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  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  up in Lagos, Nigeria and immigrates to the United States for university ... questions intentionally designed to help us get to know the student as a real ... . Instead, this post is to help you get to know the Enigmatic Admissions

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  little thing called dormspam-the-game, an MIT-wide competition with 452 different players across all of campus. This competition had various “game ... . If you're still hungry for more details on this wacky game, never fear

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  education from MIT is like… Witty quips living in a state of dreaming ... into a sea of possibilities. —Robo-CJ taking an ice bath - it helps you ... about what to do with your money. He can help you make smart decisions

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  . Playing some games with the MIT Poker Club made me realize that I didn ... . No experience required, was the advertisement. Come and help out. The night I ... days. Part of me wanted to help, but part of me was scared. Sure, they

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  that, on a much less international level, here in the United States, many ... United States is arguably becoming worse than it has been in recent years ... Missouri, a southern state university, Yale, a new england private university

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  senior year of high school at the Penn State Schreyer Honors College as an ... years. At Penn State I was at least a year younger than everyone in my ... (including asking for help). Another effect is that the intelligent

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  school team to two state championships. Looking at their lists of ... every day and travel to games on the weekends. As a reminder, this is MIT ... busy MIT students. Playing a sport helps them to develop their time

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• 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

  

  centers or lobbying the nearby state legislature or playing in nationally ... dollar tickets. To Red Sox games. Just for college students. $9 is barely enough to cover a Dunkin’ run, but I can get seats to a baseball game for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  has a reputation of being the buttcrack of the United States over the ... there who stuck around and did all they could to help me and many other

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  it up and be a big girl. I enlisted the help of my fellow bloggers so ... were given flashlights to help us navigate, but whoever held the ... managed to touch you, you would be “eliminated” from the game. (I later

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  2, English House. Units of measure were alive and well within the ... were only two rules regarding the units of measure. Celebrities get to define their own units of measure. Everybody else has to have their unit

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  desert storm. And one of the Guild's oldest traditions is the ten-day game ... co-authors of Athens, another game that ran that IAP. This year's ten-day game was Harry Potter Year 7: Hogwarts Under Siege, co-written by Andrew

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  undocumented people living in the United States, many more are safe now than were ... Teodoro (of UMass Boston and United We Dream), and Junot Díaz (author ... . Narratives are helpful because they contain progress; stories are powerful when

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  units for estimating workload. Firehose helpfully includes this number as ... commitments. See for example the blog post 36 Units of Class. It helps to think ... . Some recent ones that might help are Life Changing Classes at MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  classmates helped build.) I'm really grateful that Zack I. '27 offered to ... specifically buy longer pieces. The side length of each rectangular fort unit is [annotation note="more about those units later"]96 inches[/annotation] and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  have volunteer work like this in the United States). So, we looked for ... could help us conduct our project. It was midterms and we did not look ... helped him with one of his projects: teaching a sort of compressed IAP

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The state of Arizona does not celebrate daylight ... would, I decided to use these results to predict the number of units I ... my model. I will indeed be taking zero units at MIT next term, since I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  , if that will help. My favorite video game genre is deckbuilding ... first names. We could talk about the things I like, if that will help. We ... . I’ll introduce you to some of my favorite board games. We can play

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  roots in the United States, and affirmative action itself provides at best ... Ebony Affair that help students learn about, and find community at, MIT ... Bridge, College Horizons, and more to help their students learn about what MIT is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  ’s been really helpful but I have a long way to go.  What is something that ... decisions you have had to make? What helped you make it? Bryan: I think the ... in the project any further. Two things helped me make the decision. The

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021