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We’ve been there, too.
Now playing: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles It was a Thursday afternoon in New York City. It was also mid-December, so "afternoon" was code for "depressingly early sunset." After a lot...
View ArticleThe Pretender
Early morning on December 5th, 2012, my family and I drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Not Admitted Early
There were many wonderful applicants for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category,...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Deferred Early
As you know, we had a very competitive Early Action applicant pool, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew in...
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MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online
MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2019 are now available at > > > decisions.mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log...
View ArticleNext Steps For the Deferred
On Saturday we released decisions for Early Action (EA) applicants. There was a definitive resolution for those students who were admitted or denied in EA. Deferred students, however, will have to...
View ArticleI Was Deferred
Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I'm sitting on a train that took me from Washington D.C. where I had just met the president of the United States and pulled an all nighter...
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The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar
wotes.mit.edu @WOTES2015 facebook.com/womenoftheeastside So many social medias So much time In summary, an awesome model-pretty-maker/organizer, Annie L. '15, a photographer, Raeez L. '14, and I set...
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On Comics and Role Models
Towards the end of any semester, emails start flooding into our inboxes advertising last-minute events, study breaks (the best of which have puppies), and classes that will be offered next term. It...
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A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk
Once upon a late October, MIT hosted its annual Family Weekend. Relatives flew in from everywhere, and were seen passing through East Campus halls with their hushed student-children. All over MIT,...
View ArticleHigh School Summer Research Programs
A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms I forgot: UROP - Undergraduate Research...
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Adventure
Now that it's break, I finally have time to sit down and actually write about everything that's happened to me this semester. As I mentioned from my last blog, I took 2.009 (Product Engineering...
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Painting with the Colors of the Wind
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I’m on a plane flight home. Dire Straits’ On Every Street hums...
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A White Christmas
My family isn't really into traditions. We don't celebrate many holidays because a lot of our extended family doesn't live within a drivable distance. However, the one tradition that my family does...
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Survivors
I wrote the following story overnight on Christmas Eve. It's grounded in reality, my reality and the reality of people I know, but it's entirely fictional. I hope it offers just the tiniest bit of...
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Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between
Right now I am in Florida, at a campground just outside Miami, where my family has migrated every winter for more than a decade. It’s raining gently, so I am marooned on a bench under the roof of the...
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HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations
Hello all, it's been a while since I've done a Hidden Treasures at (and around) MIT so I thought I would bring it back with something I've taken full advantage of this year. Department Lectures For...
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Skipping Class and Failing Bio
Fall semester began as expected, with a shot of adrenaline and confidence. This translated into a flurry of calendar-marking, schedule-planning, promise-making, and more personal resolutions than all...
View ArticleRA deadline is approaching
Hi all, The office is closed for the holiday and there are only a small handful of people answering emails right now. But for all of you trying to get your Regular Action application in by the...
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