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  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  question. This place certainly has no shortage of learned ... otherwise would have no power to do. That’s what engineers do, right? They fix ... declaring? The answer is that I currently have no idea, and that you should

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  last semester to not be about me, the more i was able to do. so in no

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  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 ... has not been a good week. I’m trash, I’m trash, I’m trash. I have no ... environmentally conscious individual, morally, I have no choice but to pick you up

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone ... ’s no moon!... These are the Death Star and an X Wing, painted by Drew A ... any coherent picture of things yet? No. Never mind, hey, this is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  have about MIT in the comments or by email. No matter what you choose

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  admit rate? Aha! Clearly we DO prefer higher SAT scores! Well no, we don ... we preferred an 800 to a 740? No. It means we preferred the IMO ... class rank in our application! No, we don't. Then why does this happen

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  to size up your competitors. As long as you steer carefully, Pass/No ... loops on a highway of rainbows. There is no way to uniformly describe how ... - you'll have to figure out what works for you. (helpful hint: you no

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  , no less!) I remember back when CS was getting started - one of their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  of our rooms, and no AC in the other, so I took a few plates from the ... , for an hour. The result: No, there was no mold in the AC. The room ... the answer is no -- even if you wanted to move in, everybody in the dorm

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  scores?"). But there was no mistake in admitting her. She rocked one of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  getting it ready. no, it’s not all work, if anything i’ve been doing can ... must be no problems at all with my life. look, i even have time for ... , for saying yes to everything this summer. no single decision was bad

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  for the past 10+ years, I have had no need for a car and have instead ... no place like home! View of Boston from the MIT Sailing Pavilion

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  , terrifying expanse of adult life stretched before me. There are no longer any ... landmarks, if I want to. I have no idea where I’m standing right now, but

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  no road map to follow. I'll be forever grateful for Matt's willingness ... were separate. There was no easy way to navigate between them or to cross ... admissions site, well below the scroll, but in almost no time they were

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  saying that I am by no means and expert in anything related to business ... 't know, and no one else seemed to know, either. He had a random press

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  it? There is no universal definition. So as it stands, enrollment ... for all. I grew up in Florida. The state is flat. There are no mountains

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  's wrong with American university schedules, eh?" "No, what's wrong with ... come play with Zuck's puppy. No, that is not a euphemism. oh my god you

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  accepted to MIT? No.   But it doesn't work that way. Because here ... , extracurriculars. There is no golden ticket. So breathe. Now that you are Zen calm

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

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  fact in studying here, no matter what major you choose I can almost ... no problems. I wasn't lazy, and it's not that I didn't care, but I just

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  my librarian had actually picked up on. When they mean "no," they are more likely to just say "no" than "sorry, I would, but... ." In my

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010