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• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  projects that really do help people, which I think is a fantastic thing to be ... . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture ... to afford. A major challenge for many people is finding fuel, usually

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  're going to gain a better and better understanding of how to prepare for your ... you're asked to put a list of extracurriculars on your blogger ... need to have a life worth blogging. Ultimately, blogging is part of my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  I don’t have the voice to ever become better than a mediocre singer ... album[/caption] Her music reminded me of what I’ve tried to do for a ... were labeled one thing or another. It was very, very fun to write. The

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  , or Bookstore. Which of these three am I going to talk about? Well, I ... else is there to spend all of your hard earned TechCash on? How about a ... the rest of your life, which for a lot of people, is perfectly

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  sargent's "triumph of religion," which he spent 29 years on before his death ... this drawing of a frog that had incredibly good vibes. Or is it a toad? I ... to ask for an extension on the 8.01 pset though, which was also due

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  specific set of passions; any mark they want to leave on the world is ... what I hear instead is “King of Boston to king of the world.” All I can ... financebro is clearer to me than the one I’d follow as a course ? focusing on

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  /architecture). I live on the first floor of the east parallel of East Campus, which ... convince the freshmen that their hall is a good place to live in. We bought ... added. This means that they stick to the sweat that was seeping out of

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  take loads of advanced courses because to them gaining knowledge is ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions ... . What makes me sad is when students focus on their studies to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  deep intrinsic call to follow their dreams regardless of whether or not ... important thing is to find what you love and do it to the utmost of your ... : "MIT is full of amazing people, I don't think I'm all that amazing, how

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  MIT to become the founding CEO of HelmetHub, which he blogged about here ... ] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and ... webcast of the final product presentations, which begins ~7PM ET, by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  velvet cookie dough instead of making pies. I took a trip to Target, which had the added bonus of being a great excuse to procrastinate studying ... oven, which was instead proclaiming that “Sabbath is on”. Anoushka worked

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  authoritative, which is what new people want to see from an established member of ... ’s Sunday morning now, daylight savings time is weird) on the 6th floor of the ... group. To the recruiters: One of the easiest things you can do is to

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  totally, which are usually meaningless. Minimize is, has, of, under, over ... sentence. On the other hand, you can condense power to shock or to exaggerate ... endings: the end is the most powerful part of a sentence, paragraph, or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  you on campus. We get to find out which of you we'll be host ... opportunities to get to know what MIT is like. I know several of you tuned into ... - make use of this chance to get a head-start on deciding where you want to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  -your-rain-jacket-everywhere weather). What better way to enjoy this good weather than by going on a ... on the way to class every day, or someone wondering what do you mean ... . Both of these facilities are also open to any MIT student, and on sunny

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  ’t know.   IV. it is never a race. One of the hardest things to navigate ... are the same and it’s funny how easy it is to overlook a lifetime of ... [/annotation] of being in the same place.  The other thing is that after talking to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  could honestly be put to better use on a lot of things, but at the same ... like five or six, but my suite is somewhat of an architectural anomaly ... I'm in my room in Senior House (which, before you ask, is not just

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  , regardless of admission or non-admission to the Institute, you probably applied ... better, but the fact is that I have 8 hours straight of work ahead of me if ... consider myself lucky to have had a group of people to rely on when the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  we were impatient to explore Quito's Old Town. Quito is the capital of ... staircases: and here is the inside of the clock tower, which we finally ... , the hostel bed is very cozy and has lots of wool blankets and a big

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  to get your leg somewhere and now you’re on top of someone; or they did ... you have something horizontal to hold on to, which makes holding ... pounds of me, were to get in a fight, the last thing I’d want is for it to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022