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• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning ... 's Degree, and become a teacher. I'll go to Penn State. I hope to have an "A ... [sic] red. My job will be a teacher. I will go to meetings to learn how

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  year. I've tried to pick up running a couple of times in college, most ... to realize that I was getting better as a runner somewhere around 9 ... understand it. I'm sure I've improved at a lot of things since coming to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything ... semester to create an object and then turn the object into a vessel. For a ... for context) For the first half of this class, we had to take a

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  On college applications, you’ll probably come across a question like this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group(s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  feels a lot heavier :< All this to say, I've been browsing ... essentially went in a giant loop back to Course 20 :^) If you know me ... Sciences"]CI-H/W[/annotation]this semester. I'd like to take a CI-H/W that

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  '07 and I went out to dinner at the Porter Exchange in Cambridge with a ... still used to be a pretty popular hangout when it was home to the Anna ... was able to get a lovely chicken and egg dish, much like the one that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me ... even now, as a grown man, when I go home I'm liable to wake up buried

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  until a few minutes before I left. Quick! Stand next to the official ... family supported my interests, whether I said I wanted to be a teacher, a ... answer, unfortunately, in 2010. While in a cab going to the airport from

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  on my way to biology recitation, I was stabbed by a deep, instinctive ... foot through many a congested intersection to the Cambridgeside Galleria in order to obtain a pair of shoes on a tax holiday (Columbus would

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  work despite the [annotation note="extra is a strong word here. to be ... ' for a long time; I try to burn one day each weekend, which has worked ... Saturday morning to direct a quizbowl tournament. The tournament ran fairly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  they’re a challenge to complete.’’ So you best be careful whilst ... arrrrrrr! Come to MIT and earn your Pirate Certificate. All MIT undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  my bike to Quincy Market, grabbed a bagel and orange juice, and headed ... used to all go out together in New Jersey or even just anywhere. It was a ... Portland, and I exited the train in a nervous hurry thinking I was going to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  (fressen). I have also learned the German word for "to strike a deathblow ... parties, a floor-sponsored trip to some island in the middle of Boston ... to a range where I can sing tenor parts again. We've also got to choose

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  is actually a really exciting opportunity. To my knowledge, there has ... Extreme Makeover Who Wants To Be a Hilton? Temptation Island Bachelorettes ... this curious flyer outside of the Athena cluster in building 24 (aka "a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... story Take the time to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube Take part in ... Take a day trip to New York Attend ring premiere and ring delivery

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  day and managed to snag a hamburger before the residents began to notice ... sat down and talked to a Philosophy major for an hour and a half before I realized that he had to work on a P-set due that night) and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  thousands on a wait list to get tickets. ~40,000 The number of people ... 's hard enough to come up with a brand-new product idea. It's even harder to ... on-stage without a major catastrophe. And it's hardest of all to do

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a Quest ... If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to ... these blogs are just a glorified PR trick. I'm not going to waste any time ... . Okay, here are a bunch of responses to my blog comments... No

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  am already feeling the need to wear a jacket my right eyelid has ... i spent a while researching symptoms and trying to understand what was going on, but it turns out this is actually a normal response to stress

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022