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  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  Heyo everyone! It’s Mimi again! I recently became a member of MIT’s Educational Studies Program, a student group that runs a variety of educational events such as Splash, Spark, Cascade,…

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  promising youngsters those who will prove best qualified for any given life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  had been working for her entire life. Star dancers are nominated about

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  I switch between saying I study "computer science" or "math" but neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract-land without anything to tether me down to things that actually exist. So to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  ...later in life, ESFJs continue to enjoy supporting their friends and loved ... think about how these “traits” map to your life and how you act, and even

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  class doesn’t get too abstract and is directly applicable to real life ... , THINKING, DOING (OR NOT): ETHICS IN YOUR LIFE Class Info and (sort of ... . Like 24.03 and 24.191, it helps you rethink life. However, unlike the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  are no good analogies to real life. Sometimes you get stuck rereading a ... have been pretty absent from the blogs--life update coming soon--but I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  story, if one at all. But, life was continuing to move on. In the Spring ... you on my life now, through a list of successes, this time, by my own

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  's questions: We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  tonight, I burned yet another hour reorganizing my life, and demoted

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  I’m a senior! And it’s November of my senior year at MIT! Crazyyyyy. So many crazy things. So much has changed. So where did it go? What’s been going on?…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  treasure trove that will guide you through all facets of MIT life. I wish ... great resource for academic and life advice, as well as UROP opportunities

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  Last summer, when I lived in East Campus and these were my backyard    , my hallway looked like this    , this was my bathroom ceiling, and I ate a…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  angsty thoughts about life/the universe/everything posts) and reuse them in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  I am aware that it is no longer IAP, but I figure it’s better late than never, right? 6. Work as an EMT As you may (or may not) know,…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  background, and a few days later, churning on my laptop. Life right now is a ... year in the US, and probably all my life until now. I can actually ... . There’s been getting to know the new friends in my life, both at the dorm

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  sophomore year. My e-mail has taken a life of its own and grown tentacles and ... class gets you to really absorb is how differently real-life situations ... village, far more than the previous years of life have. Which of course

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014