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  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  ... Whatever’s in the top ten of the U.S. News & World Report rankings ... the number of people who have died from laughing too hard I decided to write about something that gives a good sense of who I am and what I value

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  We're big fans of Spotify here on the blogs and have been for awhile ... -inducing chance you might get sued for tens of thousands of dollars for the effort."]hard music problems.[/annotation] Last week, a (non-blogger) friend of mine

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ... reminded of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera – Black and Puerto Rican ... trans women of color) is that progress has not been as drastic for their

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  lovely springy pictures. This was drawn on one of the public ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it ... , East Campus lets us store things in the basement free of charge, so I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  of the CUP first-year experiment. Here are two that actually affect me. Graduating Early We are within throwing distance of Commencement 2019, in which most of the people who got here in September 2015 will be graduating. The

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  intimidatingly) as a “bomb cyclone” hit us yesterday with a foot of snow, and it ... negative sign in front of it, you really stop caring what you look like.  Plus, that ridiculous hood does a great job of keeping the snow and wind

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... . And amidst all of this constant work and running around, we see people ... lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  I emerge from three weeks of being fairly hosed WITH MORE COOL DATA ... . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all ... green blob is Petey, naturally), the conglomerate of blue, red, and brown

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  -shaming me for bringing huge containers of steel-cut oats into the office and eating them like an actual horse 3) It's time for those of you who ... blogger training: The mission of the blogs is to allow our bloggers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  It’s that time of year again. I remember it well. I intended to ... -minute cramming for that week of IB exams, SAT Subject tests, the June SAT (is that ... last week of May, then I hope this will be helpful! I myself am pretty

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  this spring. This blog post is part of my research proposal. I have discovered a new application for Newton’s Law of Conservation of Energy, which ... understand the true meaning of the word “hosed”. Here is a post exactly in line

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  signal the start of the fall term. But, even more than their sounds, I ... asked by prospective students. What kinds of clubs do we have?  Usually ... with Ed, one of the instructors, a transfer student was getting advice on

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  student. Whatever that terrifying cluster of words means.  Basically, many times I feel a lot of pressure.  But for the most part, when people find ... of my red hair. It's really strange being away from home and getting

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  , and do all kinds of outreach--traveling the country, visiting high ... 've admitted a class of students, we begin to court them once more. Shiny tubes ... couple pints of ice cream, and all will be okay. But then there are others

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  points. If you lose control of your attitude, two things happen: (1) you ... is one of the most crucial parts of flying a spacecraft, which is why they’re equipped with suites of sensors and actuators dedicated to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  faces, drained of their usual cheer, widened by shock. "A plane crashed ... the office computer and watched the replay of the crash. I started to ... iMac in the center of the room. We watched as a second plane flew into

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  there's no doubt they make some of the best sesame chicken I've ever had ... offers some of the best, what I've been told all my life is, Chinese food ... afternoon, T-House is always on the list of potential restaurants.  

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be ... year is very low; we had to turn away the vast majority of excellent ... take lightly. Of those applicants, we admitted just over 1,500 students

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  lame Facebook status about it and got a bunch of likes. Since then, I ... what I saw - not just the content of the blogs, but also the fairly radical concept of allowing students to post freely and honestly about what

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  slew of internships I applied for, a strange idea popped into my mind ... , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... more than two-thirds of the programming on PBS. In other words, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012