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• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  is itching over the pedal the way it never does over the gas, in a car ... idk man it was a strange day. haven't written horror in a sec. also ... machine will go. You set a probe in the machine, a thin stick with a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  their own course lounge - a designated space for majors in each course to hang out, do their psets, and meet other people in their course. A few ... double major in CMS...well, CMS doesn't even have a lounge. [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  if any companies 1) interested me or 2) would be interested in a CMS/7 ... summer jobs pre-MIT! Do what you love, whether that's working in a lab or ... in your every waking moment before college, and thinking about a career

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II class that is conducted entirely in Spain = living with Spanish host ... can still fake it pretty well in just a language class, since it's just

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... would like to write on your behalf, it is a good idea to have a ... School Report, which does include a letter that they write about you, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  Juice is amazing, my dog's sitting on my left foot...") and not in any way ... 't being spent taking a minicourse, going to a country in Africa, or becoming ... the most part, I'm about to find out just what there is to do in this

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  ’s a fear in one of them that all relationships end, that there is a peak ... . Graduation is in six and a half months; soon is arbitrary.  Even if I took ... other than that which is expressed… In life, a man commits himself, draws

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  CPW will not be perfect and it doesn’t have to be

  

  in a very specific but unspecified time window. This is nobody’s fault ... there is a LOT of hype around CPW, and as someone whose brain had already ... -control, but I still spent most of CPW in a mild but continuous state of panic

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again ... recap of what I did between graduating and becoming a full-time artist (in ... (and is) a rare and under-researched sleep disorder. And yes, a chronic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! how to something something

  

  , Rachel is fighting fires, both in the trenches (as a volunteer firefighter ... :  Anastassia B. from Miami, Florida. Anastassia, like Abe Lincoln, was born in a ... the admissions office a handmade card, cut carefully from a starmap, in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  a look: Amazing Guest Lecturers Dr. Harish Hande is a pioneer in ... that is represented in the student body. Everyone comes here with a story ... pretty much in your shoes. I've identified a college that I was very

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... and Wyoming to be in attendance. I was lucky to have a great group of ... , USACO is the best program for high school students interested in pursuing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  After two weeks of pure torture (that's what MIT is in the end, don ... .03 pset. I unfortunately feel like this is going to be a theme for the ... , and they're awesomely helpful. (Yes, awesomely is a word. At least, it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  availability on campus is a little scarce. Do you have time to cook, even if it ... eating whatever is quickly made?" 2) "If you (or anyone you know) has a ... what you paid for, you'll have to eat a certain number of meals in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  help us get a better understanding of your mastery in a subject. We ... confidence you have the minimum proficiency in a course to successfully pass ... has impacted your performance in a class, or a decision to take a course
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  think in many ways reflects his individuality and personality, and is a ... member of MIT in August 2014 (yes we share a name; his middle name is my ...   You’ve probably heard this a million times in various

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar ... . Apparently, when she attended college at a certain Ivy institution in New York, dorm residents would be fined if they so much as stuck a tack in the wall

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... important points in there. A common question I get a lot was articulated by ... application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  finding a summer student until rather late in the game. His PI had forwarded ... away from the White House. Rose, who is a fantastic cook, cooked awesome ... A few entries back, I was asked by amino21 how I got hooked up with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it ... buildings weren't in the way because I bet the sky is beautiful... and thus

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019