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• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  that I grew up in a community where I was able to even cultivate so many ... again, I am speaking from a background of socioeconomic and academic ... . You can probably tell from my writing—for God's sake, my blog posts have

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  unspoken rules in a way that gets buy in from everyone?  How can any of this ... in Germany for a summer, I could read and understand the language. But ... though cut both ways. - I've been in Tokyo for a week, and will be here

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  appropriated by Argentinian dissidents in the 1980's). From there I found a list ... stretch for me to have gotten to the American Civil War from there. I grew ... required me to take a CI-M class, I opted to keep afternoons free for a 20

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  what you’d buy from a store, but I dug the grunginess of my DIY efforts ... about how I was going to make my dress for senior prom. I had never used a ... making longer stitches, which would be required for a fancy dress, I tried

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  structures) design project from spring 2009. A stack of sticky notes I ... measurements backing up these results, how could I trust their accuracy, let ... (DMSE), I have the perfect tools to conduct a quantitative analysis of MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  whiteboard that: has marks or stains from heavy usage for a long time ... . I used about 8oz for a 6’×4’ whiteboard. isopropyl alcohol (>90 ... basically be much area as your toothpaste dollop can cover. (See below for a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick than I realized...) It's a preposterous idea considering how many ... distance it can buy you. She sees money as a way to unlock the ability to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  , where I would get most of my meals from networking events with free food (a well-balanced diet if you know where to look). I used the money that ... ,000 tickets, some I got a press badge for, and some I got invited to. I had no

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  are probably wondering where you’ll be a year from now; considering that ... of the question. A year ago, I was where a lot of you are now. I was a ... attention was trained on fall of 2015. For me (like I think it is for a lot of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  more information for deferred students here; you can also read posts from ... can be a difficult decision to receive, but trust me: it works out okay ... , and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can’t wait to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... thing I want to do is leave to go to a dining hall. Hooray for food! ... because I was in lab until 7 tonight -- yes, on a Friday night -- and that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  Course 2. But for 18.03 I don't think you'll have a problem. The hardest ... some guests) looks on: Happy birthday, Ruth. =D So, where have I been? Well, I finally made it home and then spent a lot of time catching up on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  history of the area. This was a highlight of the weekend for me because I ... being from a small-town or rural community.   As part of our commitment to ... @MIT Fly-In, take a moment to read about the program from Vaneeza

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  . Despite that, I felt inconsolably bad about the exam for a few days. It ... … couldn’t deliver. The day after the exam, I laid in my bed for a while ... the bug in my 6.7930 (ML for Healthcare) PSET a bit faster. I wished I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  , buying a house, and knitting grandma sweaters on my front porch. For now, I ... a catalogue of sorts here. I guess Fridays are whatever you make of ... to sleep. But there is learning to be done! So I make a mental note to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  th street) to the eyeglass store where I wanted to buy some new frames ... -be climber: Later that night, I saw my friend from elementary school who is ... mtvU. He deferred for a year to be in Andrew Lippas' Broadway-bound A

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  , where folks from RAE have organized a Microsoft-sponsored student day ... this, I promise! But in a nutshell, I heard speakers ranging from Craig ... to the airport, where I BARELY make check-in thanks to a delayed flight

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  compliments I've ever received. So you can bet that I was simply ECSTATIC for ... cloudy, nice and cool, a break from the heat. When we got there, I was so ... tips and tricks for the farmer's market this summer, because I learned a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  take over from yogurt as a daily breakfast? I got on the road at 12 ... . Then down — for a long time — until I found the road again. There was a sign for the Cooky Monster Cafe, at the same place as a B&B I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I purchased a meal plan last semester for convenience. I didn't cook often and ... , though, so when prompted with the option to buy a meal plan for

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024