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  BoA & Restricting

  

  to a 500-word limit." Kevin says in his blog that 650 words is okay ... application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never ... say than what fits in 500 words. If that is you, I'd encourage you to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  and sophomore year, will be moving back in next fall, and plan to keep ... ’t know how to do, and would relish in scoring “average” at MIT. Shockingly ... the professors who cared about you enough to tell you they believe in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  go to bed early. This is all pure speculation, of course. But in the ... was a letter to the future, to be read in five years. But here’s what I ... apply to MIT if…?” I’m not an expert in this matter, nor can I pretend to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  ! And then she sent this to the blogger group chat, and our nicknames in ... mistake! We are in fact identical twins. Over winter break we ordered ... to our surprise (and probably most people’s lack thereof) this was the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alive and In London Updates from the Road

  

  Currently writing to you from the London Apple Store. Spring Break has been a blast so far. Once I find free wireless, I'll upload the real entries.

  • by Bryan
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  I turned 18, or was it when I had my Bat Mitzvah at 12? "When I grow up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We ... have to make hard decisions about polymers and cats and work or graduate

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Public Art Projects ...for your amusement.

  

  campus or on the road, you've heard me talk about MIT's 2+ miles of ... am very grateful for these tunnels as I travel from the T to my office. It took me 6 months to really get my bearings down there. Prior to that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  in Lujan’s room at EC. His roommate moved out to another dorm so he has ... doing great in that department, so it’s nice to have a single friend to ... EC and I walked back to MacGregor, where I pecked at work in my room

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before ... planning to write a little feature about MIT mailing lists in the near future ... to me and plays football, I'll be sure to check. =) In my entry about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  preference to one or two windows, likely the amount of windows in their own ... to find interesting patterns and learn more about the people in dorms ... on Massachusetts Ave., a very short walk to Target or Hmart, so it must

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  experience; I remember organizing folks in the kitchen, trying to get as much ... in with the people who were going to serve it. As I went upstairs, I ... will move to a permanent assignment that better fits them. At Next and in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  Engine development company, hoping to invest in our own, custom-made comment system. We ... Since the MITAdmissions.org blogs began some six or so years ago we ... for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  spooling (unless you're the one I tried to print to in the Student Center ... lanes next to us. In the other direction. After driving through the ... was to wear heels in the snow, as if we were all wearing heels. (NOTE: I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  ="and not just Le's in Harvard Square or The Friendly Toast in Kendall, which ... would say it's super similar to how The Three Broomsticks is described in ... farthest reaches to go here. Little Big Diner is located in Newton, a fairly

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  gender balance is closer to 53-47 or something like that. 10.26: Chemical ... !"). However, another group gets to explore the heating of Subway sandwiches in ... .32: Separations Processes -- Today in class we explored mass transfer as applied to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  pouring outside. I didn't want to walk in the rain or call an Uber, so I ... bagel or something), but it was just okay. Punto Rojo (Dinner) To ... drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  day in my life before, I was really nervous to actually start. The week ... knit! Well, not me. The people on my floor. I used to bake a bit in the ... don't want to stop talking with each other and being in each other

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  Under 30 Lists in 2016 More than Two Dozen from MIT Named to Forbes 30 ... healthcare, followed by manufacturing and energy. It's cool to see winners in ... 's exciting to think about who will do interesting things in 2017 and end up on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  knew they would be. I came to MIT completely unprepared. My background in science at math is flimsy at best. I slept eight or nine hours a night in ... everyone at MIT does (according to the fantastic pressure survey in the Tech

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012