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• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  is just an awesome gift for somebody, but I looked at the price tag of ... liederhosen, many of whom were even playing oom-pa-pa music on tubas. Do people ... nation before you go there, especially in a language so well known for its

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  life for a second. Whether you're a current senior and getting excited for CPW, a current undergrad and getting excited for CPW, or a prospective student who will one day be excited for your CPW, we all have a lot

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  we can. Money and financial aid will be discussed. How do you apply for ... Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a ... universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  critically evaluate the role media plays in my life. For the past couple of ... I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the ... . I was extremely excited for all of these papers, albeit a little

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  , but that would be a terrible idea for a couple of reasons. First, it ... got a request for my interview story. There was actually a problem with ... in for your interview. Maybe the night before come up with a list of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  played a game of “Rural Students Bingo,” in which we try to fill a bingo ... -In As we gear up for the second STARS (Small-Town and Rural Students)@MIT Fly ... STARS Ambassadors, Vaneeza—a current MIT student who played a key role in

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  to take problems and kind of guess their solution/play with the ... every facet, and breaking it adequately becomes the feedback loop for your learning. This mindset of turning things into a game extends to many

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  and they were roommates living with "randos"

  

  , watching a movie? Reading a book? Playing a video game?" Sathwik asked. "You ... -are all interns for the same startup this summer. We met when some intern ... Park. And on the Discord server us interns were in, I looked for others

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  correctness game in these situations. For example, if someone were to tout some ... newly-formed NAACP bitterly condemned Birth of a Nation for "its racist ... . He claimed that he was not racist. When screened at the White House for

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships. Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self ... for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  more students emerge to bake rat-shaped cakes and play IRL Fruit Ninja ... nothing more of it for two months. One Month Before Bad Ideas I had a plan for IAP. A blissful period of rest, exploring Boston museums, baking

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  just playing a game of distraction. As of late, I've been watching my ... for her. Since the breakup, I've felt like things are just happening to ... have a good time. These past weeks have been incredibly hazy for me. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  ."]Yesterday,[/annotation]after turning in my last assignment for the semester and celebrating my freedom ... — Forget that. There'll be time for that later. It's the first day after the ... : [caption id="attachment_69690" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] derek for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  food they were having. She didn’t have to cook for like, 2 solid weeks ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global ... only drink water for a week. I mean, eat, please, but think of how much

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  money for this thing (you blog stalkers are weird, let me tell you), I won't actually keep the money for myself. That'd just be weird. Hey Moneyman, is ... for him? Well, I was one of those people. Let me show you what that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  time in LA playing the Mexican food game. Sunday, September 7th & ... game designers, developing social technologies for hotels, and other cool ... Institute and our admissions process, particularly for those far

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  minutes for me to have the misfortune of using a Bevi machine. (The reason ... , so I always feel like Velma from Scooby-Doo fumbling around for her glasses when I try pouring myself a drink using it.) I could go on for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  full-time during fall 2020, since I knew I wouldn't get that much out of ... was expecting. "Um . . ." I wavered. I hadn't prepared for this ... . Well, first I lowballed myself. The suggestion I had given was too low for my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  for undergrad and grad students who are passionate about or practice any ... difficult to describe, but essentially it was a very moving, for lack of a ... ="aligncenter" width="400"] creepy[/caption] 2019 Trip  For this Art Scholars trip, we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  . One for a math group, one that plays video games, one for a dance group ... The MIT Monologues (MITMo) is a spinoff of the play The Vagina ... though it'll probably be a bit different during the performance for any

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022