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  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  students to write from the heart and to not have their essays edited by any ... basic proofreading to three figures for a full-blown rewrite - the irony ... place where you get to say "hey, I'm a human being, let me

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a ... tonight, as I was getting ready to study for my two finals next week, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate ... direction is important. you'll need to develop a sense for it." "isn't there ... their intake process to get an initial appointment. i had my meeting with

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

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  and then I’ll swing by to give an update on life from the other side. It ... devoted to. As the semesters went by, I developed priorities alongside ... over four years ago, for example, he told me that he wanted to be a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for around 24 hours to catch up with all the sleep you’ve missed this week ... dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... , which is this: How do I get in to MIT? And here is what I tell them ... them something they can do that will get them in. Maybe they need to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... much as things to be studied for they work, but rather as elements of a problem that have specific properties for you to minimize and maximize

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  post ^^; This is a bit of an awkward topic for me to broach, but ... inspired to write this by an MIT confessions post, where someone complained ... let awkwardness be a barrier to being aware or being informed, for our

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  GPA are all accurate. (note: we don't get 0.3 or 0.7 for plusses and minuses in GPA - grades are assigned strictly by letter grade for the ... acceptances (which is comparable to the average 3.5 acceptances by MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  costarring in it! I've been working all week rewriting some web content for ... (cofounded by Cecil Green '24) Kendall Square (w/ 130 high-tech tenants) E*Trade, cofounded by MIT Sloan alum William Porter Electrical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  to minimize exit time upon arrival. Always room for experimentation ... full class). You get graded according to MIT policies and receive credit ... . For 11.124 Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  seemed to be, “I feel like I would get different results if I took this ... to know someone’s personality is to...well...get to know them! I ... highly value my emotional connections with others and struggle to get used

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  self-confidence in my ability to get into such a well-known and ... I really really really wanted to go to MIT. The love for that place I ... Flash back to four years ago from this upcoming March 14th. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  student? it's no secret that coming to MIT is signing yourself up for ... and family and drop everything if i need to make time for someone. "life ... your work will get done—there is enough help around campus to not stop

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  ” party, people from MIT went to Yale for the Harvard-Yale football game. I ... for presenting recommendations to MIT administration on the needs of ... protesting to get. We got it after basically asking nicely, and a few email

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  while these economists deserve recognition for their contributions to MIT ... professors included in the new exhibit for comment, and recieved the following ... message by welcoming others to create a space that celebrates all of SHASS

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  enrollment of each outstanding new class. While I don't want to minimize my ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  interests you - FOR A LIVING! You get to make connections with renowned ... have a penchant for running around, introducing myself to professors, and ... 38 I wanted to take this fall, and gave up. I had room for four. This

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  so glad I got to take part in an MIT tradition that I’ll get for the ... ’t entirely true. For one, I get spooked easily. Whenever I entertained the idea ... excited about getting to solve these puzzles. Furthermore, Next Haunt was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  won't be doing laundry for a few weeks, though, so you can wait to get ... extra-long. And as far as comforters go, try to get something that'll be ... for FOREVER. I mean, a year. You can definitely get these around

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007