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• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  public policy in this way exactly, but it does seem to me like a clear way ... she loved it so much. I like making things, but not as much as she does ... infectious. It was exactly how I feel about writing. I’m meeting majors one by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  ."  But what exactly does that mean?  Would simply replacing it with the ... the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... , wonderful as it is, is so secondary.  And it's all about the primary sources

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  two off, based on how you average the grades on my transcript. So is it ... ;t received them yet. Does it take some time for the documents to get ... about you than how unique your essay is. So as long as your essay gives me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  this and helping me think about how to formulate it! I’ve been very ... toilet paper in the hall bathroom, should I replace it and how? What’s the ... , apparently, is a lot of much bigger questions. Questions like, “what does it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective

  

  a fiction writer that went something like, it’s so upsetting how ... , and it inevitably threatens current jobs. This does not mean we shouldn ... their own! I’ve spent so much time learning how to write well and then

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  an Easter egg that gives the selected text an animation. It does all of ... about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount of ... second prize (and $2000) for his work. What, exactly, does Project Naptha

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  about how stardom (and his ensuing lack of it) left him empty. The chorus ... anywhere. this last point is important, and i could talk about it for a long ... ” mean? Many, many things. does my research matter (or will it, once i

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  online or @ a community college. How does MIT look @ these outside courses ... faults and he knows how I work. I think it would help me more to get his ... ant06 wrote, "is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  wondered how it would feel to be back. The cliché goes that "home is where the heart is." Was home the physical space, or was it the friends that ... without planning it in advance"]happened to be on the same flight as a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Last week I started working at the MIT Alumni Association. It was ... things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been ... it has been absolutely fascinating. It was also very fulfilling when I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  ." "Yes," I responded. "So tell me, how is it?" The first word that ... longer by hard-copy mail, since it appears that no one does that anymore ... Hey guys, happy 2011! It's been awhile. As I write this, I'm in San

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  reminding me how behind I am, or how ahead others are, especially when it ... while at MIT, it’s how to deal with a competitive spirit. 2. Part of Me ... result of it. Spoilers vaguely end here. So, where does that leave me

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  your application. However, it also does not aid your application in and ... how it has impacted your life. Essay choice 1/A, about a challenge you ... "keynote address" or "speech" covers it, how about "featured speaker"? This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  city, and a lot of it is made out of concrete. This does not mean you can ... Since it's summer tour season and my path to work keeps getting interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  . Probably like how macaroni and cheese would be if it were made by an ... , but on the off chance that something does go wrong (as it so often does ... eyelids before I drifted off, it was actually only 10 hours and 4 minutes

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this great new cell phone I got, because I'm really excited about it. Well, I ... people my number because I had given it out so infrequently in the past

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand ... seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... occurred not too long after the release of Bringing Down the House, the book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  finding people who will support me. How bad can it be.   It really took me ... place, I am sending lots of hugs and care. It does get better, learning ... how hard I tried. Although for many people, MIT convinces them that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  presence lingers just a bit too long (it does, sometimes). i wanted to carve ... find ways to creep back. it's funny how the triggers manifest themselves ... a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  : your admissions decision does not in any way reflect your worth. A negative decision does not negate your abilities, accomplishments, and dreams. It doesn't mean you weren’t “good enough” for MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016