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Blog / Extracurriculars

Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

. It will include a picture of your truly, so you can all see how ... got into MIT, how hard can it be? I totally know what FTP is (file ... what I can come up with. Well, after hours of hard work and blundering

by Laura N. '09
July 13, 2005

Blog / How to Human

An MIT survival guide

comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can ... activities -- like cheerleading -- can be a great idea. Discovering skills you ... arrogance. 25. Both the human body and the human spirit can be beaten severely

by Mollie B. '06
July 5, 2005

Blog / Admissions

More on deferrals

action applications. We will admit the best applications we can during ... report. You can download one off of the website if you need one. Your ... if you can still send in music or art or a response or Question 13, and

by Matt McGann '00
December 15, 2004

Blog / Admissions

Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

can highlight a dorm room on the campus tour, so we're working on that ... preparing for the Class of 2010. Now is the time when we can take a step back ... , we can afford to take some time off. As for me, I'll be spending about

by Matt McGann '00
June 10, 2005

Blog / How to MIT

The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

. While these can lead to less financial stress, it does require students to ... consistently, which can potentially be just as expensive, have smaller portions ... , students on financial aid can have their meal plan covered depending on their

by Aiden H. '28
April 14, 2025

Blog / Miscellaneous

Sweet summer song

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Uzay. He has light skin, long brown hair, and is wearing a blue shirt.

, can generalize and figure out the value of new inputs, ie predict f ... 's communication, localizing the key ways people can help you and how to give them the information so that this can happen searching across the

by Uzay G. '26
October 19, 2024

Blog / Personal Travel

this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

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"Howdy, how can I help?" I meekly smile at the word usage, and answer his ... -out but it is true okay']answer:[/annotation] people, lots of them. I can ... can be hard to remember that every product we use is ultimately made by

by Kanokwan T. '25
September 29, 2024

Blog / Summer

turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

wrong. But everyone can choose exactly how much and what type of math they ... wrong, then the advisors win. Otherwise, they DIE. The advisors can create a strategy beforehand. How can they ensure that they win

by Ellie F. '28
September 27, 2024

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

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? is it? but a second, more skeptic thought going, it can’t be, it can ... telling it because i find it funny. how a silly little review can make a ... employ to make their points. (if you know me, i hope you can deal with the

by Fatima A. '25
December 20, 2023

Blog / Athletics

‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

A head-and-shoulders illustrated portrait of Emiko. She has light skin, and long wavy brown hair. She is wearing a necklace and a dark tank top.

the game like a crack of lightning, and you can instantly tell what type ... weekend, and something about how good we’re playing makes me think we can ... Carroll. Everything is on the line this game, and you can feel just how

by Emiko P. '25
December 3, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Petey. He has light skin, short brown hair, and is wearing a green shirt.

-create the Center Evolves over time: a creative foundation that can grow ... scales from inexpensive DIY LEDs (like the kind you can get from Adafruit ... are currently building out that curriculum into something that can

by Chris Peterson SM '13
February 19, 2023

Blog / MIT Life

Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

and over, but I can instead just put together whatever feels right, a ... flowing with poi, it's almost like I can flow with the glass. (No pun ... can't justify just why it should be so beautifully satisfying to be

by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
November 8, 2022

Blog / Uncategorized

Today A Trader Joe's monologue

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Ella. She has light skin, short brown hair, and is wearing an orange-red tank top and a necklace.

walk as fast as I can, my feet barely grazing every second stair. The ... favorites, because I can hear them trotting behind me. Soon enough, they will ... smoking a Marlboro Red. I can tell without looking, because I remember

by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
April 23, 2022

Blog / Uncategorized

(Guest Post) esolangs oh man

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Jenny. She has light skin, medium-length brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, and is wearing a dark pink hoodie.

can be said about a good number of esolangs. I’m sort of working on a ... that can be traversed by a pointer (the current position in the list ... -complete, meaning that it technically can be used to write any program you want… but

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
April 5, 2022

Blog / Announcements

We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Stu Schmill, dean of admissions. He has light skin, short grey hair and a beard, and is wearing rectangular glasses and a blue collared shirt with a darker blue tie.

highlighted in transparent red, you can hover over it on desktop (or tap, on ... efforts to understand how we can best evaluate academic readiness for all ... course, we can never be fully certain how any given applicant will do: we

by Stu Schmill '86
March 28, 2022

Blog / How to Human

love languages in the little things

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Mel. They have light skin, shoulder-length or slightly longer brown hair, and a green shirt.

, and physical touch--are fine, but love can be found in so many places ... . It means my friends can call me out when I'm looping Mitski and vice ... friendship. The same goes for collaborative playlists--you can see the other

by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
February 6, 2022

Blog / Miscellaneous

romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

if forever is something you can even conceptualize. ... ... change the subject before anyone can dig deeper.) maybe it's silly, but ... because you can't go home because your parents are both overseas now and

by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
December 28, 2021

Blog / Challenges

regrets about college and the pandemic

simply stop regretting — i can look back on all the times i’ve deeply ... it, and then over time i can train myself to notice and let go of the habits associated with regretting. i can learn from the consequences of my

by Vincent H. '23
September 30, 2021

Blog / Miscellaneous

incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

two in the game. You can play this for over a month and still have ... 't take too long to finish; you can even finish the game in one sitting. As ... 's worth playing just for the story. Rather short; you can finish in one

by CJ Q. '23
November 6, 2020

Blog / Challenges

how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

it, that you can't understand until they happen to you. And then there are some things that, even while they're happening, you can't begin to ... can't imagine something happening in the future -- the fun trip that I

by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
September 19, 2020