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  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  outside of Native Americans. I want to preface this all by the fact that I ... ). This in turn leads to things like casual use of the n word by non ... people having strong feelings about how ‘easy’ it was for me to get into

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  . Last Wednesday was a typical day: up at 5:00 am to get a workout in and eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8 ... . After calling home and the office, I went to the meeting accompanied by

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  legs back to the bus station. I had earned the certificate by presenting ... or research; I didn't care to eat; I didn't care to get off my bed. I ... entire time. Week by week, things started to turn around. By accepting my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  . Every senior gets four tickets to give to friends or family for graduation ... 's President. After the speech by our Class President, we got to turn our "Brass ... at them. This is supposed to remind us that we'll get through MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  pressure on their children to succeed and to get A's. While it's wonderful to ... time to get work done and oftentimes I found myself just wandering around ... to have failed. Not letting something get to you is important at MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  -campus in a new neighborhood. Moreover, it would be an opportunity to get to ... get to know better). [caption id="attachment_55158" align ... used a ladder to get in and out of bed. Rather than the conventional four

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  [/annotation] ready to give you their tips and tricks for surviving classes and getting ... why I was choosing to take certain classes, and I was starting to get ... campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  a tree. in my freshman year, i aimed to get my [annotation note ... , attending office hours, and getting outside help, i somehow managed to scrape ... that i wanted to get into but never really put a lot of time into. here

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  , some alumni actually look forward to getting calls from us because they ... , innate cleverness. I know that I did not get in by some fluke. The truth ... ; usually you don’t get old men saying things like this to your face. Usually

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  somewhere that gets it." Caroline '17 (Alpha Chi Omega) - "By the time Pi Day ... 't let it break you down. Don't let yourself be defined by where you get ... eyes and let it move you. Then get to work . . . [Read more]" Acceptance

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  ;individual responsibility"—served as a preemptive warning for us to get our sh ... pre-departure events set up by GECD. Yay for a chance to meet my fellow ... they will get things done quickly and efficiently so no need to worry

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  know I would have done anything to get in, and still would. Depression ... a spot, unfortunately..." But you'll get used to it eventually. In ... . The time has gone by so quickly that I can't even think of a good

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  -English guide are inspired by How To Get Around MIT, the student-produced handbook ... Harvard-Yale football game to many more. (2) An inelegant shortcut to get ... .) - See tool (v.) punt (v.) - (1) To slack off, e.g. by checking Facebook

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we ... me getting into MIT and why it meant so much to me. Enjoy!!!! Finally ... obligated by social norms to stay right where you are. I looked desperately

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  know you all are going to go here), then you should really get to know ... and Sciences' recruitment has to occur during CPW. So drop by and let us ... know. 13.Try new things by going to an event you scanned over whilst

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
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  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  , by no means for the first time, that he was only paying his respects to ... Light) almost exactly the size of the Pantheon in Rome. To get there from ... . Because of my astronomy expertise, I get to give talks for amateur astronomy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
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  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  somehow managed not to get them. Recently I took the SATs as well, which I ... has become painfully clear that I stand next to no chance of getting in ... wanted to start by writing out standard admissions advice (e.g. no one

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
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  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  I need to be, something I need to be doing, but there's no way to get ... chalk. (If only to finally get some sleep.) We all sometimes wish we could ... to my room. For several weeks I kept getting emails about the leaky

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
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  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  of the term. It was doubled by the work I had to make up from the ... last week, and I’m still behind on work. I’m trying to take it day by day ... outside. I’m trying to get nine hours of sleep a night, even if there’s work

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  difficult schools to get into and you have achieved something that is by no ... incredible strides, made great sacrifices, and worked so, so hard to get here ... . I get it. I know it. I was there. I thought I'd make something to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021