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• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  bothers me. In the beginning, Facebook essentially served as a platform for ... right now, I'd like to discuss something that's been on my mind for a few ... only friend people at the college you attended. It was a very different

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be a blogger to write for tenth grade me. i want to show him, the kid ... sunday. i didn't do anything else, other than staff office hours for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  is usually a language requirement to the MISTI programs and the two ... -up. From mid-June to mid-August, I will be working with a professor in the ... can to travel alone internationally for the first time. Of course I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  survey to solicit feedback on the MyMIT blogs (look for this in a few weeks ... announced that the hawks had returned. There were a few hundred people in the ... half a squirrel (and not the pretty half, let me tell you). ~300 people

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe ... network for a summer internship and scheduled a second meeting in a few days ... my schedule was a bit tricky is that I'm applying to the Course 2

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  at the other Cambridge, Cambridge University, for the past almost 6 ... beginning of the term... which means we spend a lot of time over "break ... to be A TON OF WORK (ie, I'm working on the weekends) which can be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  poetry reading for a class; last weekend i went to the MFA, danced, worked ... calling involves holding up a mirror and searching deep in yourself for the ... people talk about searching the world for a soulmate that is everything

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  hang out. Here is a full outline of all of my plans for IAP. Physics ... bonding time for us :3 For your viewing pleasure, the torture dance from ... getting a passion for a different project. You drop this one and start work

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  science in K-12, but for a number of reasons (including the architecture department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a ... grade for calculus ever so slightly. “C” became the new “B” -- it’s not

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  hear it all the time from MIT alumni (I work as a techcaller yipee ... even learned to sow at the Metropolis Makerspace and made a reversible ... studying for swe interviews because of my explorations as a novice electrical

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  for my life to stay awake the entire time. But Jana had a physics exam ... [annotation note="a lot of people say this about themselves, but I actually am the ... officially set into motion a completely new life for myself - a new life that

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  in robotics looks like for me. This is a general description of all the ... find that this is even more so the case for people whose parents had ... that the Chinese translation for “robot” is “机器人” or “electric person

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  of drunk, but drunk enough. Belinda started the day with a bottle of vodka, Joey a bottle of something else. On some days the cops would ask them to keep it down. On others, Joey took a trip to the emergency room

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  the details soon. And now for the main event. CPW 2017 Events A Entry ... Saturday Shoutout to all the student groups for planning, a special ... actually No. 6) and New House. It's the tall one that looks like a hospital

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  the incredible luck of flutterskating with a Viking, a pot of gold ... of SK LATE NIGHT First, you take the Night Market, a celebration of ... the morning, start preparing the concoction of SK late night, a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon ... the more you skip class. You're paying for your education anyway - why ... fact that you will be competing with your peers for the same jobs. Think

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  're a brand new man, and the brand new you is confident, composed, and ... already knew a good number of my classmates from high school or from the ... up for a ton of clubs. If my brain didn't want to meet people, I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long ... them once again for helping you with your college process. If they need a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  , that's a lot of capitalized words. During the four years I spent at MIT ... somehow (either from the prep side or the admin side), 3) do a law program ... of the above) Q2. We know you lead a busy life, full of activities

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  . My saving grace for the past few weeks has been MIT time. Every class ... [/annotation] to the end of the [annotation note="long (~1/6th of a mile) hallway ... here. I’ve started to use Google Calendar for the first time, and now

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025