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  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  admissions process here at MIT, and we talk about it a lot. But what does it ... . Now obviously there are many factors at play here, but the trend is ... think and experential echo chambers. At that point, it's not a college as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a ... away from school, especially at dinners with family friends that ... to the general college applicant. At the same time, though, we aim to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• 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.

  

  soooo much effort." At MIT, though, I've tried to remedy this countless ... attempt at problem set from this morning and feel very ashamed that Lauren ... -checking! 5:05 PM: 5.112 office hours at ESG with Mindy, the other chemistry TA

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

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  hila at tulak i feel more busy right now that i’ve been during my fall or ... like i am at my limit, that i have overcommitted this summer, and that ... if my body is being pulled apart in different directions. yet at the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  mascot of this year's Hunt. Look at them: As Eric notes, we've seen the ... -minute walk, but the night was nice and I didn't mind at all. Hunt proper Friday ... and talking. We were at a pretty relaxed pace—not only was it the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  applications to MIT, or off at a different school just enjoying the blogs, these ... for me. I think back to who I was ten years ago, at just 12 years old, memory a little worn away by time. I look at these years with incredible

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  ,[/annotation] at least from the experiences of others that I've read up on: one ... the world through cuisine.[/annotation] Although, back at my middle ... dejected, like I was the odd one out at the lunch table. Like, I understand

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  you're in-game 24/7. On weekdays I usually entered game at around 7 or 8 PM and stayed until 1 or 2 AM, and on weekends I entered at around 3 or ... props are fun. I was reluctant to get robes at first, but some generous

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  feel like looking at the actual thing. And like many things, different ... actually seeing a banana. But it's not at all similar to looking at a banana ... and work here. My mother was a bank teller, at the time, although she

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  , and that kept me up for at least two weeks in advance worrying about it ... possible, but it would take a greater man than I, or at least one with fewer ... couch, it would be at perfect armrest height. Its width would be exactly

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  usually at the end of the semester, occasionally mid-semester for half ... do when Life’s Coming At You FAST"]little bit of planning.[/annotation] Here at MIT, there is a system in place called Excused Absences, or, an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  When you last heard from me, I had just arrived at The Middle Of ... have become a big believer in visuals. Look at this, and ask yourself ... student looked at the coins in alarm. I continued my little improv act

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  account on my.mit.edu so I can actually catch a glimpse at what the new ... You Do For Pleasure ("pleasure" - 100 words), Department at MIT ... lying at you, and no - there is no conspiracy either). Therefore, you will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  up to see above crowds at concerts. Everyone laughed when I talked ... floor of Stud, starting at 12 noon and ending around 1am. We did a lot of ... matlab"]course 6[/annotation] classes at MIT. At the next meeting, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  throughout their time at MIT. I live in the dorm Burton-Conner, which I have ... of our living group. The entire time, I could only marvel at how ... inevitably be split up at the end of the year. It also was incredibly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  brunch at a packed dumpling place, as he explained the basics of sailing to ... wrote with, and pointed it at the boat. the chopstick and the pen were ... at the water, look at other people's hair." wind direction was so vital

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  going into it. Many of the weeks have been unfortunate at best and excruciating at worst. It is possible, of course, that this pain was inevitable ... . There would still be friends hanging around campus, at least for a little

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  MIT has been different. Malingap is, when my first night at MIT, an ... . We hadn’t talked at all before that; all he knew was that I was a ... different. This is waking up at eleven in the morning, and already feeling

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  at 11 every day, which means I usually skip breakfast: when lunch is ... at the food truck and the line is suuuper long. I'm a little nervous ... (it's at Maseeh, about an 8-10 minute walk away), and my phone is at 2

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  One. Time is not real, because the other day I woke up at ten in the morning and slept at midnight and yet I felt like I didn't do anything. Time ... , because the other night I slept at 9:35 PM telling myself that it'd just be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021