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  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  , and WTP -- have their application deadlines next week. All three are open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is ... juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  to pop up with surprising regularity. A lot of my newly made African ... , “You’re black! Where’s your Kendrick Lamar? Your J. Cole?” The word ... way. Next thing I know, his arms are around my shirt, and he’s shaking

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  grades where life is at its best. Where one stays up until 4am, not out of ... during Interphase is broken up into four classes that are supposed to model ... ), and Physics. Your Calculus and Chemistry classes are then also broken up

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  . dan: why are we doing this? this is such an awful idea. why'd you think ... that made me all of a sudden feel better about myself. i did feel good ... ran out of money? what if your parents found out where we lived, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  think vegetables are a *big deal*, but anyway, my point is, I don't think ... than say that you shouldn't be happy because others are suffering, I ... guy was saying, "are you African? African American?" and I responded

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  all of which I attended because they came with free dinners. Once, I ... hour of free time. Despondently I searched the 2nd floor of Building 4 ... like myself and the Pope, and tourists are usually milling around campus

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  our stuff (the move date is next Saturday!), and made arrangements to ... of my friends from home are graduating college with about a zillion ... you graduate and are living on your own. Banks, cell phone carriers

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  .” I’m still not sure whether he made that up or not. Math majors are ... cards that, for each of their four characteristics, are either all the ... sets are there? (1080) What is the average number of sets in a 12-card

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  applicants are in danger of getting rejected because of an internet profile ... privacy - sites like Facebook are designed to be a community, a playground ... are many more like it all over the web. Do you advise students to take

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  neurodivergent person, being in a place where people are unopologetically ... - many of us come from backgrounds where you are the only one in the room ... "the people". What do we mean by this? I ask around. who who are "the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  that was a 15-minute drive from the house I grew up in (where I was ... several moments during my travels, including that one, where after I left a ... university and experience imposter syndrome; these are often students who are

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  "stopover program," for multi-day layovers with free/heavily discounted hotel ... with her at baggage claim"][/annotation] and made it through customs, where I got the first stamp on my brand new passport! Afterwards, we

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  registration, diagnosis, pharmacy, aid (free food), blood analysis stations! (yes ... special pick made out of glass pipets and platinum wire under an optical ... from Montreal on a three-day weekend trip (wheeee!) :) And this is where

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  -Country Championships. As you may recall from where Maggie left off, our women's team ... 're definitely not in Boston anymore... After a three hour drive, we made it to ... of our nation, inescapable no matter where we travel to. In any case, I

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC Presents: Black Panther 2

  

  -100[/annotation] MIT's Lecture Screening Committee hosted a special free screening ... able to get ready for the screening. During this screening, we had free ... refreshments worker, we made 5-6 batches of popcorn in advance to prepare for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT ... for me, sure. I know how necessary they are. But I was really scared to ... in the above diagram, where you get sent to line up in front of one of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  !” moments where you see things you are learning in the lecture halls applied ... ingredients. Your likes and dislikes are now taken into account. If you love ... are a thousand people around you busily making their own special dishes

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  , because everything almost felt too purposeful. Most of the art I made was to ... attitude of “just do it”. “Why the hell are you psetting at 4am?” “Dunno, I ... analogy for a transistor made equation derivations incredibly clear. The

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  is to surround yourself with people who are free in ways you’re not ... can process information faster than me. but are they free in ways that i ... was appropriate to put on the mit admissions blog; feel free to contact

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  master's student, I can't live in the[annotation note="There are graduate ... are now primarily research and TA-ing. Being a graduate TA is a new role ... 've held on campus (and[annotation note="Undergrads are paid hourly. The rate

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022