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• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish, Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... like they came from one of two categories. In group one there were

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  , recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives ... can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  in time. Somewhere between Central Square and Harvard, the train sat still in the tunnel for five minutes. So, when it finally pulled into Harvard, we scurried out the sliding doors in a frenzy. We made it to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program lately for these blog posts. So when two friends in the GEL program told ... some video up in this blog. Joe ‘12, Kevin ‘11, and I met up to talk

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  was just in love with it. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that ... in the world--it's the center, somehow, of scientific and technological development in the United States, if not the world. It's like a New Yorker

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  TEN REASONS Why I Fell in Love With Madrid: 10. I love the Metro system in Madrid. Puts the T to shame. 9. I love the Starbucks employee who ... that wine in Spain is not just an excuse for people to get wasted. 5. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION: In Germany, the energy content of foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  , along the Charles River in a place called Cambridge, a bright-eyed, eighteen-year-old baby boy was born. In his future lies a childhood, with all its requisite promises and challenges; in his past lies a strong

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  care if recommendations come from the subject you wish to major in or not. Emilia wrote, "I live in Ecuador, am about to enter senior year and am very interested in applying to MIT. I have one question about the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  undergraduate students at MIT actually major in subjects other than math and ... primary major in science or engineering. I (like today's birthday girl) was one of these students, majoring in Management, and I had many friends in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  the opportunities, resources, and culture on campus. In particular ... headed back to campus in an Uber while discussing different food places in ... ="113489" /] From there, we set up base camp in the admissions office where we were

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  taste of death lodged in the back of my hot, sticky throat, I was ... , Challengers, Euphoria). At any point in my life if you asked who my celebrity ... .[/annotation]What's my favorite movie? Zendaya. Well, Zendaya is in Boston on and off

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... it. if i already know what i want, and believe in it hard enough, is there any point to thinking? putting too much importance in what other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  mainly in the Green Building, the tallest building on campus, and our ... and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I ... lot of words, but more generally I’m interested in the chemical traces

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... assessments, or something else. In some cases, you may have the ability to ... help us get a better understanding of your mastery in a subject. We
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I ... happier! I have a lot more time in the day, now. I can use the time to go to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  It's finally spring in Boston! And unlike the occasional t-shirt weather spurts in February and March, it seems like this streak of sunshine and relative warmth is here to stay. In this final quarter of my time

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  best of the blogs. As they used to tell us in grad school, done is better ... theoretical devices! As Ian Bogost writes in Alien Phenomenology, Faced with ... of the comma. Ontography is an aesthetic set theory, in which a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  to know the other freshmen in your program. Most (all?) departments ... ...   So there I was, messaging a few friends about things and in one ... that invest money in startups in the hopes of greater returns. I mention

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016