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  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  ! 1. It is not a test. I'll tell you how much we ECs know about you as ... Jones informing me that I was selected to be a blogger...BUT every once in ... 's nothing on my beloved Hayden, but I must say that a library in front of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  in an AP class is better than an A in a normal class.” It shows that ... . Don't flat out say X event changed me in Y way. Show how it changed you. Describe the manifestations of the impact, not the impact itself. This is a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  , in fact, is my definition of magic – competence so much more advanced ... in april my friend recommended the excellent article becoming a ... they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  In lieu of posting about any huge on-campus events or grandiose life-changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I decided to make a vlog about the little things that make me happy. If you

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  is, an engineer without interests in the wider world, working a cushy ... 's been a decade, and only brief snippets of that MIT still remain in my ... some lifted-from-the-admissions-brochure sentence about how MIT has a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  parties made possible by Jay Sean. I’ve learned a couple things. Like how ... clearly not a wise decision. And how the many incredible events at MIT all ... More than a month ago, I stepped drowsily off a Southwest Airlines

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  that my unavailability is not discouraging. Instead of being in a ... undergrad at MIT, I got a book in the mail from an author I nicknamed ... professor of astronomy. In between, I spent a couple of years as a postdoc

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot ... since MIT is known to be a tough school, and whether looking back, I wish ... . MIT forced me to figure out, early in my undergrad career, how I should

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  little kids? Lemme tell you a lil' secret: They're just as much fun as ... Mobile." The bike looks kinda sloppy, but underneath all the blue is a large oak ... during the race. The creativity of all the bikes had a lot to do with how

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  love about MIT lab classes is the free lab goggles. Today we had a choice ... First of all, can anybody out there think of a new blog tagline? I successfully bribed Ben to let me stick around as a blogger this semester, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  ’s probably okay. The cool thing is that I had never fenced a day in my life ... ’re scratching your head and wondering how exactly MIT is allowing me to take this ... that actually accept is probably closer to 10-15%. There are a lot of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering ... forged in injustice as a sword is forged." On Writing is my bible. I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... down and watch more Hermitcraft after this, so yeah. This is pretty much ... . My brain is filled with too much snot right now to remember what we

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the ... eclipse is observed by a big drop in intensity in the light curve readings ... very little experience but with a lot of passion. Shaye is currently in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends spent the last month converting a 1967 Chevy Bel Air into a boat - the ... don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  55, an artists' collective in Copenhagen, is a modern day Conestoga ... " (right) by Richard The (G). (Photos provided by Richard The) Richard is a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab and is a part of an art collective

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Binzel, a New Horizons mission co-investigator, is also professor in MIT ... Pluto. In measuring how much the light dims during an eclipse, Leslie ... Pluto, much crisper than the 1996 Hubble photo. Right now the probe is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  be smart and I knew how much I liked the people in the admissions ... , how competitive and unsocial it is. I’ve only been here a few weeks and ... terrific universities (including MIT). I never aspired to have a career in

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  would be worrying about how much stuff there is still to do tonight." I think it's true. ----- Five days ago, I was tucked away in a lounge on ... me in terms of not traveling to NYC at all. That's saying a lot

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  past midnight. These days, my Fridays tend to be a bit more low-key. In ... Line in Porter Square. It was a snowy night. The grimy piles of snow ... Annie team mentions their goal is to “be a center for community.” I think

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022