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• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  .  I made some of my best friends during CPW, and I'M SO EXCITED THAT IT ... assignments last Friday, and I am so happy to officially say that my friend ... about you to maximize your experience when you come here. For example, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  , in my home town of Pearland TX, the highest point of elevation is ... skipping over the climbing PE class one semester here at MIT. It fit into my ... , and I'm buying shoes, filling my amazon wishlist with gear, and climbing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  my interview with my MIT EC. And I loved how Mystery Hunt was going on during my visit to campus. And I loved how people seemed to have true ... interest in entrepreneurship. So, basically my criteria was: awesome

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  for my cell phone and it was 8:11 AM and I had set my alarm for 7 ... just as the last car was pulling away, crammed my instruments (flute ... countless airline stewardesses, and went back to sleep. In my dreams, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  my dorm's i3 video, and then I lost an hour because of daylight savings ... daylight savings! - watching the clock on my computer go from 1:59 AM to 3 ... , thursday). I am starting work on my UROP (more on that later!). I dropped 18

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  , I just got out of class and ran home to get my laptop. So nothing interesting has happened yet on my end, but stay tuned! Friday, 16:22 I'm sitting at my kitchen table, eating leftover baked ziti I just heated up. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  while. I'm real sorry; I'm just not exactly on top of my life right now ... last night working on my ICE-T ("ice tea") problem set. To answer James ... silicon membrane, and BAMF! Cell phone power! My friend Jacqueline and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  struggle my way through writing the essay, and I think there are some ... into the overall community. (I think my friend Becky is one of the ... .) This leads me into my next point. I ended my last application advice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  to my post on cross registration, "How can MIT undergraduate students ... example, my friend Jake got a terrific room his freshman year at the East ... rooms each year), but certainly not unheard of. My housing at Baker House

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  . One of my big pulls for the class, though, were the field trips. That ... it."]genius[/annotation]. I also met some pretty neat people! My ... orchestra didn't even have any drums! Only [annotation note="which in my

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  This winter, before arriving at my [annotation note="Global Teaching ... bookings in Doha. Here's a recount of my adventure! Hopefully, this will be ... , where I got the first stamp on my brand new passport! Afterwards, we

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  finishing my major (which is surreal), but it's also a mindset change that ... improved my state of mind. And honestly, there isn't a single class that I ... 've really wanted to take a robotics class. Robotics team was one of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  , so we got to present a poster! Considering that this was my first conference, and that I got my registration fee waived, I was stoked to go. [caption id="attachment_102081" align="aligncenter" width="400"] My

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  this: I got a lot out of writing about my experience at MIT-- the ups and ... am happy to have had the chance to share my garbage with the world. If

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  iteration. I met with my team this weekend to finalize our design: the moon ... .671: Measurement and Instrumentation This is my final core MechE requirement before 2 ... 'know?"]December.[/annotation] One of my close high school friends does a lot of art, and I'd been

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  starts (in my case, when I was packing to come to Orientation!) I've gone ... and I actually think they stand up better than my MIT application essays ... that, so they will live out the rest of their lives only on my hard drive

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  MIT this spring, I had to take his class. My friend Wenjun H. '25 had ... ?" I scrolled and scrolled. "Here, I've got it," Ajay said, taking my ... ." "My rap name is Flavius," Wenjun offered. "No, it's not," Lupe said

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  . According to my iCal, I have spent nineteen hours in class in the last three ... happening in the background so I was slightly losing my mind. It was very ... . Plus, my friends Deniz, An Bo, and Grace are in it, so I don't have to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  sounds fun. Most people only get to take one.   I read the blogs my ... rarely manage to leave without machine oil or grease on my hands.  All of ... ’t want my identity to be tied to any school, let alone a dorm within it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  past midnight. These days, my Fridays tend to be a bit more low-key. In ... night with my friend Paige L. ‘23 (Harvard). It was my ideal Friday; such ... white powder. It was both my and Paige’s first time visiting Dear Annie

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022