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• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  just being myself in my life, right where I am, is like, enough." So go ... , but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And ... ] You can't put on your resume things that you don't [do] Here in 3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  't used to be very social, I lived in the middle of nowhere and was very ... of people yell "I'm in!" back at you (The Pour House is a bar ... class I instead have to be at work by 7:30 AM. I work in Rhode Island

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  . Build a thing You are creative. You can do things. I know it. Does your ... at least one meal. (Maybe I’m only saying this because I can’t really cook myself and I’ve survived this much, but props to the people who can

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  is a band I'm going to have to explain to my kids so they can ... notes. Even JBJ himself can't do it anymore. 0x6. Cherry Filter, [I can ... Opera here in Boston. I love the costuming, the movements, and of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  headings in bold and you can skip around as you see fit. On reward as a ... in my cozy bed. (I'm wondering that a little myself.) I am, somewhat involuntarily, in lab, finishing up a Western blot. I swear, my cells call the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  forgot where his queen was, and the way his fingers curled in my hair. I ... off. During fall the producer and I met up intermittently in different ... same. I started going out with strangers when I was eighteen. I was in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  District (where I buy hair dye when I put green streaks in my hair every so ... hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt ... me (with my hair down - it's usually in a ponytail). I've decided that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years ... at home ever since. I've been in my house for what I think is going on ... comfortable, is really not necessary for your bed. In fact, I fear that it may

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I ... to? Can I get an actual distribution?) but I’m going to go with that 10 ... pump really does do the pumping” I would not buy these pumps   2

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  :30) WHERE: Johnson COST: $6 in advance, $7 at door WHY: To support the ... entertained? If you answered yes to any or all of the questions above, buy a ... grown to become the largest residential facility for women in the city. We

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  . As I grappled with changes in my career and my personal life, I used ... ’ve found is to try appreciating the tiny moments in my daily life that I have ... surprised by how far a little extra effort can go in elevating the mundane

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  correctly, which can cause muscle convulsions. So where does EquiTemp come in ... Presentation in which student-designed products were presented. -- I was in the ... rode a few years back along the shores of a beach in Nigeria. By rode, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway!) This week, I drove about 1200 miles from my house in Arizona to the Fort Worth, Texas area, where I'll be spending all of IAP (and the summer

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Science: You may remember 5.111 as the class where I threw ping pong balls ... Calculus: I can't mention 18.02 without describing Professor Poonen, an ... internships, and did I mention sleeping? Anyway, on to semester two, where the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  matter. I can now fall asleep in ten minutes with the lights on, people ... can change. At home, the closest I came to checking the weather was ... Schedule In high school I went to sleep around 10:30 pm, and woke up at

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  a nice, comforting constant, that i can rest in the knowledge that ... i think i have achieved a state where i feel like i should be ... 've already squeezed out so much free time out of my week. i am in class 3 hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  in my head. I was experimenting with large format for the first time ... thought of buying my own 8x10 view camera burst as soon as I looked up the ... IAP, I walked into the MIT Hobby Shop, design in hand, and absolutely no

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  culture, and the process vs the outcome and where I fit in with all of this ... challenging. In 2024 I developed strength and self reliance. Obviously it ... that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows ... feel may be helpful to us in evaluating your application. Every
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  in which these quotes were said (and I am the genesis of at least a few ... shoes." "I'm going to be really annoyed if I have to buy a dominatrix ... many quotes about lesbians" Academic Life "i can do my midterm

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021