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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind this: I challenged the other admissions officers to a "no-shave" reading ... campus. I'll get to work on that next week, no problem. EC. Matt and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible ... when the audience realized that every single person was about to get a ... getting ElectroPlushies ready to be marketed, distributed, get the official

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  , 2003: Bryan boards flight 382 from Houston to Boston. So I get to my ... . college firsts: first shower: it'll take a lot of getting used to. first ... good idea to live in a quad because I'd get to meet three other people

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  speakers at the event (which could get hard to hear with all of the noise of ... Today has been a hectic day, to say the least. It's only around 9pm ... around to call for climate justice. At MIT, and other schools in the area

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  for twelve weeks and I didn't get to touch a kitchen this summer, I ran ... top priorities of the moment keep getting supplanted as more and more ... from the somewhat ambitious "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis!" to "Keep

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  , we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life ... and to hopefully (crossing our fingers and toes) get them too.  So ... spent a lot of time troubleshooting and trying to get the HTC Vive they

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

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  that all my psets got done, and I learned that it’s okay to get an ... for whatever reason, but I’m glad that I get to enjoy it as an adult who ... really cool, and I’m glad that I get to work on something so pertinent to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  whopping 168 acres – which is 1.5x bigger than Vatican City! To get from one ... had to come up with some ways of getting around campus a bit faster ... because you refuse to get a scooter. Your entire schedule revolves around

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  has been a bit tedious. I'm glad to get my feet wet with research ... company back home in Houston to get experience, get paid, and get by without ... the summer to sit down and write them out. Two semesters in, and the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  got a chance to really sit down and get to know each other; I learned ... really lovely getting to share that experience with the visiting students ... community. Having this time to get to know one of the students on a more

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to ... with our check-in process, I get to see many of you who come to Cambridge ... simply getting into a college; your goal should be to graduate. And quite

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  your demons than to write them away."]it's taken me days to even get ... me that is still so, so bitter that you get to move on with your life ... tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  , worse teachers getting 4s and below. So, you want to only have great ... can not only get by here but also really thrive. Most everyone comes to ... get to know Stanford better, I'd check out their student blogs (both the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  isn't meant to be an "Oh non-MIT people just don't get it" in a snobby ... needed nothing from them at all, and I had let it get to me a bit too much ... has been well received. People listen to what I have to say, they value

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... mine is make a plan to lessen that 😌 Try out every pen in your house and ... to finish an entire [annotation note="impossible - emily"]Pamela Reif

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  ? Check. Getting closer to them as you learn things you never knew about ... at MIT...and surrounded by my friends. I attribute this to general ... to message and video call different groups of people. Part of it might

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  (ECs) in these cities, and more. Getting to travel the country, to come ... from the intensity of admitting the freshman class to get the big picture ... . Frequently, people assume that we get a several month long summer vacation like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the ... consolidate those loans and when to start paying them back. I know that I'll get ... of getting a room there? Well, that varies from year to year -- it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  's acronymal third letter! At MIT, you get to choose your own T. Most students ... program for teens who want to get into MIT right after middle school. The ... the harder subjects for the senior-year projects when we get to use real

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  cook every other week. I enjoy competing in the unofficial game of try-to ... wonderfully convenient, allowing me to cook often enough to enjoy it and not so ... , since you have to cook for around 20-30 people, and not all recipes are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016