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  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  I’ve been spending most of my writing ability and brain power working on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... of myself and do the things I enjoy. I'm realizing now that such a time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn't accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  for my final tomorrow. Final Exam 1 of 1 Wednesday December 20, 2006 9 AM to 12 PM 20.430: Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems ... originally wanted to take the undergrad version of this class, but last

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  nerd, Screech, got sick and Zach had to help carry the team. One of his ... mnemonic. I'll select a top five on Sunday, and then voting can occur through ... If you're old like me, you'll remember a classic episode of Saved by

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  this community (and that includes those of you who have been rejected ... Hi everyone, It's been one of those weeks here in the office - I can't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning author of the books Interpreter of Maladies (1999) and The Namesake (2003 ... Rhode Island, Lahiri spent some of her childhood in Boston and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  , people popped their heads out of their offices and labs to see this special ... Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  During our Independent Activities Period (IAP), essentially most of January -- the intermediate period between winter break and the spring semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  , competitive applicants typically have a 3.5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal preparation includes—at the very least—one year each of college-level calculus and calculus-based physics. Depending
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  ’t let you all miss out on the BEST PART!! The culmination of 2.007 is the ... dynamic demonstration of mechanical design, systems integration, and ... and Design Final competition!!! This semester, MIT students have been

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  Greetings and salutations! If I'm a good judge of time, and I like to ... since I've blogged and many of you may not have heard of me. Hi. I ... a year of nothing? Well, 5 Wits is building a new show and we need

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  I begin this entry with a photo of the aftermath of one Saturday evening. Here, try this physics problem on for size. If I have a pumpkin and I drop it off the Green Building which is 295 ft, how far will the

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  This is my friend Kat '10, and she's one of my very favorite people ... Hunt winner blogger (my money's on Evan for next year, though). She of ... ) plays and joins the hunt every year in the spirit and name of "having fun

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  up on some work and two week's worth of laundry. It's not fun, but ... that time? Not really (See #2). So, with a hefty bit of insecurity and ...  secret project I'm working on at iHQ, and it takes time. There's also blogging

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  . It was nice to take a moment out of the productivity-maxing of MIT and out of the rush of the city: To be somewhere so quiet and isolated ... , and a piece of paper could suffice. [carousel image1="119564" image2

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  different. For me, I spend the mass majority of my time on my Physics and Real ... belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has ... March, a presentation that accounted for 30% of my grade, and what felt

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  pharmacology of synaptic transmission). But I got outside and the wind was ... . So instead I came to Athena and worked on my application to UC Berkeley ... Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  -back, carefree, and a whole lot of fun. This year my summer is shaping up to be ... too much to try and blog about. So while I'm working on resizing my 3 TB worth of photos to put in my blog and writing my entries, I thought it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  has things from 2018 I still haven’t followed up on. Oops. So instead of ... -person graduation got canceled, 10 friends and I instead went on a road trip to ... , a lot of miles driven, and a lot of food. Our itinerary was: One

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  my dorm's i3 video, and then I lost an hour because of daylight savings ... to it. Just minutes ago, I logged on to mitadmissions, and there ... .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008