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• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  for my Lolo and restore him to a better state. I feel useless ... movie had ended, my hands shook with such a fierce tremor and I remember just calling up my grandparents and telling them how much I love them. A

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee waiver directly. If the cost of the CSS Profile poses financial difficulty
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  only have three semesters left at the institution, and I've been thinking ... looking towards the future and making moves while not bumping into furniture ... incredibly kind, brilliant, hilarious, and inspiring, and they made me into who

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  choose their matriculating institution. By this time, most of these ... set of questions they see as unanswered and/or conflicts they see as ... they intend to approach analytically and solve with solid evidence and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  Esplanade and leaving The Institute behind at the end of the day for a few ... four years living in Baker House and I loved it there. When I returned to ... about their lives here and I read all the admissions blogs too but I wasn

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  offers, interviewing at a dozen different places, and already having plans ... , and they said their coronavirus policies didn't allow me to, even if I was staying on campus and was updated on testing and all that jazz. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  freshmen are just beginning their MIT journey and everyone is asking "what are your plans for next year???" and I internally scream "I DON'T KNOW" but manage to smile and say "um, maybe taking a gap year before applying

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  Travel] (^ one of my many talents -- surprise! And yet another something that's probably only offered at MIT.) Hey all, No school is perfect. At college and in high school, you get occasional weeks where things just don

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  You asked for it[citation needed], and so here it is. After the list ... projects and whatnot. This is a new phenomenon for me: I had a bit of an ... semesters, and felt like I had squandered a block of time I could have spent

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a ... Campus dorm during my freshman and sophomore years, but when some friends were graduating (and thus, had to move out), I realized I didn't want to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  I realize I went on this mindblowing trip with MIT 3 years ago and ... , I wrote back, dude hang on I'm totally going to blog about this, and ... star plate. It was all resolved and put back together, at least all the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  area and about a tenth of the size by population. So by U.S. standards ... Pyrenees, right between Spain and France! Wait, you still don't see it? It ... Massana, Encamp, Escaldes, Andorra la Vella, and Sant Julià. Fun fact: if

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  customization, including resident-constructed lofts, shelves, and miscellaneous ... needed was free, as it came from the roller coaster and fort sites ... sized loft, before quickly realizing that my room is way too small and the

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  few weeks, my friends and I have been talking about where we were a year ago quite a bit. it's inevitable; each day, SnapChat memories pop up and ... days of my life are now a year behind me, and it's bizarre to consider

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  . Don’t forget to provide your name and MIT ID, stating clearly that ... About the Early Action Deadline and Application Components   ... trouble submitting their Parts 1 and 2.) Your school/teachers may submit

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... to Psychology 21W.755 - Writing and Reading Short Stories 9.URG ... concerning jellyfish, nodules, and hermaphroditic cats, but also because I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  dorms represented, along with a few fraternity brothers and sorority sisters. Upon arriving, I signed in with my name, living group, and class ... not, and (if necessary) when would be a good time to call back. Most of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  , there's the East Campus housemaster slection committee. And keeping up with what's going on in the UA. And I'm in the Assassins' Guild's ten-day game. And then there was Mystery Hunt, where I hunted with Project

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  . They are all so different and yet you can look at any one of them and say "now *that's* what MIT's all about." And the energy that the students ... public transportation system, and the fact that more than a city, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  curiosity, I picked up a copy of this year's edition, and found that I have ... (and no, I'm not going to tell you if I've done each one), but I think ... . Participate in a political demonstation at the State Capitol 17. Subscribe to a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005