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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 ... being a good friend. Describe one way in which you have contributed to ... 've ever seen. Over my ten years of working in admissions, I've probably read

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

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  opportunities is an undercurrent of amazing people. “I made my best friends ever ... so readily frequented by my floor that we have a stash of Beantown ... the dorm, talking about math, interacting with friends she knew from

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  -Paul Sartre. To be honest, I mainly went because my friend Dennis '08 was ... music to ballroom dance. I bring this up because, last weekend, a friend ... friends be absolutely ridiculous on stage. (And the play was free! Can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  connect with people. I have many friends in my work and I'm grateful to ... , "What is the place you've worked at that you're most proud of?" My heart ... that they've let me do. Simultaneously, my heart sank, as I realized how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  -shabu in Allston, and my friends and I stuffed ourselves complete (And maybe ... catch up with friends and family and facetime my grandparents. To indulge ... ="1000"] Highlights from my schedule for the past 3 weeks.[/caption]  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  Short Program. From my friends back home, I find out that I made it ... , so I ask my friend for notes. After that’s done, it’s 2am. Time for ... -January. Wednesday I’m done with my last class at 3pm, and return back to my dorm to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  I wanted to write a comprehensive post on my experience with being a ... fact, I didn't even know where to start. My resume was honestly kind of a ... night before by cleaning up my resume, albeit not very well. The next

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  time, hanging out with my friends, making memories and relationships and ... with my friends, my diverse friend groups; i'm not the only black person ... sets off a chain of thoughts in my head. Pulled by some force I can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  resume at some of the smaller companies that ask for one. My friend and I ... print out my badge before Friday. Career Fair runs from 10-4pm. I check my calendar. I have class from 10-12 and then the 18.02 exam from 2

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  went to another school in Cambridge and got my Ph.D. in Cell and ... finishing my postdoc in Boston, and frankly we are pretty tired of this whole ... hitching up my covered wagon and hitting the Oregon Trail. (Is that not how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in ... second. A Facebook post from my friend, Pedro P. ‘17: “I didn't know I ... productive week of my life”. Yet another busy, hard working friend says while

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  experience. My own description is a little shorter: The best six days of my ... Grimson and one of my bffls, Kuljot '13. Together, they helped all of us ... of MIT. The last day of LeaderShape also happened to be my birthday

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  On Friday I flew out to California to visit my friend Greg. Greg is one of my hometown crew from back in NH, but he now lives out in the bay ... had the opportunity to visit Greg, so this past weekend was my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  I was walking down Mass Ave yesterday under an umbrella with a friend ... "If I could start my life over, I would." and he said, "What would you ... window in a high rise or a friend or a tree. Would it be the things I can

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  through I broke my permanent retainer on an ice cream sandwich. Still trying ... chillin' in my mouth. I got back to my room and decided to spend some time exploring my external hard drive (a device which made losing my internal hard

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  'd end up, especially while all my friends at MIT were preparing for finals ... things I miss most about the US after my family and friends are food items ... [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  problems with classes, activities, friends, etc. Last year my roommate became ... cinderblock that my friend made is on the right) but I'd particularly recommend ... about his experiences with a traditional advising seminar. Here's my take

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  , if I am crazy, I must be brilliant, right? (Shhh.) My friend Stephen ... friends said on a daily basis (note: I was going to link to it, but then I ... some really stupid stuff my freshman year). I picked up this trait and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  Technical Director on the forthcoming film Cars. Both my ILM friend and my Pixar friend majored in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science ... my old Baker House housemate, who was a Sequence Supervisor for special

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005