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  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  . My suitcase is unpacked-in fact I haven't even brought it down from the attic- I'm unprepared. It's not entirely my fault though, I've been up all ... entrance to Bush Intercontinental, my mom and I settle down in the terminal

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay ... rest of your application is strong. I am taking my second time of SATs in October, and my SAT IIs in November, which would qualify me for early

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  some sort since Registration Day of my first term at MIT, and I'm glad ... the less money I had to beg from my parents, the better. They paid a lot of money for my education, and the least I could do was try to pay for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  got my job. The summer before my sophomore year, I emailed about ten professors whose work looked interesting, including my resume and a short cover ... . I have my name on a poster that was presented at the Society for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  true. This is how I got rejected from my "dream school", and how I got into this one. *** Throughout middle school and high school, one of my ... . My younger ears knew that it was a very prestigious school in sunny

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  ’s December, and I’m writing this at a healthy 11pm in my favorite late ... Mexican restaurant in my area of Sao Paulo"]manner.[/annotation] In Denmark, my work was clear that when you’re sick, you stay home. It was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  them. However, in total, 72 units was too many. I skipped most of my technical lectures because my HASS classes all had mandatory attendance, so technicals were the only place to carve time out of my schedule. I learned the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  , along with a yellow house that stopped me in my tracks. "that looks a lot ... , pulling out my phone to try and find the picture i took. it turns out it ... chord in my memory. jeff and i met four years ago in the summer after

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  mean is that these are problems many of my friends struggle deeply with, and they’re also issues my parents and other adults told me would be challenging growing up. so when i see people my age who have all these things

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  thought pulsed through my head. Remember how it all came back with an email ... would typically just dub, ignore, let sink into the crumbling abyss of my ... ] Today’s Opportunities? I skimmed through it and what caught my eye was

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  Maybe it's a little existential, but at the back of my mind, I am always thinking about what I will leave behind once my time on earth comes ... time soon, but my time [annotation note="In LiGhT oF rEcEnT eVeNtS r

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  my cave of despair to blog again! I've made this post two years in a ... year where I reflect about my life, and I think I need that :P Sidequest ... was, so I can't quite give myself 100% on this. Sidequest 2: Get my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  scenes for ThesisNovel before I sent the first fifth of it off to my ... Instagrammed my food.   (In my defense, the latte art deserved ... transfer to my most recent laptop and could only be found in my old Hotmail

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  did my first tandem skydive while I was back home in Oregon.  I didn't tell my parents, I just went with a bunch of friends, shelled out the ... on sensory overload :)  My parents weren't really excited that I'd gone

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  At CPW 2011, I had, hands down, the best ribs I've ever had in my ... 're watching the Logarhythms sing. But wait, is that the bass belting, or my ... through the Kresge BBQ pits on my way to Burton Connor. Grab a hamburger to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  – here’s the really good part – my professor of medieval literature. How ... to go back to my high school days. Back then, there were two subjects I ... sleep easy at night. With my first step into the Infinite Corridor as a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  rest of my application materials are up to par?" I'd recommend ... article?" My thoughts are: sigh ... for A levels, can i ask my GCSE teachers? Or is that too long ago to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  -brainstem activity, so instead, enjoy my weekend foray into lifestyle blogging ... laps. My whole body is physically pulsing with warmth afterwards, and my ... shepherd’s pie and an apple with peanut butter for lunch. Then I work on my

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  ’s Women’s Soccer team! I was the first in my family of four kids (who all ... . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process between 2018 and 2021, so keep in mind that some of my experience may be

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  least an ocean to walk to and ponder my melodramatic nature over. And ... been here for only 38 days, I can confidently rank Boston higher on my ... and actually go explore the city I live in. One of my first ~outings

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024