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• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  the fact that today's society pressures applicants into doing things ... activity. Do you think I'm overreacting to have found this a bit appalling? I ... we do not make assumptions. Maybe it's because we believe so strongly

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sam Videos Hurry, read this entry before Sam comes back from Maine and forces me to delete…

  

  Allow me to combine Bryan's impressive video posting initiative with Sam's undeniable nerdiness and my own insatiable appetite to document ridiculous things my friends do. Here are two videos from freshman year that

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer ... students do. But that's not the case; admissions is a year-round job, and while we're not doing any admitting over the summer, there is still a lot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  The Infinite Corridor is MIT’s spinal cord. Many of our departments, classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when traveling the corridor and note that pedestrian speed increases dramatically
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U.S. school systems but may be adapted for international school use. Many international schools do not calculate GPA, class rank, and other statistics, so your
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  do not include any college completed while still a high school student.
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  . What I didn’t realize was that, in the process, I forgot to do things for ... interested in, you can find a lot of people doing things around it. For me ... . But in doing so, I was losing out on a lot of depth. This semester I

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  time to find myself. I've felt a certain kind of pressure to do something ... 't really know what I'm supposed to be doing at points in time or where I ... school, it's felt like I've been on a fixed trajectory. I do well in middle

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  concentration. Think of it as a flexible version of MechE. I was hoping to do 2A ... ’t dislike physics at all (outside of doing badly on tests, I would say), so I ... through it. Right? If I really wanted to do this major, it should be

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  . What are you doing in 21E? Like Danny and Allan, I am a 21E major with ... did you choose to do 21E? I spent a lot of my time going back and forth ... minor in CMS, or double major in CS and CMS, or do a major in CS with only

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  class, but I didn't. So it's okay. "How are you feeling about it?" What do ... it obviously bothers you." I guess that he's right. "Why do you tear up ... consequences? No, I do not want to play chess. "You have to get used to losing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  'll get through my to-do list with time to spare. ((Spoiler alert: I don ... work. It's a long process, with breaks in between each step; I'll do ... 'll usually tell myself I'm going to do the work for my classes that I thought I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  learn and do. It's been hard reminding myself of this. I look at the physics and math my friends are doing and my head plays radio noise -- a ... class I spent maybe 12 hours outside of class per week doing just to meet

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  semesters, there would always be work to do, and during some weeks work piled ... post about this before the end of the semester...i'm doing my best ... to be spending all my time doing"]working on my UROP[/annotation]. i

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  describe what they did yesterday / what they're going to do today / what ... the same recitation!!"]alex y. '20.[/annotation] "hey alex, do you wanna ... for review on github." "...ok, be right back." "no!! don't do it!!" "too

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  about all the stuff i have to do to get ready to leave for the summer. as i do, tentative lines from a poem pop into my head. and a few more ... , debate showering and decide to do it tonight, use the bathroom, and throw

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  wanted to do in life. After taking GIR’s and classes in my major, I feel ... to do (academically or not) and using the opportunities here to grow and develop those passions. You don’t have to keep doing what you were

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  . And so I have to do something that spends my thoughts focused on people ... heard of anyone doing this before, didn’t really know that self ... varied it is, I do find myself drawn to the micro theory side. In

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  burnout. I questioned if I was pushing myself hard enough or if I was doing ... by the extracurriculars I was doing. Basically, I felt like I was ... I don’t give myself enough credit for the things I’m doing well, or I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017