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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of ... the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of ... computer, start watching an episode from the fifth season of Scrubs. Decide

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  a really bad word to activate the limbic system of the brain (science ... .S. military. The VA didn’t expect me to work for them either. One of my mentor ... the Bedford VA, a national leader in supporting the higher education of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  photo of a Burton-Conner room also with an amazing beach theme (jaw ... with photos of the various dorms distributed to incoming freshmen during ... . Snively said: The beads are so confusing!!! Ha! I wish I had a good video of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  of people based on a specific topic. It has its roots from the r ... lines of "What are my chances of getting into MIT?" (2) require an answer ... (s) to all of us, or to specific bloggers. After April 19 at 11:59 PM

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  Happy Year of the Tiger! It is my birth year, which means that I ... of the tiger, I was in sixth grade. Nicki Minaj was on the radio ... ="attachment_72166" align="alignnone" width="274"]  here's a photo of younger me

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  out of our cozy apartment where we'd spent the year, back to MIT's campus. The passage of time was a frequent topic of discussion: how could ... ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  For those of you who know me well, you'll know that I did not cook at all my first year of MIT. I had made promises to earlier, but never ... . I wanted to document my first week of "actual cooking", showing you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  experience is mostly with pumpkin patches, but I have also spent many hours of ... . Here is the moment that I achieved my dream of IRL own-picking: [caption ... to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  , so so so many blog posts that talk about the tradition of the MIT brass ... skip past that. As surreal as it feels, I've finished half of my ... past two years. I've been through a lot. Let go of a lot. Grown a lot. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  aspects of their academic and student life. The survey is essential in ... enhanced while a student at MIT? How do you perceive the sense of community ... , and the results of any research or analysis using the data will be

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  This is part 2 of a four part series spread across our four years at ... inevitably does), we pile the stuff next to it. At the end of the year, we like to go through all of the stuff we collected, and reflect on the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  year ago when I spent an entire day writing essays for a number of ... mom has introduced to the household.   why   To those of you who have completed all or some or none of what you planned for the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  --i'll fix it) done the whole esplanade - fourth of july - fireworks - picnic ... , i see you MOSTEC...) driven a zipcar full of friends out to westford ... on netflix and suddenly it's august. i'm tired of macgregor's teeny

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  minutes later, my friend Holly responded and said that, duh, of course she ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print ... listen to it whenever and however you like. I listen to a lot of podcasts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  Hi all, Many of you have already filed your application for ... things: You can now track the status of your financial aid application by ... aid after February 15th and it will not hurt your chances of receiving

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  Shenandoah National Park houses 200,000 acres of forests, rocky ... interested bears. She also (very matter-of-factly) informed us that this was ... in the car and took off along the scenic drive, the vehicle in front of

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

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  and acknowledge yourself and your growth, say goodbye to this stage of ... school reflect these qualities. Some of them are already in your ... have to be academic. It might be more interesting if some of them aren

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  mistake once." I don't think I've ever pushed the bounds of mistake ... through each and every one of my actions over and over and over again. I ... days - and not my usual ten minutes - of moping, I've finally decided to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  during my lunch hour at the Z center this summer. Clary Clish, director of ... been working since 2008 in the rapidly growing field of metabolomics. Although there are a lot of cool things about this research he and others are

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  ’s like, most of it. Haven’t really gone to any big new events. Haven ... ) (credits to Evie'13 for the titles of these masterpieces - and for the whole ... ; there's lots of candy inside. The 2013s will probably schedule a pinata

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010