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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  them, but I almost never do.  Well, what’s a better time than now? Since I’ve been in a bit of a post-application-season pre ... in what has become a hunkering zombie of virgin words. The other

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ... with in Simmons) and Maria. Not only do I have a cameo in this one with a ... cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  what they thought I should want. I found it in May 1996 aboard an Amtrak ... of a button. It certainly left Hot Wheels in the dust. I turned five ... -- took on a new hobby that bore some promise. Before school was out in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  week, which was how often I checked before MIT) you'll read: "I am ... : everyone should travel* at least once a month (from here on abbreviated as ... trip, I strongly encourage you to check your emails.   February

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  , but I’ve also spent a year each in Simmons and Baker, so if you have any ... had a room facing the Charles River and I miss that this year. In the ... the basement I spend a decent amount of time in the basement, because

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  is, no, I've never really watched soccer before in my life, but the ... in a book or a travel guide or something if I don't get around to ... , sit down, and work it all out in your head before the deadline. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  skeletal structures, glued pipes together. I can code a bit in Fusion now ... nothing more than sleep.   I keep a list in chalk above my desk ... a disclaimer some events are slightly out of order I was not really

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  college? what?? Like many I’ve talked to, I’m still stuck a couple ... water.) I’m stuck in a bit of a situation where I’m weirdly better at the ... (I’ve made salty pancakes before so this is a huge improvement) going

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  dream in which I was eaten by a linear first-order ordinary differential ... , absolutely necessary Saturday, 2 PM - I wake up. Come on, there was a party ... there involved minimal effort. If I could cross campus for a Baker party

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... foreign countries - meaning, when I send in my app, will you see what my ... ! Should I fill the rest in under "additional information?" Yes, that is fine

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... , many times. I was a medieval history major back in my post-doc years, so

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  ), I wanted to branch out in a subject I'm interested in before ... ridiculous to make such a binding decision before you've even seen what ... . ------------------------------------- Reg wrote: "From what i remember, you need a science/math teacher

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  festivals. I'm having a hard time finding an adequate teacher so far in the ... them. I was tutored in physics by a future Nobel Prize winner, had long ... The third in a series... With fewer than 10 days to go until the May

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  very appealing. Maggie: I actually had a phase in high school where I ... and seniors that I knew in the program. I think I may have seen a flier ... program's biggest selling point. Maggie: I have a good friend in the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in). Now you wonder what in the world I am doing here, on MIT Admissions blog ... am Linh, a junior majoring in Biology (Course 7) and I am currently

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  that I did this lab. I designed a complete CPU at gate-level! It's MIT in ... . This sounded more eloquent in my head than in what I've actually written ... build the Beta processor. Yeah, a processor, like you'd find in a computer

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  So, hey. I'm Jude - I was hired as a blogger in fall 2017, fell off ... a year, and I've been living in comfortable silence for almost all of ... void. But before I get into any juicy details, I think it would be good

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my ... wonderful in context. But Munimuni's cover adds a melancholy that matches what ... known how to save a life. I listened to this song so much in high school

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Latest Updates Updates about MyMIT and the EA interview deadline.

  

  your application in advance of the deadline. Now is also a good time to check in with those folks who are writing recommendations for you. Sometimes a kind and gentle reminder can be helpful. Otherwise, I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  parents' deep interest in education, a number of trends in education that I ... excited to be in the middle of the country seeing a part of the US that I ... cooked up the idea for this adventure. In the following Q&A

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013