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  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  blinding goal, a safety net for things that I wasn’t satisfied with in high ... sewing isn’t as accessible to me, and given the huge variety of activities ... and how to solve tricky problems. Now, I don't feel like I'm thinking

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  Earlier this summer I sent out an email to the office asking if anyone who doesn't blog would like to be interviewed for the blogs. A few ... would.       Even if you don't know Holly, you may

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  dorm. And if that wasn’t enough of a surprise, the next evening, I ... 've had an amazing first few weeks here at MIT, and I can't wait to share it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  Perseids. In the end, I didn’t see a single meteor and ended up crying a ... excess and I couldn’t help myself. Hong Kong is home to both the cheapest ... manageable and interesting (but of course it's only week 1). I haven’t faced

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  major classes, I started to realize it wasn't for me. A perfect storm of ... , but I couldn't have been happier. I was succeeding, and even more ... didn't have to keep my intellectual and artistic sides separate, and I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  a list of things I didn’t learn!" Volaris From the

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  experimented with the second to last night we were there**. I don’t know what we ... possible kind of way) and awesome people. I can't imagine being here at MIT

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend coming up in April (sign up now if you haven’t already)! We know you ... whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you. Congratulations

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  i absolutely love the blogs, but there are a number of other places to vicariously ride the ups and downs of MIT. they can't tell you if you'll get into MIT, they don't have any formal advice about navigating

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  -processing software couldn't save me; I spent a couple hours trying to stabilize the ... now? That is one form of social media I don't use, so I guess I missed

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  next year, they won't; every year, we sort of reassess the questions ... probably won't change anything for this fall, but your responses here

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get ... back in time, I would high five myself, then say "don't wear your big pink slippers the next time you do your laundry." Unfortunately I can't

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  , it's also strange to think I once had a full head of hair and wasn't ... ' accounts for the bloggers. I don't exercise (and am not interested in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  scientist.   Photo Credit: Robert Mesa   I haven't learned ... and rewarded by the world, and I haven't learned them yet. I'll learn to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend coming up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet ... . There is a whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  around you may think and even say, “Don’t those admissions staff wizards know anything? Don’t they know you belong there?” The troubling thing is

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  modest person so I don't want to embarass him by saying how FREAKING ... case you thought Brian wasn't cool enough, he's also an origami expert

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  actually finished putting on the third story! And don't worry, we care a lot ... arrive! And if you aren't so much into building or try it out and decide

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  Monologues, but couldn't express in words.  I never thought I’d be performing ... don’t talk about them, maybe we don’t have to think about them. The ... of the cast were already empowering me: if I didn’t have their

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  just kind of shut down and didn't do anything productive for the next 96 ... . I'm a coffee addict - I don't deny it), and of course, we took way too

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012