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  What have I been doing this break?

  

  would like to transfer to MIT for their electrical engineering program but ... contacted a close friend who was accepted to MIT as a transfer. Here's what ... at a disadvantage if we come to MIT after going to a pretty crappy high

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  you just couldn't get over that hump. Since MIT drops modifiers, I think ... before coming to MIT is that I would be working all the time. Granted, I

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  It was a music-filled, and unfortunately not work-filled-enough weekend for me, as I scored free BSO tickets courtesy of MIT... but that's a story for another day. For now, here are three excerpts from conversations

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  doing quiz bowl in high school, even though I'm not on the MIT College ... of e." When I was at home, my friend Ben asked me if everybody at MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  at MIT. I must admit that I also learned a lot of new information ... 's snowing outside. These solutions ranged from Saferide to the MIT underground

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  's sort of backwards when you look at MIT undergraduate dorms and their cultures. You see, I have this theory that for MIT dorms, function follows ... "normal" (though really, there's a limit to how normal anyone at MIT is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  ' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This'll be sortof long, sorry. First, the MIT adcom perspective. I don't know ... math and science (no surprise, it's MIT). The overwhelming majority got 4

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  So typically when people hear the words “fraternity party,” they think wild and crazy kids in togas. If by togas you mean suits and ties, then you’re correct. So this…

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  horses (nope, whew) + MIT Send-off Here are a gazillion pictures from

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  is benjones at mit dot edu. If I am not able to help, I will find

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  making adjustments and enhancements to the application that generates MyMIT ... current goals: #1 Videos Portlet MyMIT just partnered with MIT World, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  sense, not just looking for numbers. As we say in our "Preparing For MIT" section: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we ... each other. I've been inspired by this statement since I got to MIT. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  unique to the MIT community. We don't have cutoff scores for the SAT or ... school both improves your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  grace the MIT Glass Lab. [image_grid images="113643,113644" caption

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... (where most of MIT’s undergrad dorms are) from Simmons Hall and several of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  find:  When I was interviewed as part of my application to MIT, my ... . “For a long time,” he said, “MIT has recruited people who are great at ... think now, MIT has started looking for people who have a lot of initiative

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  (when he last blogged for MIT Admissions) as a brief intro: Daniel is the Director of Student Financial Aid and Student Employment at MIT. He has over ... become. In 2004, during my tenure as Director of Financial Aid at MIT, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Minesweeper Monday Episode One: Quantum of Solace Emulator

  

  Hello everyone and welcome to episode one of Minesweeper Monday, a bit that I might never do again! In this episode I talk about Coffee and Radio and Movies and…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will always rise on my worst of days during my best of times no matter what…

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  spaces at MIT, and that those spaces hold room for me to be and to grow. I ... dorms, at MIT. There is a narrative, I think, of fitting in to one dorm ... you get to MIT. I've seen how this is true for some. But for me, the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024