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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to ... 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

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  embarking on that new chapter quickly passed sometime early the following day ... reality for three whole months, I thought to myself: What on Earth am I ... twenty countries on my own (I suppose if you're bored you can guess a few

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  blurb on why you want to go to grad school (and/or your personal statement ... ’t do that.). And you do want to prepare for it by brushing up on your ... where to apply Tips on the application components Why I chose MIT

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  : Historical context: notes on MIT's history in general, changes to the format of ... you're a second year". Things that feel notable to me. "Algebra ... dedicated course to Electrochemistry exists today; based on the content, it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  school when she began to think about college, specifically HBCUs. On top of ... . She knew there was an AKA on campus, so she reached out to her asking ... with members of Delta Sigma Theta. While Nikayah would go on to later

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  . Thanks to ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ for reading and giving comments on ... about submitting a Monopoly board based on your team. Andy made an ... /mysteryhunt. The community used to be based on large-scale in-person events such as

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

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  decide you want to completely switch everything you're doing. Also, funding ... encouraged to work on other things while at the desk, given that when someone needs their package you do your job. Depending on the dorm and term

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  -Mobile. Finally, meet with the house responsible and check in to your new room ... were only there to help boost your grade on the final. Human ... me, too, to take on a new approach to balancing my academic and social

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  of your comfort zone, so take opportunities to try new things. Finding ... leave your hall. Of course it’s also super important to make friends with ... best judgment. It’s okay to say no to things too. Leave space in your

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  +. If you go to your professor's office hours, which they'll post on the ... router. Someone on Burton 4 declared loudly that it was all due to those ... video. Caution! Mild condiment violence to follow. In case you're

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  asked to hold off on posting until this challenge was over. Maybe it only ... Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and so on than they do to the blogs ... commented on these blogs. Onward to the next 20 years!

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  Weekend was like. On Thursday evening, there was a panel for prefrosh to ask ... to be hosted, and 80% wanted to live in a dormitory. On the other hand ... ="Surprising primarily because it's so rare for the faculty to weigh in on student life

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don ... . They seem unable to comprehend my situation; the blank, baffled looks on ... when I decided to apply to MIT Early Action. Or precisely why. It was

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... return on your investment. That's great. But money can't just buy integrity. Money can't buy a pivotal moment to crush to smithereens your bad habits

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  needed to get serious about applications very, very soon, so I hopped on ... ’t pay attention to the chatter on College Confidential. Although (arguably ... -800” “For MIT and Brown, try to bump up your SAT to at least 2200.” “you

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  cat, I ran quickly to the office and seconds later, was tearing off DHL ... -JAMB). Due to great restriction on the number of Nigerian universities I could ... of your life, I daresay it’s necessary to be invested. But at the same

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City ... missing out on the friend groups forming because it was taking me longer to ... absolutely no desire to be a lawyer, but the people on the team really are the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more ... to ever be constructed on this earth, but since its utility to effort

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  ="Assuming you're not putting anything weird on your website. If you read my 2021 ... watching a movie next to your friends and commenting on scenes as they come ... -person, to work on it. When your friends have full-time jobs and are thousands

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  ”; and, most of all, Reif: “Keep your mind open to new possibilities, and ... -built rollercoaster, one tapping hand on knee to the beat of Galantis (“visualize it ... 600- to 800-pound weights on the ballast (“Once the rockets are up, who

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015