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  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  . You’re putting yourself on paper. Recognize the things you did and fell in love ... , 36. The Captain, President, Leader. The one dedicated to excellence and service. Decorated with medals and ribbons on graduation. You've heard of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  have multiple courses. Well, the soup was yummy and the fish was good, and then they brought out dessert. And it was gorgeous. A beautiful ... sugar or something, but I never found out. It was too pretty and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  and it's terrible), and on a university campus I rarely get the ... 't relevant to the post as a whole and because I didn't know a lot of the details yet. Now, I'm two weeks into the semester and in the thick of being

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... ." I've found solace in my writing classes and creative outlets: writing ... primarily a HASS major. When I look at the classes and the work being done by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  "Confusion, by the Numbers" – I stated that finding balance between school and ... I took a long break from blogging. I [annotation note="and will be ... and Cognition, also known as Course 6-9. I feel accomplished

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  classes im taking! strictly

  

  about digital systems. So far we've covered basic circuit design and ... and rigorous proofs. 11.367:  Land Use Law and Politics: Race, Place, and Law After several semesters, I finally have a chance to take a

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 16, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  , cofounder of Lingt and inventor of the iDoor, which I lived behind one summer and used to let my cat in and out when I was away, tumbled all these ... realized I didn't have to reminisce just yet, and pranced off to a machine

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  the latest issue of Blender magazine (Bright Eyes and Rilo Kiley in the ... , you will hate this place. And when you do, you'll really hate it. Trying to get through MIT is hard, and you'll often wonder whether or not the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Tyra Banks is 5'10" tall and weighs 161 lbs. I am 5'9 3/4" tall and weight 150 lbs. I have taken a cue from fellow blogger Lulu and ... spare pictures from last month that I had meant to blog and assembled them

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  'm basically going to be out of the state every weekend between now and mid ... It is currently 10:53 AM. I have been at work for three hours and fifty-three minutes, and I want to take a nap. Since that is not really an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  all added up to a lot of expectations—both conscious and subconscious ... ! There’s been a lot of the ways my life has changed, both expected and ... exciting and confusing and most definitely different. Most people who know I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  Nature has to offer along the route and were honoured to be a part of such ... *written by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20 (members of MIT SEVT) as a ... was tested, scrutinized, and pushed to its limits and after many

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  Festival Jazz Ensemble (FJE), and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble (VJE), starring seven(!) guest artists and three guest speakers. At the time, I thought it would be a one-time event because of the sheer scale and effort of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... wanted to write about Early Action and Regular Action (EA and RA) since we'd been getting a lot of questions lately. Lo and behold, while looking for

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  're going to see mines and things related to Mission 2016, which was focused ... want to see awesome pictures of the American Southwest and read about ... the awesome '16s.) If you want more pictures and gems from her travels

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  , dreams and struggles in the hopes that someone will benefit from my sharing, and I hope you enjoy reading about them :) Thus, I decided to write a “what’s happening this semester” post and explain what’s new for this year

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  African Leadership University for a program in the fall and then return to ... Hassan, Sela, and the Niger Delta Hassan K. ‘17 is my friend and ... and African communities on campus, and would also be a big part of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  and as long as it's not something really popular like Pistol or Yoga, they'll probably find room for you. But my universe tends toward disorder, and usually the entropy of activation required for that process is just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  these national scholars and competition people and I'm just a guy from ... still. :) ... I sort of want to email admissions and ask "So thank you ... after they learned more about their fellow admits. Online, at CPW, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  . ------------------------------------- John wrote: "IB appeals to me because of its variety and it's coursework ... and challenge, as far as we are concerned. ------------------------------------- Raghav wrote: "I have a question similar to John's. I do IB and my school

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006