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• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. My ... wonderful way to take my MIT journey above and beyond! Living and working in ... opportunity to successfully complete my project. In addition to authoring a

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends ... thing (usually my cellphone charger). However, earlier this summer, my ... cured all my packing woes: whatamiforgetting.mit.edu Short, sweet, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  lecture, I realized that I’m more than halfway done with my first semester at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How ... how I felt when my plane first landed in Boston - when I walked onto

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Getting My MIT Decision on Pi Day Pie a comic

  

  this comic was inspired by the pie invention scenes in Waitress the Musical

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jaden Smith was in my 3.091 lecture!!

  

  How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren’t Real

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard: These last few weeks have been so incredibly awesome that it's been

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  May I include supplementary materials with my application?

  Our admissions process is designed to be completed online. Creative portfolios in SlideRoom are available for researchers, performing artists, visual artists, and makers to submit supplemental materials. If you must mail…
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  'm back in my room. My windows are open, because it's gorgeous outside (and unfortunately I won't be able to say "it's gorgeous outside; my windows are open ... conversations waft up to my room - heads up, in case you ever find yourself on a 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  back home to New York. I took my last final exam, for [annotation note ... undoubtedly will write one soon... this semester was a wild ride in all respects"]my ... character syndrome." I agree. I think my sense of self is a little too acute

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  my week generally looked like. Some things I do consistently such as my ... have tried multiple times to fix my sleep schedule and wake up earlier ... all-nighter once to fix my sleep schedule, but it stayed that way only

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  that. Also, my little sister just got permission to get her first tattoo ... being New Year’s, most tattoo parlors were closed. I joke with my friends ... grin and a two-inch rendition of a saguaro on my left ankle. I showed my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen high-profile NGOs. In short, the ... -hand corner. My idea needs 100 votes to make it to the second round, and the ... appreciate your taking a few seconds to cast your vote and bring my idea closer

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green ... , grabbed my camera, and spent twenty minutes wandering around to no avail

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  My Campus Preview Weekend (MIT's admitted students weekend, also ... MIT living. My dorm for next semester (and probably all the ones that ... one of them, and my friend Brianna and I got to co-run it. Our original

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday! (a.k.a my first video blog) vlogging? MEAT CAKE!

  

  Hallo blogger faithful! Undoubtedly you’ve noticed that the times, they are a changing. The air is crisp, the trees are ebbing into their autumn palette and just as winter comes…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 30, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  California and practically begging my mother to send me back to the cold ... is false. 6.145 is singlehandedly destroying my self esteem, and ... disheartening watching my friends easily get solutions to problems it takes me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren’t available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.…
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the…
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I include a portfolio with my application?

  Yes, you’re welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting portfolios is…
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  the world, and I would've believed you. This place was not my own. I closed my eyes for a moment and leaned my head back. I opened them again ... . How could it seem so real to them? I closed my eyes again. Don't you

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021