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  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the ... . Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words ... the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’ve Been Staring At The Edge of The {Charles River} 'long as I can remember, never really knowing why

  

  , it was all engulfed by the infamous Boston fog. Thanks for always being

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  brain itch. I was going for Dali's "Los Elefantes", but of course I had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  both are insanely accomplished, and the stuff they have done for the ... whole class was just waiting at one point for someone to say they were ... . Also, for those who use MITX, seeing Professor Grimson in person was the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  food will be available for people who want functioning arteries. This

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  not more, important than doing the same for innovators, I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Toy Story Hack! And Other Hacks from Fall 2015

  

   installation appeared on the bridge between buildings 56 and 18. For three days, it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 4, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  hackers reserved an exhibit -- complete with photo booth -- for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  Arts Center, and read the sign for an upcoming exhibition, and vow to one ... to make time. The rest I'm hoping I can store away for future use and ... Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, and the Urban Studies

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  paper and give it a try. And if it isn't for you, well, I'm always taking

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  can do! For anyone curious about the hike Rachel R. '16 and I went on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  This past Sunday was the East Side party, where the denizens of the East Side and prefrosh (now frosh!?!?)  from all around MIT came to see the fantastic roller coaster and fort for themselves.  Everything felt

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my ... this, I’ll move back to the US for graduate school in astronomy at ... they’re hosting me here in Marburg with ~35 other grantees for a six

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  , more than two, but only two matter here) lists in MailChimp for any given admissions cycle: a list for admitted students, who receive updates specific to their admitted status, and a list for applicants, who receive updates

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  pset, which was optional and intended for final exam review: ^ That

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  the world (or my stand partner) and feeling very sorry for myself, I ... classmate forgot to bring her glasses for our end-of-semester shooting ... it is physically impossible for me to travel more than a few feet

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  for the next ~12 hours or so I will try to answer any question you ask

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church" (thanks, Wikipedia) - but it's two words.  Which means that you get weird

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  : (This is how I brainstorm most of my doodle entries, for those of you who

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  Collier, after all.. That's it for this post!  Keep poppin' those

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013