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  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  assume I should put this in the optional essay part but can you verify where I should include this in my application?" I'm not sure I quite ... . How(or more appropriately where) should I put all this down in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  exciting College Adventures™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at ... what I expected, probably because I went in with no expectations at all. What I didn’t realize was that, in the process, I forgot to do things for

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  the "reading kid." I read books with friends in [annotation note ... ="1022"] i have no idea why my face is so distressed in this picture but ... up in science. They tell me that they're equally surprised I attend a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  in town as well. And now that I'm not a freshman anymore, I can live ... second summer in Cambridge. Two years ago, when I was a rising high-school senior, I enrolled in Harvard's Secondary School Program for four weeks

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  sitting in a pile some where. Anyway, should I be worried?" Kate wrote, "I ... in high school and i want to learn more about how i can get admitted ... On to the questions... Arvind wrote, "'One more favour please', can I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  the week: D-Entry, where I live, hosted its annual pre ... ate it up. I will be having more turkey on Thursday in Plymouth, MA ... happy, as it will be the first time in my life that I'm not home to help

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  ramen in one night), I’ve been spending virtually all of my IAP at home ... 's invaluable in many ways. For me, it was mostly that I had four pristine weeks ... as I possibly can before I become otherwise occupied with classes and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack ... database where NIH scientists can search through different fields and find ... , and desire to learn. Once you are in MIT, you can use the Institute

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  also, I guess, because they can help explain a slightly lower GPA in some ... really wanted to take. And where, you might ask, did I get in with these ... I read Ben's entry about the thread on College Confidential (in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  FREAKING insane. As a brief overview, I have (in approximate order ... twelve friends, where I’ll stay for at least for the next 2.5 months Tried to establish a new normal in the middle of the woods I’ve been here

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  , and BTS. I main Ashe in Overwatch. I love chemistry and biology. I have ... 't know if that's the truth. In a previous blog post, I listed out my ... . In 8.01 alone I spent nearly 7-9 hours each week on psets, and even

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  , and so much more. anyways, i work in development engineering, where we ... ’ve never been able to pick one place. i can see myself living out in the city ... this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  pursuing a Ph.D. in quantum information next year! probably because I haven ... where I’ll be next year, but I like to think that’s part of the fun. I ... some of my thoughts about my time in college and what I’ll do after for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  the dining hall where we sat with people in our major and were served ... you can get as much as you want. And I mean, it was 5 courses so we were ... Here in Cambridge, all new students must go through a matriculation

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  : Where can I start and how do I know? I've tried my hand in media studies ... where I can do things like this? Then there's also questions like, Can I ... prince of Wales. I devoured the book in two days, and after I finished, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  breathlessness of an unforgotten moment. There's an infinity of worlds that I can ... sunlight, crystallize it in glass forever. Sometimes I succeed, but it ... Orientation. (Where was I going? I have no idea, but I was lost.) I had been at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  someone other than myself. I don’t know where I’ll be in 10 years, or after ... , seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a ... cliché but it meant a lot to me, especially considering where I had come

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  in that world where you just left. I just got this message out of the ... keeps track of funny quotes. Two years ago when I was in South Caicos for ... gems as, "Can I use your conditioner for my face?", "I cook with MY

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  in Virginia where my uncle and his family lived. I spent a week with ... occasionally at my high school, which was a walking distance from where I lived ... hurtling into the room. A month later, I was in the United States for the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  rocket scientist. I can remember playing with this airplane that I had when ... 's realizing what's important and what has to be done in order to succeed. I mean ... with his African ancestry in his summer visits to Minnesota. "I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005