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  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  to be visiting. MIT After going through the surprisingly crowded ... visiting Boston, so I told him about getting into MIT and CPW. After a brief ... while watching the Discovery Channel (I was meant for MIT!) until my

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it's now easier than ever to do so. On your online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  IAP, as you might have heard, is a fun and exciting time to be at MIT ... , was religion. MIT's Asian Christian Fellowship hosted "Doubter ... are Kevin Ford (an MIT chaplain and pastor) and Garrett Smith, who is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  to get a recommendation letter from a current MIT undergrad student? Do ... of MIT if the rest of your application is stellar ... , a 2100 is definitely not going to keep you out of MIT if the rest of

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... that they’re capable of being an MIT student!” I mean really. Stop and ... strong enough to succeed at a really hard school like MIT. Plus, admissions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  subject right now, which I hope will give you some insight into being an MIT ... that this is MIT's fault--MIT is, of course, the greatest school that ... engineering curriculum at MIT, which is structured to hit you with most of your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which means that I am writing entries about what it's like to be an MIT student ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  that I can give you to answer all your questions: visit the MIT ... , extracurriculars, tests, and international applications. Next, read the MIT Blogs ... , International Applicants, Process and Statistics, and Prepare for MIT. For those

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  have these unfortunately miniscule admit rates) MIT Programs & Life ... potential of students majoring in science, engineering or other MIT ... gay and lesbian community at MIT--the good, the bad, and the ugly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  the resources to teach it. Would MIT distrust the score because of that ... understand the policies MIT makes on this, whether or not I agree with them." Please remember that no one is ever admitted to MIT based on numbers. The

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  --it was the farthest I’d been from the MIT bubble in months. When the plane ... first semester in MIT was over. Since then, I’ve been with my aunt and ... missed it in MIT too, the food, the drama, the culture, although those

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  Spotify artist's "Dogg Number". That's the header for our HackMIT project ... [annotation note="an annual hackathon hosted at mit where you try to code a project in 24 hours"]HackMIT[/annotation] this year just to see what it was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  (the one in the United Kingdom, not in the United States where MIT is ... ’m doing a [annotation note='mit international science and technology initiatives (misti) runs global travel experiences for MIT. they’re the primary

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  used to cling to regret—I wish I could go back in time and do MIT all ... college in less than four years—ask me why I’ve been around MIT for so long ... MIT student. You’ve taken gap years, you’ve traveled the world, you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  maseeh dining because people on mit confessions have been claiming it ... feel LONELY because all your friends at mit are going to grad school or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  happened. i missed boston. i missed MIT. i missed next house. maybe, not as ... at MIT and coming back, i would come to a constant.  during ... -so-useful-some-may-call-trash memoirs, in the physical space of MIT. boston seems not too far, not too big

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  most MIT students i've spoken to, and probably most college students ... TV while at MIT was unheard of... when i went home, everything changed ... talks about how overwhelming MIT is in this post, and i very much agree

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter ... "]released.[/annotation] The fall quarter [annotation note="The first half of MIT's Intro to ... feel like I grew a lot in a few weeks. I came into MIT with a basic

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  Cognition," known around MIT as Course 6-9. In this post, I'll describe my ... overall. Table of Contents How I Chose Course 6-9 Before MIT (Discovering computational neuroscience) At MIT (Course 6-9 is born!) What

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  MIT.  Everyone’s saying ‘all the things you could be if you go to MIT!’”   I like MIT. I like it a lot. But I fear MIT will not be So kind ... MIT.  I worked hard and I did stuff on my robotics team. No, I don

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020