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• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  suggest. All this left me with 5 minutes time in evening to patch up things

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  before my 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II) problem set (pset) was due, and it ... half of it done before 5.13 recitation. 9:40 AM: Just remembered ... ; in other words, easily portable food.) 12:05 PM: 5.13 recitation

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

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  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  problematic fake science Myers-Briggs test (read more about that here). Big 5: The much-less-famous yet more credible Big 5 test. Enneagram: This thing ... hufflepuffs have a slight edge over ravenclaws! Not included are Big 5 and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  ’ Theorem, which I think, based on my 5.59 years of experience, is the very ... .11%)(10.49%) + (5.41%)(2.84%) + (18.18%)(9.70%) = 5.64% We can therefore say, if you ... (Simmons)  =  (11.11%)(10.49%)  =  20.67% Pr(purple) (5.64%) We can similarly

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  the heart. I got by on 3-5 hours of sleep then. Soon, the lessons ... your say, your body will silence 1 alarm, or 5 alarms. 10 if you really ... . 5 classes on your 1st semester, the hardest ones there are, will yield

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  halloween down the infinite

  

  ="105180" image5="105152" /] After lecture, I had 30 minutes before my [annotation ... 2="105169" image3="105178" image4="105157" image5="105150" image6 ... ="105170" image2="105176" image3="105165" image4="105158" image5="105168" /] The

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or ... world. Many of us read at home 5-6 days of the week throughout November ... of a committee table we had hauled into his office.) It was nearing 5PM

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

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  [carousel image1="86759" image2="86780" image3="86764" image4="86727" image5 ... ="86654" image5="86653" image6="86652" image7="86651" image8="86658" /] there are ... ="86622" image2="86621" image3="86620" image4="86619" image5="86618" /] Pros

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  had a 2.5’ x 3.5’ whiteboard that served as a message board—something to ... at 11:59PM on April 5 (Friday). FAQ: What is this? Next Forum Games ... games. I ended up running 5 more of these games, including “Hide and Seek

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  classes: Math: [annotation note="Calculus 1 (5 on AP Calc AB/BC equivalent ... "]5 classes this semester[/annotation] so I took the L and switched to 6 ... 's the same amount of work, with only 5 Psets for the whole semester! Once

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  . Seriously, when’s the last time you went to bed before 5 AM? But alas, your ... AM, a pset due at noon, and a lab due at 5 PM. You haven’t started

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  creativity and ridiculousness emerge in pumpkin form. Reason 5 of 1 bajillion ... girl, since I kind of gave that away) wins. 5: At the pumpkin drop, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  -random order. ____________________________________________ Day 5: Give MIT ... switch to Day 5 immediately. I care about the academic work I’ve done at ... specifically to blog about them, and that’s been one of my top 5 blogger perks

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  Court... (4) ...or take a walk by the boathouse: (5) I'd show you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  right?? FROSH: what hall do you live on? ME: 5th west FROSH: oh i don't know anything about 5w ME: we have a lot of cats * * * ME: hey do you ... 're really hardcore ME: course 5 is chemistry ME: course 6-- FROSH: oh yeah

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  mentally equipped for about 4.5 classes a semester so I've been sticking to ... badass than a forge"]3.095: Introduction to Metalsmithing[/annotation] 3.985/5 ... Mass Culture Course 5 5.08/7.08: Biological Chemistry II 5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  below the MIT Accepted Mean (3.71 vs. 3.73 - adjusted from MIT's 5 point scale to 4 point...the 5 point scale is rather silly because as long as ... strengths vs. weaknesses ;) I applied to 23 schools, and received 5

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  my parents or friends. Things like "I just got back from my 5 ... equal to the height of Oliver Smoot ’62 (5 feet 7 inches), whose body was ... Coursework 3.091 - Solid-State Chemistry ("three oh nine fun") 5.11x

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  treatment of cells 10:45–Induce necrosis with KCN 11:00–During the 5 hour ... experiment 5:30–All done. Time to leaveeeee The evenings are always pretty ... MISTI MIT-Israel students came together for a 5 day seminar learning about

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012