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• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  school with an IB program in the San Bernardino school district, where I ... , where I had a Central Meeting at the Qualcomm corporate offices in one of ... on a joke. I know I'm really in the zone when I can simultaneously talk

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  . This semester, I have been feeling what I can only describe as an overwhelming amount of exhaustion. I am doing much less than I ever have in a ... floating in sludge, and that every amount of work I do actually get done

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  -month internship in Seattle,[/annotation] a group of intern friends and I decided ... in Cantonese, a language I cannot understand. It was something about ... make music together, in this world where such "frivolous" endeavors are

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  I've been remiss in posting about Dorm Rush or Hall Rush, both of ... . In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let ... . We had a roller coaster, in the style where one hangs below the track

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  family in Asia, where I’d have limited Internet connectivity. The fourth ... disclaimer, I don’t think paper revisions should be like this. In fact, it ... prediction when I got an email. I remember sitting at my desk in the Google

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  in Brigham Young's historic house (where, for the first time, I tied ... Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... in Salt Lake City. I decided I'd take in the sights before my meetings

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  financial aid, I turned in my applications. Then, I stopped thinking about them. I had turned in what I needed to. My essays were some semblance of who I was, and while I might wish I hadn’t used so many commas in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  college apps are likely still an irksome item on your mind. I'm in Southern ... the spring classes and to my return in January, when I'll be taking a ... decision applications. I can only tell you to be yourself. MIT wants to hear

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  between things you can control and things you can't, and that where you ... 's the only one you will ever have. I believe in you. Good luck.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  during sophomore year I'm noticing a trend in physics problems: they get ... in his class. Needless to say things got different when I got to MIT ... think it really struck me that physics was hard when I got this problem in

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  head around how my classmates and i can make so much money sitting in ... i. my first extended stay in the san francisco (henceforth abbreviated as sf) bay area was last spring, when i lived in the city

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  bed. Some students have futons in their rooms you can sleep in. I am in ... that we'll receive a packet of information at check-in. Can I still get ... you should check in). Happy travels, and we can't wait to see you this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to MIT. Even though I have been repeating these phrases over and over in my head for the past 2 weeks that I have been on campus, I still can

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  choosing where to go to college. only months after studying in mit did i find ... one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger ... , floor pi alumni. and it's neat how i can say, oh, wait, nelson knows about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  The first speech I ever gave in my life was to the 1000 of you who ... stations installed where you could fold cranes from white paper. I noticed ... concert. Honestly, freshman year, I wasn't particularly interested in the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  to a range where I can sing tenor parts again. We've also got to choose ... psets! I have homework in my HASS classes, dude! I assumed that taking two ... . Trust me. 21M.303: Writing in Tonal Forms I -- Write the first 8 bars of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  where the stress is. I'm not aware of many cases in English where this distinction is used for wordplay, though. In Tagalog, I can think of at least ... parts of my identity, like Tagalog. In the post, I also mention OPM, an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  Park after shopping in the CambrdigeSide Galleria Mall, but I like going ... (wonderful) [annotation note="my boyfriend and i walked in a random direction ... ,[/annotation] but I'm [annotation note="that's amoryyyy"]in love with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was walking down the Infinite with my advisor where SAVE (Save A Vital Earth ... prophylactics. After being handed said item, I quickly hid it in my pocket. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  somewhat okay, but you can never be too careful. In public, Jebby and I both ... than I can count on my hands in Boston, and have been absolutely ... .   Everything is jarringly British in Bristol (wow what a shock). I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025