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  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  your life, and understand yourself as your own person. People who read

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  There are some big things coming to a close as my summer begins to wind down. I've got a life update on the way, but first, I thought I'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

        On the evening of June 6, 2012, a satellite with its camera pointed toward the sun sent the first 500 GB of its daily report back to…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  . Here on the blogs we try to give you a sense of what life is like at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  access to such amazing mathematical resources has had on my life, and it

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  Today I will tell you how to get into MIT. You get into MIT by wearing thick, waterproof shoes, because the road to MIT is paved with slush. (Yes, all…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  really just move on with my life already. I hope no one minds. =) Okay, so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Remember the plot of The Matrix trilogy? Neither do I, which is why I IMDB’d it before writing this blog. Fun fact: under the space-warping influence of continued sleep deprivation,…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  is an intimate extension of yourself - your life story presented to the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  tries to mimic real life as much as possible, and you're not asked to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  To be honest, my weekend mornings are probably less exciting than yours, especially if you spend them in riveted perusal of my fascinating blog posts. On Friday nights, while the…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  've probably said the word "Java" while speaking Spanish more times in my life

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  , my life will make a really entertaining movie. I spent the next day

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  life will be easier with a PC, the reason being the modeling software you

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  the last slides he showed us dealt with life after toy class

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  're looking at my lucky bamboo and the world outside. Life is good. As much

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  a painful metaphor for my life right now. (Sometimes, a leaf isn

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  I have enough of a questions backlog now that I think it’s worth dedicating an entry to answering them. Please, if you have questions, feel free to ask! If I…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  next ten years of their life to the poverty-stricken pursuit of higher

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006