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  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  know that not every single person who reads this blog is necessarily ... want to be happy Here's what I submitted in third grade. This one is in ... applications in cursive, I would probably be a starving artist right now. The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  holding the PVC pipe like a gun/cannon is THAT creative, but I thought it ... myself without the energy to stand up anymore and fell asleep at a table in ... This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  , i knew in my heart that it had been walked a million times before. now everyone is on the precipice of something new, feeling around on a dark ... in april, i was sure that in september, i'd be on MIT's campus again

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch ... "Intro to World Music". The class is taught by Professor Tang, who is an ... there) I think it's safe to say that there is a lot of stuff that goes on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We ... an interview and give you some advice. This is also a good chance for ... about in a future entry, my first meeting isn't until the very end of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  teacher's classroom), but I knew I wanted one in my dorm. After doing a ... rocks into the sand in a way I liked and then I had a trouble getting the conditions right to get the floor seeds to sprout...but after a week, things in

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  incredibly inspiring and seems like a genuinely nice person who is helping so ... and Sam ran it together in 2006). We also got Tuesday off because MIT is ... hand, it’s four days off in a row! Imagine the possibilities! You

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  questions posted in this entry's comments and answering them, before taking a ... action process soon after). So, even if you've posted your question in a ... Please remember that January 1 is the submission deadline for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  - who is a super expert birdwatcher - invited me to go on a "birding" trip ... NRAO is the National Radio Astronomy Observatory; they have a student ... this sounds, the reason I haven't posted in forever is because I have TOO

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  pliers to Boston. In my room, there’s a shelf of books taller than a man ... where I’ll live a year from now, but wherever it is, I’ll look for the ... .009 project. But I’m exhausted, and burnout is settling in. Can I keep this up

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  What really happens during a 9-to-5 job? Is it possible that people really just sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day? Do you work on ... of living (as measured by a cup of boba) is much lower, and there’s a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  , is a senior majoring in chemistry at Princeton, but when recruiters ... this new era where communication occurs rapidly and information is only a ... , plus you're making a lot more money, while they're stuck in lab." Even

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference at Yale. The idea in a nutshell is to ... Scholars. MIT is a very diverse place, but every once in a while, it’s fun to ... country and show them that an education at a top tier school, is both within

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  time, she’s been one of my role models. The why is a bit tricky to explain. A lot of it is tangled in details too personal for the blogs, but ... indistinguishable. Who people are is often a consequence of what they do, and what she

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  In a call with my boyfriend a couple months ago, I asked him the ... this. And because of it, I've been thinking a lot about what he said. In ... instead have started laughing more. Is this a good thing? Unsure. I think I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  birthday. Clayton decided that we would celebrate in style with a "Gentlemen ... hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt ... me in my ignorance, it would be a major fashion faux pas to wear this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  -graduation, which is a great thing :) ---- What I really meant to write in this blog ... classes. There is a quote that I really like from Alice in Wonderland (did ... ."   It is a bit tongue-in-cheek when I use it to describe MIT, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  watched Pitch Perfect, a film in which freshmen know what they want to do ... found a calling in rap. Soon the first three tracks of our (yet unreleased ... before release. (on that note, here is a VIDEO on DNA replication by our

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a ... was a black sheet and stars were holes in it. And that suited me just ... every once in a while it takes on new meaning that makes it all worthwhile

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  . (there are four '11s in the picture. Can you guess who? =D Hint: girls ... this January should be an excellent experience in living in a foreign ... Welcome to 2008! 2008. In equivalent terms, Class of 2012

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008