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  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT ... application game where people try to one-up other peoples' personal challenges ... good fit for the school. Who better to develop your character than you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  new experience to sit on the subway for so long. We ate lunch together ... excited to try new things. For the first four semesters of MIT, this has led ... strawberries for a dollar each. It was a sweltering hot day, so we retreated to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  school teacher, encourage you, a cool reader of the MIT blogs, to go for it ... teeth that need to chew on something or you’ll grow wild and mad, and so you turn to chewing on college applications. Perhaps you’re like how I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  year is a pretty normal time for biology people at MIT to get involved ... lottery? Personally, I do think it's bad to be locked into a dorm after the ... might want to move, you shouldn't pick an RBA dorm. (I also, personally

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  ago, Kyler came to Cambridge for Visitas, Harvard’s visiting weekend for ... left home for college.  I used to measure his height through its ... by those who came before us, to define the unknown for ourselves

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

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for ... seen myself as the "frolicking in nature" type (due to my allergies, for ... North America, and is home to over 1.3 million trees, shrubs, and woody

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  up a personal blog post from a year ago – HAPPY BACK TO SCHOOL !!! ... ’re all getting ready to go back to school… Returning students are probably still wrapping up summer ventures, but 2014s are probably almost ready to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  that I know who replied to my request for a profile =) As such, some non ... ; etc. In short, this is for you to get a sense of some seniors ... Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  placed at exactly the distance it takes for your body to warm up, so that ... I set my alarm for seven am yesterday and stumbled up to snooze it ... for up to one hour. It feels like being in limbo — everything should be

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  . :-) ------------------------------------------------------- Campus Preview Weekend Registration Deadline The deadline to register for ... personal favorite). If you've been admitted to MIT and haven't joined yet ... requesting to join - it's how Emma and Michael (the admins for the facebook

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  had nothing else planned for the day, and decided to try something new ... ’ll be grateful for always trying to start off my day well.  Also ... metaphor for life. Why scramble it? Why solve it? All to come back to the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  personal use. Instead of designing for one person, you're designing for a lot of different interests. You're trying to build a visual identity for ... . And you're designing for an audience, so your choices have to be clear

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while now, and it's traditional for people in my living group, floorpi, to ... say, okay, well, i'm going to the party. i'll be there for an hour, max

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  everything we'd need to sustain ourselves for four days. I'm the type of person ... grounds at 9:30 and had to wait an hour for two people to grab their ... splattered mud all over me for good measure. we tried pushing it, but to no

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  section to buy something for Loop kitchen-side cat, Zella, and a lighter for ... 's food opportunities. There are some great places I've come to find ... Boston. The closest one is in a town called Dedham, MA. My craving for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  to no avail. Finally, we applied for a 5-bed property that's a 20 ... expectations for achieving this were hella low, we managed to pull it off; we ... expectations and locate properties, so I'm grateful to my group members for being

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... was the fifth person in line (pretty good for an amateur like myself ... for sure!” Random person in the crowd: Kabobs! He would measure Kabobs

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  college-level class -- Go for it! You have nothing to lose on PNR, you like ... --the majors are designed to be that way. For me, I'm going to MIT so I can go ... already for two reasons: 1) Most people don't have access to/don't spend the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  for progress, and to wake my then-dormant optimism about our future ... Institute. I could reach for many generalities here, like we`re trying to make ... for more then just more classes. They help me to take a more informed

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  camera memory card. My own personal motto, which I repeat to my friends ... CPW is finally over, which basically means I'm back to sleeping again. I definitely had an awesome time hosting events for Burton Conner and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007