how do people generally react? Is this ... In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... guys are just awesome and inspiring. Probably a combo of the two. In any

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste ... how to dance. You know what that means? When you go to a party and there's dancing, you can shake it, much like one might shake a Polaroid picture

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  lead and how much they contribute to our Air Force. In ROTC, during the ... summer after their freshman year. This program is a Professional ... my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Put a Ring On It 2013 RING PREMIERE!

  

  who don't: the MIT class ring (a.k.a. Brass Rat) is not only one of the most recognized rings in the world but also pretty much the single item ... About three hours ago, a large majority of the MIT Class of 2013

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 11, 2011