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  Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden ... . - The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  absence in no way inhibited the spectacular course of his life. Washington’s ... reader is in when they peruse your essay, or what the rest of that year’s ... context of “I wasn’t good enough to get in.” That’s not the right way to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  hopes that they will be among the select few admitted. So let’s go back ... get the idea. If you don’t, there’s probably nothing else that I can say.

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  other athletics at MIT; I'll do my best to find answers. P.S. I'm not ... because "it's a soccer bonding thing." P.P.S. Happy Thanksgiving!

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  Late last week one of the bloggers was talking about her spring break plans. They were all very exciting, with lots of travel and warm weather and such. Then she…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  . According to the Wikipedia bio, this is Stark's background:   ... 2003's The Recruit, Colin Farell's character was said to have ... ." In the movie version of Carl Sagan's Contact, Ellie Arroway was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  to measure the impact of the admissions essay on today's college ... applicant's true voice when we read his or her essay. Not some perfect ... therefore, a connection. We can always tell when an applicant's essay has

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  I’m surprised that no one’s written a blog post about this before ... going to go out just before CPW, but that got canceled, so… Anyway, here’s ... like. It’s mostly a long strip: There’s west campus on the west, which

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  , both of which were yesterday. It’s funny how slowly three hours passes by ... . She’s had to live with the mess for the past month). But last night, as ... much as possible). They say a person’s desk reveals a lot about their

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Graduation The 2014s just graduated, but right now I want to take you back a year. This blog post is about and largely by last year’s Random ... Box CEO Drew Houston ‘05’s commencement speech, at 2:45:42, transcribed by

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

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  3, my floor, seems to like movies. It’s how we relax. Our floor lounge ... ’m a huge fan of Christopher Nolan’s films - Inception is my favorite of ... made plans to attend. “It’s too bad I’m so busy this week,” I thought

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? When the cartoon "Underdog" was syndicated in the 1980s and 1990s, all scenes that showed Underdog taking his Underdog Super Energy Pill were edited out because censors thought they suggested drug

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  time before graduation when a significant portion of the 2016s are in one

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  feeling? That’s another discussion.) On some days, I get almost nothing ... this pet theory. It’s not perfect, and I don’t really know how well it ... don’t really work that well immediately after a meal. So let’s add in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  ’t a career catastrophe. There’s an entire world out there that doesn’t care whether you got into MIT or not. I loved Eric’s post last year: don ... ’t help myself sometimes. But no matter how much we tell you to relax - let’s

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  Book Expo America (BEA) and we were both attendants. My dad’s steadfast ... actually having to invest yourself in this battlefield of emotions.  There’s ... want to read this. And then there’s the bigger scope—trying to get the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  , MIT’s senior capstone mechanical engineering product design class ... audience members from around the globe. It’s the closest thing you ... rappelling from the ceiling of the auditorium; my team's involved a real

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... formula. It’s like trying to explain poetry using calculus. It would take ... her dream of becoming a teacher. It makes me think of one girl’s amazing

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  use moments of confusion or disagreement to grow together. It’s a very ... work for committee. I was sitting in Dean Stu Schmill’s office, which has ... the Charles River. (You can catch glimpses of Stu’s office in some of

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  I like being around people who can creatively keep themselves entertained. This can be an unproductive quality while alone; I have a terrible tendency to sit fascinated for hours by…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012