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  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  Sinus pressure and general malaise have prevented me from typing up ... bouncing around my head for about a week nonetheless.   In the summer ... coordinator (basically a guidance counselor) to review my college application

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  safely. And we got a swag multi-tool from the Office of Community ... not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I ... that I got accepted as a blogger while packing). The 3.5 days of DEW

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  Well, my two weeks of no IAP agenda have come to a close and I've started my class. If you're a mechanical engineer, attend MIT, and are a sophomore, IAP means only one thing: 2.670, a class called "Mechanical

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  Well, I've been sleeping a lot. I don't really understand why, during term, my body can't normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if ... Kentucky or Georgia it wants three decent-sized meals a day, at regular

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  , I transferred from my local public school of 800+ students to a ... present to my kindergarten teacher, who graciously accepted them with a ... realized that most real-life houses were a lot more boring :("]quickly faded

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  from other examination boards (like GCSE O or A Levels that I am taking ... a student from Pakistan and i met you in the RSI program over this ... different from those in the US school systems." We're quite familiar with non

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  . Through poetry, I want to depict not only a narrative from a person of color ... important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life ... writing about a myriad of other things. I posted to College Confidential

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  you get all A’s!!!” Everything I need to know, I haven’t learned from ... a couple weeks, goober! (From Thanksgiving break of last year. I ... 'd offer a bit of unsolicited advice (but puh-leeze, you know you want it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  to grow peas in Manhattan?” A quotation from my Biological Science ... .30; 21A.453 In alphabetical order, this term, I am taking: Anthropology ... classes. I'm a genius, I know.) Okay, here go some descriptions: (Note

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  little bit during winter break with a relative from Pakistan. i got to go ... hit with a case of writer's block, so I went through at least five ... getting a triple would be a nightmare. But I got lucky because we all have

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  A lot of you have written me to tell me you've voted, and it ... Phone, Treo, Blackjack, etc.. It takes literally two clicks and you could make a ... support me without starting a war. Regardless of the outcome, though, it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  first time. I abstain from meat and dairy foods on certain days as a form ... experiences that stand out to me. I present to you a brief highlight of the ... so many compliments, especially because the color I got was a silver

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  ="attachment_103508" align="alignnone" width="300"] a photo from the bridge that day ... ; however, this means that there’s never a shortage of kindness from your ... as I came to a realization: I didn’t need anything. From HMart or

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  oyster from a deli case full of different varieties. She also bought a frog ... from The Mushroom Shop to the Porter Square T station was a long one, but ... When I applied to be a blogger last summer, “what happened yesterday

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  this is a common pattern from the staff perspective because i considered ... as a kid, i used to always be on edge when interacting with people ... every stranger i encountered, and it took me a long time to realize that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  your summers if you want to. These range from spending a couple weeks on ... (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  , a 3.5 mile drive from campus. I sprint to get on the bus 3 minutes ... A brief intro... Last Wednesday, I left MIT to compete at the 2016 ... take a nap. 1.5 hours later, I wake up and start frantically packing. I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  everything from Chipotle to liquid nitrogen ice cream, but also made a binary clock from scratch, cruised around in a limousine, met Randall Munroe ... a stunning view of a rickety fire escape. From here, the fun began

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  document camera? I begged a favor from my favorite student group, ESP, to ... Studies Program… every once in a while, I have time to take a break from ... I’ve learned more about the inner workings of MIT from my summer job

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  in a large beaker of water (it didn't), Dourmashkin pulled a latke from ... time! 9:09 pm Rebuttals from hamentashen now. "MIT is a place of truth ... eating hamentashen is dangerous." Leonardo, a smart robot creature from

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008