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  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  MIT, you get to make the choice not only where you live but who you live ... 'd just have to meet them. The best I can do is try to introduce them to you ... 'm passing 18.03..") Another point to how we're the best floor ever - we

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  . As I get ready to graduate, I wanted to share how I experienced Ben ... class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it.” → I had to ... time here. And yes, I have remembered how lucky I am to be here every day

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  narrative -> point -> how it connects to me. In fact, this is what I use ... once upon a time, I wrote a blog comparing the college essay to froyo ... thinking about how I would approach these essays. Although nothing here is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  and get to know the new class. I vividly remember the first time I ... a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  to eat. I see Anderson in the kitchen as well. He talks about how he ... to get it." It's funny, I guess, that Hunt has been a venue to explore ... 't have fifty people; the number's closer to 65. But this is a series, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  anyone. All this way that Alberto and I had been traveling to get to Muti ... Writing after going to Ethiopia has always been impossible. When I was seven years old I took my first trip to Ethiopia with my family. My

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  props are fun. I was reluctant to get robes at first, but some generous donations from alums allowed us to all get robes for free. I played as Neville ... many of my friends to sign up as I could. The pandemic's been rough for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  'd never been to the space before, but I was impressed by how funky the space ... . However, our team of Mechanical Engineers and I had the opportunity to ... ) and also amazing. I teared up a little when I got to see him in the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  -worry-inducing gadgets, I realize just how much MIT has permeated every part of my life ... .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met ... rush job to get it together before we left. Coupled with some array

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  clearly have no idea how to properly manage my time anymore, I decided to ... pretend that's how I've spent the last six weeks. We now return to our super ... 's seen the unpublished posts; I just keep changing the date and planning to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  how I applied to MIT) that helps low-income and minority students get ... graph equations in 2D or 3D to get a better understanding of how different ... start the new year.  But I also want to note that while it might be

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed ... -it note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to ... realized that though I don’t think I’ve felt rooted to a place before, Boston

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  how to make it. As I did, they jotted down notes and prodded with ... to make it, but, at the very least, how I do it. Grind up Thai chili ... , which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  . I get it. I know it. I was there. I thought I'd make something to ... incredible strides, made great sacrifices, and worked so, so hard to get here ... difficult schools to get into and you have achieved something that is by no

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become if I get in? Who will I be, who will I become, if I don’t?” First, I ... stems from. I never thought that failing to get into MIT would mean

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... test ever could. Of course you need good scores and good grades to get ... . Having bad grades or scores will certainly hurt you, but I’m sorry to say

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to ... . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by what seemed to be widespread confusion. When I was a kid, I recall

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  groups looking on. I think that gets you caught up.) Adam and I got ... foldability and distance. The planes were a little bit pointy, I'm not going to ... be having our reception. Our first dance was to "Everything I Do" by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  to blog, I genuinely wasn't sure of the response we'd get. It's a cold ... ways—which, as I get older, I think is the key to changing The World in ... I may have been accepted to MIT, but by Snively '11 That rings a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  students how likely it is that they will be admitted to each school on their ... selective colleges, is really tough. It's hard to know how to gauge your ... applying to MIT - I beg you: please, please do not pay attention to "chance

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011