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• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  literature and learn how I can meld my interests to do something that will make ... according to plan. How did you manage the situation? (200-250 words) I had a ... It's been four years since I applied to MIT, and while I've been

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  actually succeed in the environment of your choosing. MIT taught me how to ... , unbridled passion, and you leave with a plan for how to channel that passion ... Barkowitz. I will never forget how far above and beyond they went to offer

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  price of a bottle of Jack Daniel’s — it’s a no-brainer as to how I ... how to construct theatre sets. More importantly, I passed courses such ... homeland. The reason for the commentary is a proposal to clamp down on binge

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  were frantically scrambling, trying to figure out how to sign up for ... in the how-to-program sequence (after 6.0001, which starts at the very ... freshmen and sophomores how to do all sorts of cool math-related stuff

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  is language unique to humans; why are there many languages; how do languages change; is any language or dialect superior to another; and how are ... -selective motion detector neruons of flies, and learn how to do data analysis. There

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  : learn how to cook For someone living in a [annotation note ... [annotation note="Design Studio: How To Design, a class that covers the ... many times I’ve idly thought about how cool it would be to know how to

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  what blogging is like, how the job works, and how it feels to be famous ... 's thoughts on if a topic would make a good blog or how to structure a ... Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  pressing desire to learn how to drive. The one time I used public ... directionally challenged approaching-twenty-two-year-old who didn’t know how to ... .  Balance  The hardest part of the summer was figuring out how to balance

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  sported a brass-colored bob that I can now admit was ill-suited to my skin ... university I attended, but he clarified he wanted to know where I was from. “I’m from Oregon,” I said, which was my usual response to this question. “No

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  down, and they found out just how useful it was to everyone else. Today ... involved with their campaign, information on how to do so is available at ... Last week, I was lucky enough to get to see something very unique

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  School is out and many times high school students struggle to find things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year ... whole bunch of other responsibilities, it's tempting to just veg out on

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  immeasurable amounts of gratitude but didn’t know how to express it adequately. I say “thank you” to the bus driver, so how can “thank you” also be enough ... I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  It was so exciting to be able to welcome the 1000+ adMITed students to campus these past two weekends. Many of you have explored our campus ... many of you got the chance to explore the Cambridge area. So, I figured

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  's...so...beautiful...[/caption] In my last post, I mentioned how therapeutic it felt to be able to drag ... Syndrome, but I cannot explain how satisfying it was to see this website ... I usually don't make *official* posts, so I'll try to keep this one

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  how his son learned to speak, available here: MotherBoard: "Carlos ... 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

  • 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

  

  close over my head—how ironic for it to happen after a few days of ... 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

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... longer. I don't think I've ever quite emptied a tube of toothpaste to this ... heart. There are much easier ways to fulfill requirements. Yesterday, I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... a much larger problem. How to travel through time! Prof. Fisher: We ... airing without the benefit of writers, due to the strike (soon to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  , now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of ... eventually cropped down to the final prize winners. I know you're saying to ... Nobel!" More power to you, but here's what you're up against: In the category of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  psychology departments so I'll know how to fully answer an applicant ... the first time. Blogging is being careful not to reveal how little I ... college. I happen to fit both of those descriptions, so I (who happened to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007