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• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  , this can be seen like a trick question. In a conversation I had with a ... this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group ... answer: my eyes automatically scan the page for “Mexican-American”. Boom. I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  France, and ended up in Spain. Because I was asleep, I don’t remember much ... parking, which I had never seen in a city layout before. It felt like those ... silly getting that cuisine while in Europe, but I really wanted it and

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  stayed in drafts. However, I thought it was still relevant, both for those ... drove in sacramento? tracy, where i grew up, is known as a cow town. a ... CHEST.  i wanted to leave everything, including myself, behind. in junior

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  Since I'm returning to blogging after quite the unplanned hiatus (read: I got buried in p-sets for about a month), let me take a few ... 't even think there'd be any trees here.But I would be remiss if I didn

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  ... 16 points. Ninety-six. That's right. =) See, I'm improving! In fact, I'm doing better in 3.091 too! Sort of. Just remember, it's all about ... . No joke. She brought in examples and everything. I'll be tasteful and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  topic of affirmative action in college admissions; however, I'll say right now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... I fit in ethnically at MIT. I've never really felt out of place, or

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  , maybe i would've had fun doing things and meeting people in london. but ... . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 in imperial college london. i spent a few days thinking about the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  , so I’ll go in with a general overview of this year's timeline! [March ... before and were interested in continuing. Additionally, I was able to ... situation we were in, the assistant producers and I decided to just ask the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  , Microsoft Kinect doesn't work well for people in black clothing!), I loved the ... —all in under five minutes per activity! I loved the experience. If only ... science electives—I think that would be wonderful. MIT Libraries Digital

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  hour, and since then I've never actually failed a test in an MIT class ... US Government test on the legislative branch in which I was asked "What ... print without a coversheet. Fall 2004 -- So I took six classes in about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  from the off-campus grocery store (which isn't on the card). I also buy a ... , which I will editorially comment is not a weird question. I live in a ... around the room in your underwear. Not that I, um, know anybody who's ever

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  window in a high rise or a friend or a tree. Would it be the things I can ... could I would. --------- Being at such a crossroads in my life ... , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  'm looking forward to hear from you." I've covered some of the question in my ... ) ------------------------------------- Samira wrote, "I got gold medal in International Astronomy olympiad ... 'll give SATs this october.my academic record in high school is quite good.i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is ... /tooling/hacking, to the class-specific inside jokes, it’s cloaked in tradition. Plus ... campus.  The RingComm chair is at least the 3rd in a row from the same

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  , Year, Major, Place of Birth, Dorm Hi! I’m Yuliya, a senior majoring in ... in Course 9 - Brain and Cognitive Sciences. I was born in Donetsk ... the MIT Museum specifically to buy nerdy earrings (I recently pierced

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT blog and I'm in Switzerland. I could ramble philosophically about MIT life - I've certainly done it before - but a lot of my big rambles have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  My ML model finished training right after I finished this post technically i *am* doing work right now

  

  exciting! If I time-travelled back to sixth grade and told myself that I would be doing this kind of stuff in college, she would be excited and ... where I actually got to work with machine learning models. I just got some

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  and turkey -- and if we had any vegetarians, I'm sure they'd buy tofu ... interested in making hydrogen powered supercars. And I was wondering if ... field. I'm sure single majors in math do research, but I'm not sure what

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing.). These are just a few small ideas - I know you can think of others tailored ... ! Don't be as bad at it as I am. -If you do get in, don't get all self

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  . As I grappled with changes in my career and my personal life, I used ... , I would like to expound on how I cook, why I cook, and why I cook the ... ’ve found is to try appreciating the tiny moments in my daily life that I have

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023