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  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  experience and exposes you to a wide range of types of people and cultures (and ... fulfill my wanderlust. While it is great to do MISTI for a summer (they just ... to the GECD. To try and entice you a different way, I will leave you

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another ... was finished I realized that it was also a nice nod to Course 6. Tiffany ... ! After the ceremony, I met up with my family and we went to a couple of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... focus of attempting to gain admission to a specific institution or type of ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  Obama's address. Needless to say, the MechE student who doesn't have a ... , and now all of a sudden I was going to see the President! On Thursday ... to campus I noticed that it was a little more difficult this morning

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  doc with some details that I gave to artists. This turned out to be a ... , others take a few weeks of incremental progress. I forgot to account for ... at a desk, contemplating a complex syntax tree. To her left and right

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire ... to talk or donate but are polite about it, and others—a very, very

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted ... when I’m asleep. So if we graph my ability to do work in a given day

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  , actually look forward to a respectable 9-5 job, so they can finally live on a ... ). Online dating apps are a great way to expand your social circle beyond the ... been the best skill I learned in college. To acquire it, join a student

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big ... classes, and thanks to AP credits I could graduate in two and a half years ... and a better scientist. It gives you opportunities to explore and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a ... hard to hear, especially when we seem to be coming from a position of ... the waitlist and have a few more months of waiting to go, or feel like a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  , advocating for policies to prevent such a shooting from happening again. They ... and culture: we hold our students to a high standard and give them a ... fourteen students, were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in ... , which is a big reason that I'm writing this post. In one week, I need to decide what I want to do with my life. OK, perhaps a bit too dramatic of an

  • by Phi A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  to keep going or are scared about the present or future. A panic ... . If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your ... to split a $3 book of stickers or temporary tattoos with some friends

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  I initially wrote this to my little brother. I debated for a while ... hope someone might be able to connect or learn something from a few of my ... language we now all speak so naturally. A language that we must learn to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  center, the baby will come flying out, to be caught in a net. The obvious ... in 26-100, three times a week!) It was impossible to pass up, so I ... Abrahams' eyes settled on me, and I got to take a seat on stage. Next, he

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  applied to college 2 years ago (2 years! I'm old :( ), I wrote over a dozen ... college essay. Many feel that there always needs to be a "moral to the story ... trying to answer a question? If we don't conclude, how are they going know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  schedule have yielded a reasonable amount of free time for me to explore some ... was tragic to read, and personally fascinating to me; I’ve spent a lot ... intended to read this year: On the Way to a Smile and The Kids are Alright

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of ... my classes. One night, I stayed up late to help paint a banner for my ... only exam I had to take. A project, I could push through, but an exam? We

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  , this is a paraphrase):   "MIT is not a good place to be if you don't like math and science. But MIT is also not a good place to be if you only ... look forward to reading about your passions, too. Finally, with a month

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  tried to be a supportive parent, so I answered her concerns with "It ... allowing her to go to concerts. (Yes, even on a school night.) We would line ... Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021