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• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  is a lot like saying west campus people are normal (they are, for MIT ... open house, Ball Drop and many other things where Karen could be found ... here are some pictures/videos I have to add (in roughly chronological

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  about as real as dragons and reindeer (oh wait…) Now, those tunnels are ... ; they are a home that I share with rats the size of cats. I have this problem where I really start to enjoy things just as they’re about to end

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  are, because first semester freshman year is a ball. My awesome pre ... started and the endless supply of free food waned, it began to hit me that I ... at times and also confused about where 'home' really was. Was home

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  room, still know where I want my life to go, inching away from ... vans and orientation groups beckon. You're being told how amazing you are ... expectations nears its cashier. Advisors are taking you out to dinner and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  ironic to an outsider. “Believe deep down in your heart that you are ... land it sits on. There are immense green lawns, interrupted by trees and wide red brick streets. There are old, grey buildings from the 1850s and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  . ------------------------------------- Anonymous wrote, "where do we mention that january scores are to be expected ... /engineering. If you are sending in portfolio work to be reviewed, please note that ... midyear grades. Good midyear grades are key! 1. You can just send us the new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  office hours * seriously though, i wish i hadn't made that trade ... are basically schedules of workout videos to follow."]Chloe Ting ... much time and that made me even less motivated. I’ve learned now to just

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  . Application essays are another place where students try to stand out. Mr. Poch ... a different campus. Although they are often overshadowed by the sheer ... appalling events are also part of the college-search process. Take campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  made by dozens and dozens of people before me in a way it reminds me of ... before you, all the memories made by people in this soon ... now all of those people are gone, and i will be one of the last to leave

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  burdens are lifted: IAP, and summer. That's why for this summer, I decided ... ... ...and one month later, I learned that a man named Guido van Rossum made ... might've had your mind blown. He's the type of Guido that made a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  some guests) looks on: Happy birthday, Ruth. =D So, where have I been? Well, I finally made it home and then spent a lot of time catching up on ... pack in a few short days. Speaking of packing, April and I made a pretty

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  questions, because I'm thinking this is where I want to live. Are there music ... checks in and out. The front desk is also where you can get your mail, find ... dorm has. I have no idea which ones they are, sorry. Seriously, the game

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Here Comes the Sun @ MIT A Photographic Journey

  

  are some images I've collected over the course of the month. Enjoy ... . Membership is free for all MIT students who have taken an appropriate class ... more sunny days, Yours, Yuliya   PS: What are your favorite

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  - feel free to post comments here if you encounter further issues.***   Hi there! It looks like some applicants are having issues ... problem and are working as quickly as we can to resolve it. If you can

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  ’s been a long time since I’ve so thoroughly bungled a test. There are many ... terms of my trajectory — my credentials as a 6-3 with a 7 minor are not so ... , but in the end, I think it was a mistake.  I probably should’ve made

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  hosed, where i no longer have 'hell weeks' as often, but there are two ... fun i've had among the hard times :,) hackMIT: i actually made a ... [annotation note="they actually made us apply this year and we weren

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  the only one on my floor. As hurricane Henri made its way to Rhode ... , where a lot of big Orientation and other events happen ... ='you can also request an early return if you are helping with Orientation or

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  Chinatown, where crowded eateries are bunched into corners like figures on ... To be honest, my weekend mornings are probably less exciting than ... colleagues are calculating the limit of sleep as time approaches 3 PM, and I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  , where the Great Hunger is a deeper search for meaning and understanding in ... refreshing to read a few posts from alumni who are now over 15 years from when ... . “For a long time,” he said, “MIT has recruited people who are great at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  trek over to Walker Memorial where the event was to be held was fraught ... ’t focus appropriately the way I tell it to. Here are my meager efforts. Try ... Shin Lim blowing our minds with magic If you are interested in seeing

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016