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  Summers spending three at home

  

  last undergraduate summer, we wanted to outline what we’ve done in each ... , so applying to internships or looking for summer UROPs just wasn't really on either of our minds. And we were lucky enough to be in a position

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  are related to Wi-Fi connectivity or GitHub or Python and thus not ... " and suffer without safety nets in order to learn is an idea I ... difficult for me to willingly do uncomfortable, not-so-fun things in pursuit

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... . Here are some essay tips to consider (in no particular order): Don ... had one paragraph dedicated to parks in the fall and one dedicated to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  tutoring services (see #2 in that post – yes, I’m that Elizabeth), or any of ... me you now have 8 more tabs to MIT Admissions blog posts open in your ... to the GTL programs, which place MIT students in host families, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  , forestry, and fishing in Japan -> Bean -> Soybean The goal is to go ... to the point that he appeared on a Coca-Cola ad. He got a reference in Back to the Future Part II. Whether or not the Americans got the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  cry or laugh & i would put my hands in mud to make myself last & ... . i hope that you can find solace or hope in some of these words ... promised to be or maybe you didn’t but i stand by the tree with no rope but a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  interesting to say about it. Not to burst anyone's bubble about MIT or anything ... though, is 3.091, or, as some like to call it, "3.09-fun." Clever, isn't it ... As I told you in my last entry, my mother has become concerned about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a ... of use. Click here or on their logo below to see the demo... I thought ... questions about entrepreneurship at mit (or wants to learn more about dropbox

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  to in-class concept questions. That’s OK, Joel, your grade is high enough to take the hit. Besides, you took physics in high school. But in ... whether to laugh or cry. I was so comprehensively lost it was hilarious, and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  people in the hallways. It will be hard for us to recover after such a ... to rage, and in a place where most students are only here for four ... point in the semester where I transition to being more excited about my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming ... this season (in fact, it's the first undefeated season ever), leading to ... or computer scientists together to create a product they are proud of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly ... things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day ... or a pset or a test sneaks up to the top of my list. It's hard to keep

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  I are engaged, and we're planning to be married in September or ... in admissions -- legacy kids aren't at an advantage compared to the ... began promoting Adam to me in the most unsubtle way possible, and being a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  that we weren’t smart enough for/didn’t have enough time to cover in 6 ... experimental class about a new or niche research area); in this case, it’s the ... -grown cucumbers to lecturers sometimes). Overall, I’m having a great time in this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  live in Boston are preparing to enjoy the marathon on this coming Monday ... taking part in events that will help them to know what MIT is like, just ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  to :D In like November/December (which seems so long ago now), the ... in my place. So I applied to some fancy-dancy computer science ... incredible. I get to cook dinner with my parents! Or go out with my friends! My

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  miss the freedom to be anywhere in town I want in 10 minutes or less by ... considering 6-2 with a potential minor in 2 or [annotation note="Alan: something ... my sophomore year of high school. I went to a small school back in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... over four hours or internationally.  I was really excited to enjoy my ... names! On the flight to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  Milk in the bottom of your cereal bowl, mug, or biohazard bin. The annual return to Random Hall began slowly. First came those who lived in MIT ... to be back home.    But all is not well. We hadn’t been in the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  language, Scratch was an invaluable stepping stone in my journey to pursuing computer science. I first learned to use Scratch in high school in order to ... Program (ESP) in which 7th and 8th graders come to MIT to take a variety of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019