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  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  , the physical effects that result from waiting for something like this to ... door and applauded and cheered for me when I came through. True to my ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  September, I had auditioned for seven or eight [annotation note="this seems to ... senior who taught me how to prepare a turkey and run a kitchen for ... over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in three

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  to for a couple of months. Some of my favorite organized internet ... . Even if your level of Wikipedia-involvement is limited to searching for ... process to being on campus, when you are starstruck. Starstruck by the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  /11/11 was the most universally auspicious time for me to contact my ... -orientation programs you can choose as a prefrosh to get to campus early for activities ... ! It’s exactly time for me to go have some wild fun at Orientation week

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  !! Thanks everyone for such a fantastic week :) and thanks to my dear friend ... assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I ... and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  baggy t-shirt to p-set in. I sort my pile of clean laundry. I sort my pile of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I print out past exams for my next three organic chemistry and genetics

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Though I usually try to avoid being serious on the blogs, I've always felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I mean 'since I became an admissions blogger'. To this day, I maintain that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess

  

  funny? Sometimes when you need help the best thing to do is ask for help ... to do, asking for help has made me more productive and generally lifted ... semester) were simply because I was too prideful to ask for help. Oh yeah! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  First things first -- I took a weekend trip back to New York and stood in line for three hours to taste the fabled Ramen Burger. Best 8 ... freshmen. Totally optional, but a great way for incoming students to meet

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a ... good. Learning to cook.  Learning to swim, for real. (I ... is a class I absolutely need to graduate. (I won't bore you with

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  want to get technical about it, CPW served no other purpose for me other ... there for an hour. Or if you don't think you're the Greek type, go to a ... down your bags and sigh because it feels so good to be home? Yeah. That

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy ... GE / mtvU Ecocollege Challenge. (For more info, read one of my previous entries). Today, Thomas Friedman, an op-ed contributor to the NY Times

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  Hampshire to discover that my laptop, where I store one bazillion pictures of ... morning at 6 AM I'm leaving on a fast train for my beloved hometown, that "burgeoning center for ... arts and culture ... maintaining the warmth and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• 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 / Academics & Research

  What I Learned This Week notes and lessons from new classes

  

  Friday (🎉🎉🎉), but then I have to give my full attention for 1.5 hours ... 100000% believe this class to be necessary for any practicing biologist or ... anticipated for me to make progress through the paper, but this week I started

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  birds called zebra finches, which are known for their ability to sing ... summer in order to stay on campus. However, the opportunity arose for me to ... -BMES) and the Society of Women in Engineering. For fun, she love to sew

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  relatively simple to make. Except for the fact that it took me about 30 minutes ... around the diameter for 360 degrees than to use a circle and rotate 180 ... , and I was not ready for the task. Managed to get one plane down, but I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  . Note: credit for most images goes to our wonderful DEW mentor   ... got the giant pool to ourselves. Convenient, as it took three tries for ... to justify the pain. After lunch, we went downtown for a Freedom Trail

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  teaching. All it seems to mean is that class sizes for the advanced seminars ... four semesters left. 2) I have to declare my concentration (every MIT undergraduate has to have a "concentration" in one of the Humanities, Arts, or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  research and just applied to grad school for media studies? Why am I going ... walkthroughs for video games or even tutoring videos that were guides to how to ... , begging for more time because I understand now what it feels like to run out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022