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  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  yourself in an application essay, but some coordinating conjunctions and ... for the first time four years later to see Lucy Lawless in Grease. I ... You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  eating them like an actual horse 3) It's time for those of you who ... ’s like to be in a Sadoway lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  relevant. Future topics for discussion that may or may not appear in entries ... those applying for the class of 2013: You're in the right place. Do you ... best way to find out. You're in for a good time! I'll see you guys in

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  project for more than one term? Most faculty want continuity in their ... experience in an area of interest? Exercise your creativity? ... : Thursday, Thursday September 14, 2006. Keep in mind that there are three

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  help, in addition to regular traditional office hours that are meant for ... about in an upcoming post. I got cooked to death on my last midterm but it ... = "stands for Independent Activities Period, in which MIT students have the

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  Hi! I'm Qiaochu Yuan. That's "chow-chew," as in ... write a math blog, Annoying Precision. I'm interested in a lot of ... they're interested in something, it seems to imply that they know a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  became a tradition. Every equation sheet I've ever written for an exam at ... pset was due, we had our only exam in that class (Sustainable Energy). I ... freshman year: "Considering my track record in math, I figured I'd need

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  After a ridiculously awesome weekend in New York, I’m home for Spring Break. Clearly, three days away from the Institvte is too much for me, and I’m finding myself searching for MIT news. The articles that I found

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  , every 20 minutes. Because there might still be someone in the Student Services Office working really hard to get those grades in right now! Anyway ... there for the past three years: "Hmm." thought I. "I guess that's me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  While Mollie has pretty much sent off all her applications for graduate school, I've just started to ponder what life is going to be like in about 18 months. So today, I attended an info session on the Masters of

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  will introduce themselves. They'll talk about what MIT looks for in an ... America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70 ... meetings in New England: Jenny Rifken will be traveling to Portland, Maine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  teaching assistant/resource for students in 8.02 (Electricity & Magnetism ... refreshing in these last few weeks. In my last post, I uploaded a picture of my ... in these first few weeks. Today was my first midterm of second

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  lessons for 14 years, played the trumpet in concert band for eight years ... go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... organ for us. Here's a picture of the Kresge organ: It was built in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  did face was while waiting to fill up our tank at a NY rest stop for a ... stations for the next few months. Unfortunately, my modes are transportation are even more limited now that my bike is locked up in the bike room

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  .           3. However little time there is, use it. For example, in learning a ... learning, while passion is an essential component of teaching. All in all ...   Christina T., Me, Erica D., and Jen L. representing MIT in

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  's invaluable in many ways. For me, it was mostly that I had four pristine weeks ... I have simultaneously done nothing and everything this IAP. After an exciting ten day family vacation in Japan and Hong Kong (highlights include

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  a year, and I've been living in comfortable silence for almost all of ... ) did an internship at a policy think tank working on research for ... , for the time being, with being a work in progress; and with doing things

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  struggled with writing blogposts in the past few months. It’s not for a lack ... things for god knows how long—someone more well-versed in EC history could ... contents. There was a space on the envelope for me to write an address. I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  in their red Parent Connector polo shirts so keep a lookout for them. A ... comments in viewing my dorm when I was a student at MIT but for me it was the ... in Boston, especially in the springtime, so you should be prepared for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you're in the wrong ... . What I do have, however, is an insatiable desire for free goodies and t

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012