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• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  incoming frosh, remember, take it seriously and go look at places! I don't ... you don't get temped in them, but that comes later. Plus, most frosh who are interested in FSILGs don't have a hard time understanding why they

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be ... understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... . Certainly students who don't report their ethnicity get admitted to MIT. If

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question Part 2 An extension of the previous thread, which grew quite long.

  

  Quoting Prashant from the last thread, "Number of ways to compare two applicants from a pool of 10,500 is 10500(C)2 = (10500!)/(2!*(10498!))" I don't need to win the USAMO to know that's a lot of ways. What a lively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision letters on Friday, March 11, 2005 by regular mail. We know how nerve-wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I've been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  ready for university study. Although we don't have any required high
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required classes but consider an ideal preparation to include calculus, physics
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  wasn't entirely unexpected, and I don't feel that bad about it. I ... . The thing is, I don't know anyone who scored higher than the average ... specific algorithms. These people are here, somewhere, and yet I don't know

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  those days. the blah The ones that don't feel quite right, but you can ... ...blah. I don't even feel a right to feel bad about those days because nothing ... , most people, including real adults out in the real world, don't really

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  I don’t have the voice to ever become better than a mediocre singer ... higher. I don’t try to take my writing too seriously, which isn’t always ... likes? I don’t want to commodify everything, and I don’t want to be good

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  free time, I don't feel like doing anything other than admire the art in ... 'm trying to define and process right now, but I don't feel like airing that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  pain but that scared me, so I never finished.  I think I don’t want to write something admitting I am not happy, not because I don’t want all you lovely strangers to know, but because I don’t really want to know, myself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  don't really know why I introduced my post like this, but this dude ... "lightening the load" and how you can choose to overexert yourself but don't ... fairly difficult classes! Perfect! I don't need anything else!  

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  . that have happened after you submitted your application). Don’t feel ... ’re sitting there confused, about to call the Admissions office, don’t worry ... don’t have any updates for us. There’s an option on the form where you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  The secret is... there's not really a secret. Just some tips. 0:18 A lil' bit about me 0:36 Why you DON'T need to stress out 1:21 What "being ... ://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/dear-applicants-the-college-essay https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/show_dont_tell_the_college_ess

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  :   What you probably don't know is that, since 1994, all of the ... the many people who pass through MIT don't. However, the School of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base ... 't entirely control, and you shouldn't base your self worth on that either. Don't ... factors, but most importantly, don't let yourself get in the way of your own

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  things can be pretty good, especially when you don’t have to write a five ... accelerator? Build a particle accelerator! (Don’t know how to build a particle accelerator? That’s okay, because the internet is a helpful thing!) (Don’t want

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  you don’t know what business casual means, much less how to find a job ... had a great time. So basically my advice for freshmen would be: don’t ... find a job and you don’t know how to approach company representatives. I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  some steam with your fellow applicants, on two conditions: 1) don't talk ... don't dwell on the subject. talk about literally anything else, subject

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011