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• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... qualified in those terms. Based on the thousands of apps I saw last year both ... 's and 5's on all tests. I'll pause here to add that I frequently saw

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  lie on a certain vertical straight line. This has been checked for the ... interesting solution would shed light on many of the mysteries surrounding the ... blog entry on course 18. So this week, LSC sponsored a book talk by the

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  goes on, as we add pieces to the collection each year. Selected students pick up their art beginning on Wednesday. Any winnings not collected by Friday are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  was totally wrong about bikes on campus. I've always walked to class and lab, which is really kind of stupid if you live on the far west end ... 's dad insisted on buying me a cute blue bike with a pink stripe yesterday

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  . The resort had a circus school, so I learned to go on the flying trapeze ... yellow and orange sail), I'm hoping one day I'll be good enough to go on ... are on the far right, I'm sort of hidden in the back.) Well, now that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  ), that I feel your pain on the application deal. I'm applying to graduate ... 'm taking the GRE general test on July 19, and the biology subject test in ... , and got a 33rd percentile on the test. The next night, I dreamed that I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon ... enroll) on record. The numbers won't completely settle for a little ... their help with outreach efforts. We had an 86% yield on international

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  Great front page article in today's New York Times on the proposed ... take his class) and his group on the Human Genome Project, perhaps your class will be doing UROPs with Lander on the Human Cancer Genome Project...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in ... engineering programs that have an entirely different focus--generally mainly on ... focused on medicine, has not been established before now. Other universities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your mind, and that you may need to focus on other things, or be temporarily ... : Focus on taking care of yourself, your family, your community, and your
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  totally lost in that class for weeks. The current plan is to work on it with ... preemptively draft an email requesting an extension on the physics set.  2 ... either. 3:14 — I work on that econ set. I keep confusing the econ

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... summons me at 10:00 pm to accompany her on the most random and hilarious shenanigans. Exhibit A: On the last day of finals, as if to celebrate the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  , the Student Center housed an MIT treasure: LaVerde's, our beloved on ... blow to the wallet) of an on-campus grocery store. With LaVerde's closure, the bustling grocery store on the first floor of the Stud turned

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  every time I turn the game on, it’s a new enemy that sends me to my ... would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... [annotation note="can someone draw this for old times sake?"]icy breath on the

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star! And—more importantly—celebrate with your community and dear ones. We hope you feel like you’re on top of the world, and we’ll have some

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  different things on the speed and agility turf: activation warm up, stretching ... these TVs all around the room so you know what part of the lift you’re on ... old weight room, we were hitting our heads on the ceilings, it was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  My highest achievement at MIT.

  

    Third to last day of the archery class I took for my final PE requirement The instructor let me take it home! I SPLIT AN ARROW Edit: Okay, it…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  compellingly on your behalf, whether or not they have taught you the most ... recommendation from people who can write well on your behalf, or to at least have ... constraints on them that might prevent them from writing a typically strong or
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  be a blogger. while i read it now and see [annotation note="emphasis on ... year later—and post a part 2 later reflecting on how MIT has both changed ... personal schedule for myself and started working on my first task.  Roughly

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  that one’s foldable enough to take on the go, I cried silently. I need ... justify their place on my designed tote bag command hook. But soon I could ... ="100278" image3="100274" /] graphicscore like they have big graphics on them you

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024