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• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  : Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through College Admissions ... achievement pressure, and level the playing field for economically disadvantaged ... that are educationally sound for them to best prepare them to succeed in

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  inspirations, and allowing me to focus on what’s for dinner. At the same time, I ... for cooking. I believed cooking to be an expression of love – to understand a person and to craft meals specifically tailored for them is, in my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  didn't for a few days. That's because I actually got busy with my UROP ... 't leave me alone with this oh for god's sake watch out for the 1000 dollar ... , decent essays, and for some unknown cosmic reason, MIT bound. And from then

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  . By the time you read this, I'll have been home for over a week - but as ... .012 make me so miserable...and for what matter, what is 8.012? Well, let me give you a little background. As part of the GIRs (short for General

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  Philly. It was called AWP, which stands for the Association of Writers & ... .  Apparently the UA Committee funds travel grants for MIT students to attend ... hat and [annotation note = "the hat was too small for me and kept

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  to learn for the test. For an AP. For a final. The singular goal was to pass. And this was good enough for high school. This was enough to get ... , almost like my innate daftness is an excuse for not being able to learn. In

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  hard time. I know it did for me; I read it as a first-semester graduate ... so on. There's The Tech for that. But sometimes, the true stories of ... diagnosed with cancer before I came to MIT. I did not think for a moment that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  of granola flatbread, studied experimental bacon physics for six finger-scalding hours in preparation for an all-bacon dinner for 40 people, packed two ... summer that curves just short of preparations for the impending semester

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  also consumed my remaining free time for breakfast. To the unending ... , hazy sort of fondness that I usually reserve for Dali paintings and ... most of the later rounds cheering for the teams that had shown the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  : Now, for a PSA. MIT Libraries is the collective organization of 8 ... , hence the title, and is in room 10-500. For those of you keeping track ... room is good for doing work. You can hear a pen drop. And it's pretty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  +1 for MIT MIT scores again!

  

  I just found this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Score!

  • by Bryan
  • August 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  ? Want to be an engineer? Then consider applying for the 2008 Future ... amount of $2000. The deadline is May 30, 2008. For more information: http://ashraeboston.org/scholarship-info.html You can also apply for this scholarship if you're a first or second year

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  animation program) when I had free time back in high school. For me it was a way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that ... when I don’t seem to have any free time. However, for those who are

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye, for now

  

  philosophies for some time.  (Regular friends are well aware of this, and are ... the iPhone Product Design team, and will be working in Cupertino for the ... ; This, however, does mean a few things: (1) I've dropped out of MIT for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ... the snake, grabbed my arm, said "come on. quickly. walk.", and yanked me ... , Jennifer peed for the first time in something like 24 hours (seriously.) and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  interest to early and regular action applicants. For Regular Action ... for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website ... , but you must have registered for MyMIT. If you qualify for a fee waiver

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Comics for IAP Doonesbury takes on the 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition.

  

  A few weeks back, MIT’s most famous fictitious current student, Alex Doonesbury ’10, had an exciting IAP, doing the 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition (not to mention Palmistry, Advanced Sudoku,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  amount of gratitude toward you - yes, you! - for applying. I love learning ... think of it as an invitation. For some, it will be an invitation to see how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for ... about in the blogs all year (me included). You can follow Ben's blog for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  limited understanding of it, so I'll have to ask some Course 6-ers for help

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012