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  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  discontinue the use of subject tests starting with the 2020-21 admissions cycle ... consultation with our faculty policy committee. We believe this decision will ... research has shown these tests, in combination with a student’s high school

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  I'm okay with never completing this sidequest :) Sidequest 3: Collect ... with no intentions of doing it anyways because I need to work on my ... better with practice, but I'm still pretty bad. Definitely worse than the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

   needing hugs wishing you could fast-forward a friendship with someone past the ... ’s done, it’s over with, you finished the application, you passed it by the ... . you console yourself with phrases like, but it’s about the process or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  . The First Parish in Cambridge hosted a Q&A book-signing with cult ... obscure the unhealthy obsession we have with them. These aren't radical new ... youngest person there, but I assured him that I am just 21 years old with a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  ="" align="alignnone" width="960"] with the other Tech staffers! not pictured ... four a.m. psets would be for naught . . . plus, I felt uncomfortable with ... , I wanted to stay up late having fun with my friends instead of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  my first year. I'm sharing this story with you to emphasize, as I've blogged before, that whatever happened with your wait list decision, and ... your hopes, fears, and aspirations with us. We look forward to watching

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  * Activities Periods Allan’s IAP I arrived with my parents to Berkeley ... [/annotation]) to ask for a remote machine-learning tutor. With all these resources and with every passing day, I gained more and more confidence. I also

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  wanted to eventually work with MIT's Game Lab. I thought that I would have ... playing around with it, but I don't know. I don't know what else to talk ... around with Unity (no sound, btw): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e5Lkh

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  this community did not suddenly die with the closure of its home base. I ... 2021s talk about it with us. Steer Roast lives on (albeit in a less ... memories that I make with other people here, despite the initial shock and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  respond with a simple “good.” Nothing more and nothing less. But so much ... effort to really sit down with people and talk about their lives. To talk ... ’s nothing better than having a true heart-to-heart with the people around you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  . We started off with an exhibit with art by Takashi Murakami, a modern ... depicted with brush strokes prompted me to take a picture of this. This

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  Course 17 - Political Science & Course 24-1 - Philosophy, with a minor ... empathizing with others’ pain actually activates our own brains’ pain regions ... GRT (Graduate Resident Tutor) makes us waffles with fun toppings every

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  bloggers are home, with some recently graduated, or have just begun work and ... sorts of creatures with all sorts of perspectives on life, love, and ... to terms with turning into a frog, a dying ghost, a workaholic beaver

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  the bossa nova, getting dim sum with other 5W friends, learning perc ... sunset, or taking the t to chinatown, or studying for the 18.03 final with ... the normal days with quiet nights at hayden or the quiet mid-days at

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  because when it does, it breaks over us, and our office is deluged with ... . That's ~22.5k new cases, with an average response, from a human, in ... Internet sort of fell in love with @tinycarebot, which has been featured in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  always liked the idea of reality TV - capturing real moments with real ... point after it ended, he emailed me with a new campaign his buddy Brandon ... got heavily involved with the show. And because David knew me, he

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  write, with one golden guideline: don’t get the blogs shut down ... . At a high level, we are looking for bloggers with good judgment who can ... pictures, cartoons, and video with wonderful, adorable, beautiful creativity

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  ’s MIT-speak for “undergraduate research”), I work with a team of awesome ... sciences. It’s completely undergraduate-run, but produced with support from ... in your history class, or even a book you recently read. Come up with a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  shed light on how you think about the world and how you grapple with ... . Often, you have to struggle really hard with something before you are good ... you were just trying to pad your application with random, impressive

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  , the one with the pure 4.0, 2400, 36. The Captain, President, Leader. The one dedicated to excellence and service. Decorated with medals and ... fun with the application. Really, it’s possible. Application Season is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015