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  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  apartment in Hell's Kitchen a mile from Times Square. I can't say how much time we spend at home between work and exploring the city, but I can say ... I started obsessively checking the news sometime in middle school. I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... admitted to all of the colleges on my list. I was also really lucky in that ... being smart in the admissions process). I knew that some schools were

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  My 5.60 Final is tomorrow at 9:00. In just about 18 hours, I will be ... , I think I'm in plenty good company :P) Anyways, one of my favorite ... you want to be...we talking a bus driver, a secretary, two kids in MIT...can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  , have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in ... pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed. - I actually was in Alaska ... neck muslces later I was boarding a plane to Seattle in a neck brace. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  possibilities when I know that only one can exist in this reality and I begin to ... here, I realized that I was wrong. That there are ways in which I can do ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  ’ve changed in these few months at MIT into these last eight minutes? can i consolidate the fragments of ideas i’ve considered in this past hour? can i ... damn, i haven’t blogged in forever and it’s stressing me out (alongside a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  haaaaaaated dealing with this stuff in high school, or rather, I wasn't very ... sucked. After each round of decisions came out, I hated hearing my name in ... mother's say (to her) that I only got in because I was a girl. My internal

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  can’t make the time to. Once an assignment is turned in, I can’t reflect ... acknowledge all of the hard work I’ve put in? God. In high school, it felt like ... get in? tick I’m just going to shut up, put my nose to the grindstone

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  is a place where I will be challenged and I can hone my writing skills ... Okoboji because as long as I can remember I have had a love affair with ... in speech therapy. When I asked her why, Jennifer said she had taken a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  't know, I'll go ask Yan. But if you're interested in what your 4th or maybe 5th favorite blogger is up to, I can tell you! Besides traveling (and ... teaching classes over IAP. I've also acquired a pair of skis so I can now

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I ... in Berkeley next year, I thought it might be better to be a little more

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  which can be interpreted as both good and bad. The good: I was limited in ... tools you'll need for classes, but the hike in the snow can be a ... warranty that covers my battery which is pretty helpful. Unfortunately, I can

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  event. There was a sold-out showing of Metropolis (1927) that I had the ... year” to attend. The Alloy Orchestra, based here in Cambridge, is ... still resonate today. What he was able to accomplish in the 1920’s

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  love dearly, to learn as much as I can and take pride in my achievements ... highest out of all my offers, plus it was in the Cambridge, MA area so I ... mean is, if I weigh compensation as a heavy factor in choosing what to do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  tomorrow! I promise! You can hold me to that. It would tear my soul in twain ... and I fell over in shock. The ninja police did nothing to rescue me ... little paint in my hair, but that's okay, I'll just match Levi from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  reason for why I haven't posted in over twelve decades ("I was sick", "I ... for why in the time it has taken me to write this new blog entry I have ... , nothing-but-the-truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH. The truth is I donated

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... buildings along the river in East Cambridge. I think the Back Bay area of ... Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I request a fee waiver?

  We understand that paying college application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in the Fee Waiver Request
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  's somewhere else, then it's good as well. However, I do hope to do what I can in ... sitting on my desk right now) In the meantime, if there is anything that I can help you in making your big decision before May 1, feel free to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  tired of rice. That's fine. You can cook oatmeal in a rice cooker. I put ... and in very irregular shapes. Once, I tried to fry eggs over medium, and ... fed myself for the past two weeks, and, as far as I can tell, I have not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021