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  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  avoid the self-checkout lane. I know, I really live life on the edge ... you might wonder who on the other side reviews your application. I ... and open. And we are definitely cheesy. Based on those descriptors, we

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  tongue momentarily went into shock, because after that my mouth was on fire ... throughout my mouth. It didn't help that the guy across the table from me was ... finished the first layer of wings on my plate. I gave up then... I do want to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but ... the Earth’s shadow on the moon, and we’re all here, casting this shadow ... week’s lunar phenomenon on the Charles. The Super Blood Moon Eclipse (as

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... feeling? That’s another discussion.) On some days, I get almost nothing ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  me hands-on experience and helped me decide if I wanted to do something ... missing out on the friend groups forming because it was taking me longer to ... absolutely no desire to be a lawyer, but the people on the team really are the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  , writing search algorithms to help fictional cows find salt licks in ... visualizing her incredible badassitude, this picture should help. Here are just ... being at MIT helped you in this regard? MIT has been really good for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  specializing as a striker since high school. Her profile on the MIT ... she was 4 (!) and is one of two goalies on MIT's team. Her profile on ... every day and travel to games on the weekends. As a reminder, this is MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  buildings on campus, and the classes which they will take in the coming four ... ="depending on how you frame the situation, the General Institute Requirements ... paragraph on why. Why follow this advice? I have two reasons: first, having a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands ... return on your investment. That's great. But money can't just buy integrity

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  .009 classrooms in the fall to help teach the class that set me on this path. I ... hometown city appears on road signs after a long drive – so close, but so far ... myself it's been 3 years since I failed to follow through on this

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  gracefully swept (or brutally pummeled, depending on what day of the week it ... around. Yup. Somehow, sitting obnoxiously away from me, on the other side ... muttered to myself. Beside me, an elderly woman glared. My bag was on her

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  morning and the airport was fairly quiet, being just past sunrise on an ... reality for three whole months, I thought to myself: What on Earth am I ... felt on my first night in Baker; if I recall correctly, neither of my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  me feel like this: (p.s. you should all go waste some time on this ... held on to the idea that they wanted to make a difference. They inspired ... pre-med students here offer a unique perspective on medicine: that of a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... " to come here. I'd like to take that back, because of what happened on ... didn't go well at all. On Thursday night, after my last exam was over, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  refusal to learn how to do drawing on a computer."]Day 1: Web ... confers the capability to move randomly in search of a spot to anchor on the ... reproduce by replicating themselves on the inner lining of their pits and then

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  farewell to all my friends. I then flew back to Boston on 20th June and ... studying abroad, I thought I should do a little reflection on my experience ... :( Studying in Cambridge is a great experience. On the top of my favorite

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  wanted to take a picture and turn it into a full-on solar cell. Creating the design Jorg, the lecturer in charge of our labs, was totally on ... -and-forth emailing with Jorg, I settled on simple vertical stripes to collect the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  were: writing a first author paper on my UROP work helping run the ... down” “Pants on fire” There are so many figures of speech involving ... "]brimstone[/annotation].  For the past year and a half, I’ve been working on my current UROP with

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  the dilemma of racial identification on college application forms, with ... have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to ... having to identify my race on all kinds of forms, including standardized

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and ... professor or faculty member who helps you to manage your schedule, get a job ... Blacksmithing and Physical Metallurgy. !! At 7pm on Monday nights, I change

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009