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  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  ’ve taken at MIT: every week we’d write a poem in our own time and then read it out aloud during class for a round of feedback. And that was it! I ... stars and city lights blink like shiny pebbles between our toes i want

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  laser cutting and bending acrylic for 6.810 one evening. This past week I left for campus at 8:45am for German at 9am, and often didn't return ... -long rehearsals for the opening and closing number, and shows Friday and Saturday

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  taught me 101 reasons not to be a math major, while Sarah Tabacco and 5.12 ... . Alternatively, you can take 8.012 and 8.022, which are physics for masochists ... the first oncogene. A 5 on AP Bio gets you credit for it, and there

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  making a tall stack of toast with butter for me and the rest of her ... printed out and taped between the ceiling and the doorframe. I've never ... because it shows the love people had for their housemates then, and how

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  school backgrounds, and freshman year was pretty hard for me. So the fact that I'd survived a year with a 4.0(/5.0) GPA -- thank God for pass ... just about three years ago this week when I was a freshman and still sort

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  Slave Girl (which is only suggested and not required reading for the ... banner for the retreat and we need your help." =) That totally made my day ... . Basically, youth group was really important to me for a long time, and I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night ... incredible experiences of my life and I cannot WAIT for the next one. [caption ... during the summer!!   dance last IAP, I was dancing and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until ... because I was in lab until 7 tonight -- yes, on a Friday night -- and that nice wrinkly organ that sits between my ears is not working so well, so I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  pretty well-known for the performing arts, and I was heavily involved in ... weren't my friends.) My senior year, our musical was Crazy for You, and for the show I had to wear stilettos and a backless slinky gown and sing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me ... the Chicago and St Louis schools. Nothing really stood out to me until ... stuffiness and pretension of the Ivy culture. Plus, I was confident I could get

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  character, and then post it on a fan page. But no, we wrote this essay for no ... completely flipped our view of reading and writing. In preparation for a ... popsicle sticks, and all the edges between the panels *meant* something

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  for those who cannot afford education or healthcare) and Embrace ... English and graciously translated for me throughout my trip. Whenever she ... MIT truly opens doors for its students and encourages innovation and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  incoming freshmen and their parents are working on their insurance plans for college, and I agreed. For sake of privacy, though, we agreed that the entry ... was been a good bet for four years running, and we had a nice safety

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  . And if anyone in our office ever advocated for a mediocre applicant on ... admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy ... . Why would schools do this? For the money, mostly, because if you make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  think that the biggest, and best, difference between this semester and ... morning for [annotation note="Probability and Random Variables"]18.600,[/annotation] and one due at 5 pm for [annotation note="Relativity"]8

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  out of the dorm and into a fraternity for the summer and have gone ... started writing this on the plane home for spring break and never got around ... the circumstances. I spent the last two weeks studying for finals

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  revising my essays at every editing point. It’s pretty cool, and for those of ... nearby Lexington for better schooling. 9/12/2016 1:56 AM: Nashua, New ... the map for much either. Our sports teams are terrible, and there are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  thinking right now. I am so excited for your futures and look forward to ... amount of gratitude toward you - yes, you! - for applying. I love learning about your lives and how your individual stories have brought you to this

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  journalism and assignments (I think hope) for about 20 seconds, before he ... happens organically for me, and I couldn't figure out why I was struggling ... doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  are very proud of, and grateful for, all their hard work. I also know ...  honor and a privilege for us to read your applications. Thank you. Again ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020