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• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  Whether you blog for a job and get paid by the hour, or you ... to write good blog posts; you only need to have the appearance of ... table of contents, which tells your readers what the sections of your post

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  , because I was deeply unpopular in high school. And no, it wasn't some trying-to-charm-the-opposite-gender thing, because, again: deeply unpopular. The effort was a lot of fun, but ... still confused during my chemistry lecture because what even is the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  Today, November 3rd, 2020, is Election Day in the United States. Many ... knowledge, the only college in Cambridge with a polling location on its campus, the result of student activism in the 1990s to demand better access to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  "This is the first day of my life I'm glad I didn't die before I met ... 't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to ... college acceptance as the light at the end of a dark tunnel, and clutched

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  , you might remember that this was supposed to be the semester where I really came into my own as a MIT student. And I did, I think. I enjoyed the ... though everything was online and the motivation loss was real. In light of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  freshman spring), when a group of upperclassmen got funding from the Council of the Arts at MIT to paint a 200-foot long section of the MIT Tunnels ... of the murals, meaning if you put your phone up to the murals, an

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  graduate). The premise of this class is to ideate, design, build, and present a brand new product by the end of the semester. 1 Unifying theme. This year the theme was Danger, so there was a lot of really cool demos

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  Every year we publish a FAQ about the wait list. Students on the wait ... here. How does the wait list work? We are aiming for a class of about 1100 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  I was five years old the first time someone accused me of witchcraft ... powers]: Yes. Lisa: REALLY? Me: Yes. Lisa: Woah! The second time someone ... my towering intellect and spirit, and not the combination of bushy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  Summer Vacation - /ˈsəmər/ /vāˈkāSHən/ Defined as the period between ... hours a week, I never lost that boyish charm when it comes to the two and half month periods that defined my childhood. For the first time in three

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  It's 11:42 am Eastern time and I'm packing my bags. ¿Porque? The MIT ... . In fact, last year the MIT pistol team won the National Championships ... , MIT is awesome at pistol, and the range is on campus, why not join? I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in which the hero goes it alone to kill the bad guys, and avenge those who ... surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  've noticed that the admission process has become much more personality/character oriented, which I agree with, but why do so many of the kids at certain schools happen to have the personality that clicks with MIT? I'm speaking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as ... the info on the slides (but not all of it?). Already, I don't know if I should take my own notes, write on the slides, or write on the notes

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  , now you know why."]in the auditorium of the new Welcome Center ... . Kornbluth, the current provost of Duke University, as MIT's 18th President-elect; her term will inaugurate with the New Year on January 1, 2023. You can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... Regular Action, 33,240 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2025. This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  It's a beautiful day today in Boston, and looking out the window at the Charles River, recently covered in snow, I can't help but feel anything but a kind of pure, unadulterated hope for the coming semester. It

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  destress! Also, this is actually just an excuse for me to talk about the ... found my little niches in the realms of the vlogging world, enjoying the likes of Dan and Phil and other creators within the British Youtube sphere

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  kinda feels like the end of senior year, the end of life as a college student.  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm room, surrounded by boxes ... ’s become an annual tradition over the past three years. There was the end of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  and within a reasonable time frame. The plan was simple – I’d finish all my psets and work due on a given Friday, and then immediately start the work due the following week in the days that follow. However. In planning

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020