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  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  'm not sure what I can say in order to make you believe it more, other than ... for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It ... .0 is the way of the future. I can't even begin to talk about everything

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  semester which is different and wonderful Oh, boy, I have been awake for many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... staying in Cambridge for Thanksgiving, and I understand why now (so much

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  one of the topics in the class I found most exciting - one about which I ... friend Nick and I were in the student center when we happened to run into ... something cannot change what it fundamentally is; in other words, we can call

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  secondary options? I have some in mind, but none of them seem to match up to ... . I visited MIT last month, and since then (even more than before), it ... apps as I am, that's wonderful. I have to ask, though... (despite not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  diversity is to 'relax the standards'. I can't speak for other Colleges ... admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals at MIT. So much so that I am proud to say that many are more like

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  green hoodie (which I was super happy about, because I've really been in a ... taught me how to use Github, which I'd always been so confused by in ... got to a point where, in a moment of despair, I got up and wrote "CODING

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... transportation, and what they do for jobs in order to see if MIT students can

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  and a mf pandemic??? ANYways. as i've talked about in previous posts ... . living in a dorm last year was wonderful because I could have all sorts of ... blasting 2010's bops in our basement—I danced so hard and screamed so loud

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  taught in a field I was interested in. Seminars, he said, were ideal, since ... perfect department. That being said- and I promise this'll make sense in a ... : 1) I learned the Latin word "vincimus", which means "We conquer" and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  MIT.   After CPW, I knew that I was going to MIT. If you can't go to ... that you attend. I'm involved in: Campus Tours - If this is your ... Saturday, and I hope that I can give you a good idea of what it’s like to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  I'm in Phoenix for the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). I got in yesterday, and last night I decided to take in the ... , coming up in just a few weeks (can you believe it?). The weekend of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  , which we'll come back to in a followup piece, suppose I gave you a list of numbers in some random order (say 3, 19, 2, 17, 14, 4) and I wanted you to ... often inter-connected. At first, I was a bit worried about how I’d fare in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... you that in the world that I come from -- and you'll get to experience ... -- you'll thank me in 2016 :) So what was I going to say? Oh, you don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  currently wrestling - is the freedom to work in my underpants. I'm living the high life, man. But despite the fact that I am totally in denial about ... introduction, unless of course you've never heard of him before, in which case I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... life and in this process there isn’t much they can do to help beyond

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  Kesem 2010 is over and I'm back in the Real World - which sadly doesn ... that I would soon have a six-year-old in my arms, crying about how hard ... so hard that I would lie awake in my bed at 1 a.m. the night camp ended

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  ="attachment_50445" align="aligncenter" width="600"] i can make diagrams in paint ... solve puzzles and have fun. In a sense, then, Mystery Hunt can function as ... . Epsilon Theta has ET Phone In Answer, which I don’t know much about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  January Scholars insider's tours around certain "quartiers" in Paris. I ... sheller (this device can shell peanuts, shea nuts, coffee in large ... do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Mass Ave, practically in view of home...and then I got distracted by the ... Mia. Oh well, how can I resist? ... Right now, I am sitting and blogging live from Boston's amazing new

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008