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  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  I'm away from campus at IMO, but I heard from my colleagues on the phones back in Cambridge that we've gotten some inquiries about our essay ... 've ever seen. Over my ten years of working in admissions, I've probably read

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  the fall 2019 catalog was released recently, perhaps yesterday, and already i've seen my friends planning out their fall semesters on firehose ... that. heading 2 tier for sure. three bonus things: i dyed my hair

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  her time, but this made me question everything. My driving test a few ... , and baked cookies. I’ve now declared my education concentration with the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  so readily frequented by my floor that we have a stash of Beantown ... opportunities is an undercurrent of amazing people. “I made my best friends ever

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  posts that came out of my UROP research on the history of early ... hijinks and jokes in my previous yearbook-inspired post (here). This section

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  My spring break consisted of some of the things I love most in this world: sailing, friends, food, and warm weather. Woo! Every spring break ... magic mimicked every single one of my attempts to pass them for at least

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  cosmopolitanism and moments of nativism alike. I often introduce my information ... 1900s. Personally, so many of my friends, classmates, professors, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  My freshman spring, I had planned to put up this post about pi day, but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has been sitting in my drafts box since. However, I still believe, fervently

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  very few undergrads (Now I'm excited a lot more of my undergrad friends are getting involved). In my time with the team, I've learned so much

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  One of my UROPs this summer was exploring the history of immigrants and international students at MIT. The Institute has a long history of ... undergraduates at MIT were international. My summer research, however, did not

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  sent) in RA. What are my chances in Regular Action? Once we defer you ... kind of complexity. My advice would be to send in the FUN form and then

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See #2 Boston Adventure at the Institute of Contemporary Art here) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the ... , anything from “kid-friendly to adult-feisty.” My chosen word: Education (read

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  -- which, well, is not something to be proud of.  As my friend Steph C. '15 ... training, check out my friend (and elite mountaineer/Patagonia alpine

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  changed my life. Every so often I google them to see what they're up to. I ... was certain would change my life, whatever the first line said. but

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  reading on. Set is rather popular on my floor, Conner 3. My suite has a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  . Regardless of his intention, when I read that passage I saw this in my mind ... to light for a deeper kind of sight, in my favorite passage of the book

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  schools, but that letter hurt the most, not only because it was my first ... should expect your decision in March, precise date TBD. My guess is that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  before. A few weeks ago, I agreed to teach a class with my friend Davie '12 ... encouraged. Without further ado, a window into the minds of my friends: The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  on my Smartpen, and happened to also record the serenades to share with ... inactivation, and then I went home. My boyfriend and I had sushi with forks and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I sketched up this guide on one of my flights after 4 hours of intense analysis ... my life will be a little easier. EER- Emergency Exit Row FR- Front

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013