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• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  -perfect meatballs to show for my work. I ended up with half of one at the end of the ... DID YOU KNOW? The melody of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "I Don't Know How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  Joshua Bell at Boston's Symphony Hall It's kind of hard to know what to ... . Done. Ah, the joys of being an Arts Scholar at MIT. I'm going to miss ... him?) decided to show off two of his talents at the same time by playing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  not this much success at a national level, too?  WRONG!  The limits of ... famously nerdy culture. But also: the MIT where 25% of the undergraduates participate in one of the 33 varsity sports. The MIT where, underneath all the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  seemed a weird and out of character, or at least been uninteresting. Out of ... of the way by taking two CI-Ms (communication intensive class in the ... [/caption] technological issues For most of the past few months, my 10-year old ipad that I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  a speaker pointed at the performers instead of the audience, so that ... the day of the concert - they bring in their own equipment, set it up ... sets of mics, mixers, and speakers so the safe bet was to acquire as much

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  halfway mark of my time at MIT. I felt like there were too many stories left ... bedroom, but a classroom. The camera pans over tens of student's heads bent over blue examination booklets, and stops at me scribbling away at my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  cells exchange their water in the matter of milliseconds. Proof?" The Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I’m going to work on this for half an hour Thought 1: Rate of water swooshing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  transition at once. All of this abstract, though. Aimless musings on an aimless ... post a few weeks ago"]birthday[/annotation] today, and one of my ... especially when – it’s cold outside. The [annotation note="or is it one of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  last year, so decisions came out at something like 9:30 AM on a Saturday morning (Pacific time). During that time, I was scheduled to be at a day ... thrill of waiting for the admissions results page to load by proxy, via my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  lounge at the bottom of the New House 6 staircase: And, as is our nature ... lasagna, tiramisu, and some kind of pumpkin roll cake thing. At this point ... traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  of those ways is to attend MIT. Another one of those ways is to visit ... MIT into that day as possible, but that's kind of what MIT is like, right? Cramming a ton of stuff into a really short time period? I have

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time ... feel like I'm at Disneyland Song used as the opening credits of your ... ..), but I haven't posted at all in March, and if I stopped posted entirely

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  joy of working at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute ... amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one back. I assume that most of you have taken the SATs and that you studied

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of ... tables) my office (weekends only) You'll find me at one of these five ... I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  if I managed to find balance at MIT, then the rest of my life should be ... that balance. And doing so has come at the cost of my grades which has ... In high school, I neglected many of my personal interests to make

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  granted the convenience of having my friends in the same dorm, or at least ... Hello, my name is Taylor. I’m still alive, although my lack of communication may have indicated otherwise. It’s been a couple of months now since

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my ... (askabby at mit dot edu) or comment below if you have any questions.

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the MIT Freshman Application is available at MyMIT. The Early Action ... Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  've passed all of my classes, so that means I am officially done with ... ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts, but I'm also feeling reflective. I have a lot of wisdom to share

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  When it comes to housing at MIT, you've got quite the array of ... love Simmons. I like being able to come "home" at the end of the day and ... ? There's East Campus. Dining plan got you leery? Cook with your friends at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011