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• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  self than my high school self. It's hard to tell if this is because of MIT, or because I left my high school, or because I am officially no ... and then left a UROP, I worked all summer, I won a medal at Head of the

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  "expressed interest" in the school, and they try to use that piece of data to ... You may recall back in March of this year there were a couple blog ... Friday! Pretty exciting stuff. Regardless of your political views, I think

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  outside of school and why? Allow the answers to flow genuinely. Also, don ... In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post ... . Here we go!   A bit of background information before we dive in

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  " to education on just a couple of schools or just a couple of ... variety of additional schools and groups, including a homeschooling group in ... few of my friends are participating in - Spokes: Biking Across America

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  awesome school-skipping adventure of all time. Actually, Senior Skip Day at ... for grad school. That would have made this whole decision business a lot ... rid of it from all your displays, but I can't really find it and it's 2

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  's Energy business. I'm a member of the Logistics and Trade Services team ... A few weeks ago, I sent this email to a bunch of my friends: Hey ... prospective students why MIT is amazing, or (d) all of the above - I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  School is out and many times high school students struggle to find things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year ... whole bunch of other responsibilities, it's tempting to just veg out on

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall ... close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  , with work from the minds of Gaudi and Dali offering up an escape from the ... be checking in on the students from our school and offering advice ... very own school. As small as people like to say MIT is, there’s a lot of

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  of the piece, I offer extra thoughts. I’ve awakened a deep fascination ... We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  stresses of MIT. There are no more PSETs I must frantically worry about ... scheduling eating and cooking within my busy schedule, and there are no more days where I lose sleep worrying about how I’m doing in school. My stress

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  sit down with Richard Rusczyk and Dave Patrick PhD '97, two of the folks behind The Art of Problem Solving (AoPS). The fantastic AoPS offerings ... forum (merged with MathLinks) for discussions of math and math problems

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  . What do you enjoy doing most? Inside or outside of school. Think about ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  which an institution offers you glory, but at the cost of sacrificing ... Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can ... with some high school counselors who wanted to change parents

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  .) Unfortunately, I went to a big public high school of about 2000+, so my high ... leading to a discussion of my high school's terrible homecoming theme ... school teachers, seeing as she's a brilliant lady with a fantastic sense of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  ? But what makes this old man think of school today? Well, I've been ... movie adaption, this week. As an old man, thinking of school, I was ... to some entries that provided examples of me skipping school to do

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Even as I write this I am en-route from the border town of El Paso ... road visiting schools, meeting students and conducting MIT Central Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  In high school, the boys didn’t like me. A friend suggested that perhaps it was because our school was 80% Caucasian and in the heart of ... is true that the white boys at my high school usually dated other white

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and visiting colleges. A friend and I were part of an Honors Band that weekend ... then, but I can't take advantage of any of their offers now because they

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  from Princeton, a business degree from the MIT Sloan School, and an M ... School in Seattle, WA), was an active member of MIT AISES throughout ... opportunity to "acknowledge Indigenous Peoples as the traditional stewards of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021