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  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  , and BTS. I main Ashe in Overwatch. I love chemistry and biology. I have a fear of heights and needles. I am smart and capable and ready for ... week. BTS owns me and could hit me with their tour bus and I'd say thank

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some ... student community made up of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  forgive me! If it makes it any better, this is a very long and fairly thorough post and also writing it required grappling with my existential dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  application. In the span of a lifetime, two years is really not that long. And ... week. The mini prep and plate replications I have to do in lab tomorrow ... justice to one of the most beautiful productions of theatre. Of writing and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  of the content and a deeper appreciation for the creators. But even if ... , and economic forces that enabled these influencers’ rise to prominence ... essayists, as I believe video essays to be the most digestible and accessible

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  extensive, fangirly post about how much i love spotify and its playlist making ... since then, and i have created many new playlists and have even discovered ... listened to and i like, but i'm not sure as to which of my carefully curated

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  saw Wicked on opening night with two friends (Caitlin O. ‘25 and Oris S. N. ‘23), and I went absolutely FERAL. I have been waiting for this ... , and I found out about Wicked in November of 2014.']LITERALLY 10 YEARS

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  Activities Period—this glorious month of fun classes and activities. It’s kind ... and spend more time at home, or travelling. Some of my friends are doing ... to teach high school students. I applied for externships and GTL, but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  rankings to progress to the live game show. Thus I ended up 3rd and won $15 ... small prize of $15. In my last post, I wrote about Game 1: Hide and Seek ... insight into each game and figure out how much luck played into my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  of MIT in the game Minecraft. And given how dedicated, ambitious, and ... this project had me SHOOK. I got Minecraft a week ago and had never ... Mass Ave. I headed toward the Student Center and veered left to approach

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  one. in mit, and undergrad in general i guess, you spend your time ... problem sets and projects with them, live with them, cook with them, play ... you're friends with, because you're on campus, and all the undergrads

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... required 2 considered? And does MIT (and other colleges) accept the new Internet based TOEFL? In order: Both are important (and required). / Not as

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  wanted my room to be as clean as possible, with everything straightened and ... only things in my room were a bed, bookshelf, and keyboard. I kept it ... (sentimental knick knacks, random notebooks and folders, maybe even my social

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  to turn the attention specifically to you, the wide-eyed and apparently ... 's not a good question at all, and I don't think anyone knows the answer ... vary year to year, and to be perfectly honest, 2013's admit rate could be

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  my first one this past semester and finished it over the summer ... Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in Portugal. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the project—and what a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  unsent drafts and attachments old and neglected enough to be hanging out in ... went downstairs and took full advantage of the free breakfast buffet. And ... *, quite eerily. We talked, and then I had to run off to lunch.   As it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  tried setting up a dual boot between Windows XP and Ubuntu but I messed it up and corrupted my Windows installation and left myself without a bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  worse. States and schools shut down across the country. Federal “stay ... state with [annotation note="footnotes and words in italics are commentary ... content warning: this post is about covid-19, and the stress and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  . That it would really suck to stay so attached to one university and miss ... . Maybe you went, "wow, is this title yet another bad pun?" And indeed, it ... write about getting deferred for this blog and planned to talk about this

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  coding and then give you some resources so you can too.\n") def history ... they were mostly text, links, and pictures. So I made an account on Freewebs to built my first website using their drag-and-drop website builder

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015