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• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk ... interview and give you some advice. This is also a good chance for students to ... America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  , which is honestly an okay ratio in my opinion. Especially at a school ... a really good time with friends. I went to the movies, I waded in the ... their worst this semester, I talked to a few trusted people in my life

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  to an end - nor is it, for that matter, a question of finding how low ... If you had a rabid enough interest in MIT and resided in the ... , I know I'm in the same boat, because I didn't become a super

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is ... announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out ... , our primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  We All Need A Little Encouragement

  

  From a bottle of Honest Tea, purchased from MIT's Student Center

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  it yourself and see how it goes!) Our kitchen floor is really dirty ... Institute Requirement in Physical Education. The requirement includes successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  is my Blizzard Burrito [a collage]. ... A couple days after the blizzard, I walked around campus and took some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  going to graduate with a 5.0 in a double major and double minor with a ... that MIT is a place run by people, and people aren't perfect. For health ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  International Colleges & Universities, a higher education directory. I have a ... : OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about ... -speed films. There's also a general MIT video gateway. MIT's home page: It

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  picnic. All in all, it was a tragic end to a magical day, but a car karaoke ... code and projects that could be used in production at a startup focused ... constituents, a worthy cause in today’s political climate. I met MIT people I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  , granola bars and a box of organic alfalfa sprouts that appeared in no ... schedule of a 24-hour pharmacy worker in Alaska. No wonder: Random Hall ... -dozen others as we soaked in a collective haze of puzzlement: After a few

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  so I thought I'd squeeze in one last entry before decisions came out ... want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if that's the kind of thing that tickles your fancy, then I have a nice

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  ’s grand opening, my second reaction was, “Wow, a boba machine is literally ... . After all, boba is just a drink, and drinks are made with certain ... is a refrigerator which has a Samsung Galaxy tablet mounted on the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  of my very favorite things in life, which is somewhat sensible if you ... wish I had a better justification than this, but in 9.00 (intro to ... they complain, I like to give them a blank look, as though the concept is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  . Maybe your type is playing with foam swords in a ball pit. Maybe your type ... of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... around in the back of my head. I felt I wouldn't fit in unless my idea of a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  . Students with a multitude of interest and involvement in the arts at MIT will ... creativity and expression. A hands-on approach allows what they learn in their ... . Gamelan Galak Tika bowing in the traditional manner after a performance with

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  website. :) In honor of the cannon's transport, it was given a class of ... decided to have a little fun with Caltech. You see, Caltech has this famous ... fire it at important events. Guess where the cannon is as I type this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from ... but now I am aware of the sameness of everywhere, the unique beauty of a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  person in a room. explaining to a nine-year-old what an fmri is. seeing ... lost, in a world where others don't seem to be. feeling reluctant to open ... one of the prompts i answered, when i applied to be a blogger (and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022