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• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  is a great place to go to school, but I also recognize that it’s not a ... mean a number things, but it all boils down to one simple question: “What ... a bar that each school has to clear in order to remain on your radar

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  [/caption] We went out to the pub together a few times to hang out and get drinks ... a literal grain of sand. I still believe every EE should have to ... components to arrive, I started making an alternate version designed to have a

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... emptiness to be emanating from such a small human being. We had just stepped ... by the sun. He also wore a wide, toothy smile. He said to the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably ... , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort ... wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  first to create a portrait of a person or a place. Abby showscases this ... the blogs. The second assignment was then to create a 3-5 minute video ... assignment. The third assignment was to create a 5-7 minute documentary that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do ... personal lives. It’s hard to express in words, but there is also a certain ... saying anything, they see you as a peer, view as more junior, look up to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  "   We've added a question to the activities section where you can indicate ... . They gave me a few tips to pass along, which turn out to mostly have to ... About two weeks after the application deadline, we'll add a checklist to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  going to countless recruitment events and throwing my hat into a whole ... MITAdmissions Instagram account. The ultimate goal was to create a space that ... rejected by them, teehee. Essentially, I wanted to join a business club

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  Virginia) to give a talk on his pulsar research. The fifth grader clutching ... , though, beyond a first name: Ricky. Ricky. I had to find Ricky if I wanted to give a talk at the next McCormick Observatory Public Night. Too bad

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  , I promised myself that I’d attend all my lectures to avoid a repeat of ... Calendar, which I commit to memory every week. At the table, a few of us talk ... microdosing sleep by taking 1 to 2 hours naps several times a day. On the other

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  Square. I went to Chameleon back in January 2019, bundled up in a coat ... lobe piercings. For a while, I had wanted to get more piercings, but ... went to Chameleon on a special day when walk-ins were allowed (normally

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  is really like. You’ll get to stay in a college dorm, go to college ... followed a friend to attend a 2.006 (Thermal Fluids Engineering II) lecture ... to survive at a place like MIT. I’ll try to resolves these common

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  to act like a tourist, but after that you have to pretend to be a jaded ... surviving building. Right next to the statehouse is a marker commemorating the ... like to go to Haymarket on Saturday mornings and make a nice cheap

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  with the Alumni Association to create externship listings that might be a ... to internships in that you meet people in a field you might be ... them! Nobody had a good answer to how they ended up where they are, but

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  . No matter how much of a challenge your target audience may be to reach ... ’re involved with to make everyone’s experience a bit more pleasant when ... . Feedback – It’s nice to get honest feedback from a peer about how

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to ... - freshmen are temporarily placed in a dorm, then given the choice to relottery ... and illogical to keep a few freshmen out of the rest of the system. In

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  pasted on the side of a bus. Having a dedicated 5+ hours/week to really ... exactly Twitch Plays Pokemon managed to develop not only a following of ... we get to go to events for free. The CMS department sponsored me and a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  and what I'm doing this summer. I'm doing this because a) I need to ... this fall. I was lucky enough to get an offer from a company called Everbridge to work for them in the fall as a part-time software engineering

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  I love water, and I love living close to a river - I think it's a ... my walks around campus or to Boston always brings a smile to my face ... establishments that line that street.I've become a fan of walking to Flour bakery

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... to realize that I'm the furthest thing from a fighter... and I started ... shop. So actually, scrap the entire recipe. The key to a successful

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012