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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?

  

  people what they like to do for fun is a fantastic window into their world ... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for the first time. I fell in love with Adichie ... go hand in hand for me, and it’s what I go to most often for fun. Ariel

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

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  president. Someone is running for 2018 ass resident. These signs hold equal ... see me with studs for eyes, I am singing the song which gives birth to ... sunlight. With trembling hands, you reach for the platter. And with a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  Class In January, I made the last minute decision to sign up for 6 ... , implement, and create a presentation for our final project. I teamed up with ... up with a proposal for our project. These were our goals for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  two majors, along with a slew of classes in between that I took for fun ... PICTURE with them. Sign up for the List Art Gallery's artwork lottery ... originally sign up for four and three-quarters, putting the last class on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  dinner. I've never done anything in exchange for all their free food, and I ... to Alan and Vincent for reading drafts. This post is dedicated to MIT ... be countered with one titled "The Maintainers: How Bureaucrats

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  process for student groups to donate unused budgets to help students with ... my phone exploding with notifications. Harvard’s decision was out ... came out, I was sitting in the McCormick lobby, with our Head of House

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  together my intense curiosity for biology with my love for math! 2. What ... living your life for the sake of your resume or your transcript. With that ... ][2][3][4][5] for quick access.) Note that these are not stories in the mythical

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  display to play with if you so desire Cons  it's kind of creepy to be ... freshman year) Pros fun place for working on group projects seating is ... +/Hulu/Netflix if you're trying to take a study break kitchen with snacks free tea

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  gotten a Beyblade toy for Christmas, so I could play with my cousins who ... [annotation note="Complete with caption for aforementioned writing ... for a STEM camp. I wanted a way to keep in touch with these people that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  AM with the (vaguely) shocking realization that I had to read and answer review questions for a paper before my 1 PM 9.12 lecture. Because I ... ignore the paper for another 42 minutes and watch this week's episode of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  done with classes, which left me in an uncertain state for the future ... thing for the same reasons. And I was right! It was the most fun thing ... at Lincoln, while fun, has convinced me that research is indeed not for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  "catching up" with people—for many of them, the only other time we've met in ... -esque drafting game with lots of cube counting. Charles had cooked lentil soup for ... everyone that it's a blackout for the whole area, with expected restoration

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  classes; meeting with your academic advisor for more approval and signatures ... .  Brace yourself for culture shock with this handy-dandy guide ... sign some more forms and the rental contract.  Register with the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  ’ll end up with some amazing choices for where to attend school for the next ... for the RA round, I’d like to share a bit about my mindset and what I ... was going, how I was playing in the band for the school play, and how I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  . She pointed out that a top middle school runner with perfect form and ... design lighting and sound for high school plays - there are an astounding ... worked as a video store clerk for 15 hours a week while maintaining top

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  . They do deliver —  for free! —  to campus right now, via a partnership ... for $5, and that's on top of our already low prices," said Rauch ... , however, and one of those can be access to nutritious, affordable food. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  signing up for 6.100A, but quickly realized I would be better suited for 6.100L. I signed up for [annotation note="ALL TECHNICAL WHY DID I DO THIS ... 's the same amount of work, with only 5 Psets for the whole semester! Once

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  ’re playing with your upper limits. A lot of people don’t rejected at all; they’re playing it safe.” So be proud of yourself for facing those terrifying upper ... Frank video about dealing with rejection. He has a very soothing voice and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  math books for fun. I remember owning this one book about mathematical ... the hopes of making the top twenty, out of which the Philippine team to ... , but I was still pretty good for making it to the top twenty. Good

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  -nighter (for fun!) - for fun, or not for fun, I think I had a bit too many of ... for 7.012 =p I might have had a bit too much fun while trying to pass ... (green) 41. Eat nothing but free food for a week - I've eaten A LOT of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011