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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  experience—namely, nearly drowning after being shoved into a pool in grade nine—I ... hours in a week, I did everything without feeling like my brain was being ... by a long shot. I wasn’t bored. In fact, I had a constant stream of oh

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  SAT I. A 720 in Math is NOT MIT material. If I do get 750-800 in Math ... January. What should I do and how should I proceed? Please, help me!" No ... accepted EA, should I send in anything more to give my app. another push for

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  MIT - it's been a crazy few weeks, but I'm finally settled in and ready ... in the future. On a more positive note, I have a single for the first ... living in a double), it does have its perks (I can drink juice from the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  November 2004, so I've got a handle on what I'm supposed to be doing in lab ... supposed to be a lot of fun. I'll be testing that hypothesis. Aside from having a lot of fun, I'll also be interning at a consulting firm in Harvard

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  time on January 1 or before. (I strongly discourage waiting until the ... are in tough financial shape and make a good faith effort to inform us ... the word limit. You may choose to send in the essay at a length that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  “What inspired you to draw your design” question in the submission form, I ... laugh, or at least mutter a perplexed "...what?" Turns out, I'm not the ... week later I spent a part of it on GTA IV. I really want to know what the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  Center. Before I knew it, my last semester in high school had begun. Take ... this January should be an excellent experience in living in a foreign ... taking the time to enjoy your last semester in high school. I don't know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  -taken-shower. I hated this sign. Because in what world would there be a “Young ... about in a performance piece. I didn't include the numerous amazing and ... sophomore year to realize that I'm a woman in STEM. When I realized this

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... , thinking that maybe i'd be happier in this one or the other. melissa in a ... facilitated this. good thing i’ve now placed myself in a job where i get to

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  , seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a ... ’t really shared with anyone before, and share what I’ve learned, in the hopes ... ways life would be better if I could just find a cozy nook in the past to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  puzzles I wasn't able to show you. I hope you all had a good time, I know I ... blog too! I'm going on 42 hours with 1.5 hours of sleep, a lot of ... getting kind of close. From what I've heard from my secluded area off the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... 's honestly a bonus (living in EC means I really don't get much unintentional ... definitely way faster in IAP, and having only one class is a weird feeling -- I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... than intended before coming back to campus, I forget that there’s a world ... more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  )"]finding the friends[/annotation]. What I’m more interested in is how that ... …ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other ... beginning on campus [annotation note="I am literally on a plane headed back to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  the time I hit 30 and picked a few to work on during 2020. What follows ... , unfortunately.  Ukulele: I got a ukelele in the second half of 2020 and really ... summer, I started breaking out like never before, so I went to a

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

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  video, which I hope captures a bit of what it was like to actually be there: This was the first time I really actively participated in a protest. My mother, from Nanjing, China, has a green card, and so when I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  every two weeks, so I should probably wait a few weeks before asking for ... Islets of Langerhans that nobody had ever see before. However, I was a ... I've got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn't be able to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever really been patient. When a big event looms, I mark its approach in a big ... important day in your memory, at least for a while. The moment before you see

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  As promised, I finished my post about deciding what to do this summer. Disclaimer that I haven't slept in 22 hours. - Last summer, a life plan took ... conference in January, I talked with a few MIT alums, as well as Random

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As soon as possible ... available for classes you’ve taken in your current academic year. I am ... from students with something to report. If you're in a school that

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014