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  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  midterms was not much better and I began to get really concerned. My fiery ... when you’re debating you expect people to attack and slash to bits your ... after researching for weeks and giving up my entire Saturday to get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  to get into our (or anyone else's) headspace for your essays. One tip ... way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your ... primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I tried holding out, but I was young and wanted to fit in, so peer pressure ... eyes, took a deep breath, and flipped to a random page. Little did I know

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  work and no play. Let’s just say there are some interesting ways to get ... treatise on how to gain weight and never let it go, 2) a poem of seemingly ... “singular” creates a tone of loneliness and isolation that contributes to the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  ’m looking forward to reading your applications!    ... Good news!  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The new wave-y pop song "I Should Be Allowed To Think ... time to peel, and forget about it in a 350 degree oven for 90 minutes. As ... that, I headed over to the floor lounge to play Super Mario Kart with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  house sucks? What if you have to stay at home with your family?!? Me ... ’t qualified to do. Like your internship! Are you even qualified to do all of ... ? Me: But getting an internship the summer after your freshmen year is

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  : Is now a good time to talk? D: Ahhh, sure. Q: You’re down to 3 ... ’m trying to help them out too, you know? Q: I get that Danielle. I really do ... wouldn’t be helping anyone out. Your goal is not to ATTEND a college, it is

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  getting much worse to slightly better and I went to MIT Medical urgent care ... To set the mood: i'm so tired... by lauv & troye sivan   ... the semester already. I envisioned my final semester to be ~ c h i l l

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  often have at this stage; please read through the FAQ to check if your ... completed your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT ... complete and you did not match to a binding school. If you take MIT off your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  's get together later to converge. --Hey, I'd like to sample your ... much. Prom is a nice excuse to dress-up, see what your friends look like ... , you’re dancing awfully close to Jimmy...”) Have no fear, for if you come

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next ... put into them (almost). I hear it gets even better as you go along--which brings me to the 2.009 presentations! The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears ... , there is a goal, the destination to your journey. There is no winning path, and not every path leads to your goal. At times the road will bend and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  subjects to help you explore your anticipated major. MIT’s GIRs ensure that ... social sciences to getting rigorous training within their area of ... the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  -land without anything to tether me down to things that actually exist. So to hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  fraternity/sorority and don’t have big productions to put on for your ... beginning of the year, recruiting impressionable freshmen who want to get ... . No matter how much of a challenge your target audience may be to reach

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully prepared to entrust my productivity to a flaky Wi-Fi connection. Once I got ... app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  wonders have inspired scientists to innovate. When a group of MIT researchers wanted to create the next and best surgical band-aid, they turned their attention to the gecko. Geckos can scale smooth walls at a whopping

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  taken from the website. Again. So anyway, back to this semester, I saw ... I've recently had the opportunity to see three MIT productions - I ... couple during the 1920's that decides to throw a party to make themselves

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  who I could get in touch with to make this happen. He had no information ... pulsar research. In my case, there were four major fears to get over - and ... , experimenting with sentences and opening lines and how you're going to explain

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012