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• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  of it involves asking the right questions. Maybe "How can I get into ... 's already going long on the overall process. Early one morning, I saw a ... you have to pay for. When I told her that, she mulled it over and then

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  dear to civilization. No matter how gingerly, how mildly I tug it open, the entirety of the drawer declares mutiny and goes madly deskless. It takes on average 20 seconds to wriggle the drawer back into its proper

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  , checking my schedule, clearing off my desk, until—oh god it’s so late how did ... enough. I put on music, and I book it out the door and down that long ... make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  exhilarating. And because no amount of words can do justice to just how great it ... closed and many people off campus, the usual hustle and bustle is gone. It ... my own, there's this physical distance that's made it a little bit

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  It's been a week since the Career Fair, which still feels like ... yesterday. And September is also pretty much over, which shows just how ... , last year I was quickly brushed off by recruiters. Maybe it was my lack

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for me to fully articulate how I can feel inexplicably connected to and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  's something I want to convey to you. MIT is not for everyone!! It's not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with the Institute. But it's just ... worth it if you spent the years unhappily toiling through a course of

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  quite reasonable time to wake up - and, really, it wasn't that bad. But compared to my usual wake up time of 9:00 last semester, in order to make it ... proud of myself for making it on time - only to find that I wasn't even

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  these in." "But I'm not wearing them. Look, it's all grass in there, how ... belongs to his wife but I'm pretty sure it's his, judging by how fervently ... surprise was that a lot of people don't realize just how long this song is

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  how it is humanly possible to skip meals; I am hungry, hear me roar), I ... ’m qualified to use that phrase to its fullest extent, especially considering how ... It was 2AM. After a heart-warming and tummy-filling Thanksgiving

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  hosts taught me how to say “I will never love again”; he says it’s common ... description: “A one week long project held in Xiamen, Fujian, where a team of ... about it from a random e-mail (probably sent to all of the dorm mailing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  my life. I think now, in college, it recently struck me how differently ... myself the embarrassment, I won't be posting that here, but it reminded me ... few minutes :) 1.) Take Online Quizzes My friends have long ridiculed

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  across time, and how historical relevance can be so fleeting. It was the ... would revolve around science and engineering. I’ve definitely found it ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  students. Like its counterparts in math (IMO), physics (IPhO), chemistry (ICh ... gave an information session about how and why students at IOI might ... prodigies and their whooping retinues. Fortunately, I have long practice and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  stare at my 18.404 pset. It's going to be a long night. I wake up at 9 ... I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been ... stacking the eggs on it. I grab a plate, serve myself some eggs, and sit down

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  Let’s face it, MIT’s campus is not known for being the most gorgeous ... peeling paint (it feels both exciting and homey!), but objectively speaking ... . Again, it’s not beautiful. But I would argue that it’s something better

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  , and it's got to be one of the most effective ways to maintain a long ... . considering how obsessed with productivity i am, it took a while to be at peace ... disappointed. how did i lose motivation so quickly?? the surge of excitement that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my day in pictures

  

  : ...still in lab       it's been one of those days. we have ... sounds some sirens if you leave the "doors" of the "car" open too long ... ):   this class is eating my life. i hate it. i love it. it sucks. it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  recommendations take only one stamp I know how long 500 words looks on paper I ... 't. Shubha, India Applying to college - how it feels? (eyes tightly shut) "It ... scarier is how badly you want to get in but knowing everybody else wants it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  playing this song for like the next three days >"<. It's funny how ... that I will never go one month without blogging. It has come pretty close ... !) - directing the program for so long had made me start to use the program as a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009