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  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  not think that I was a good enough candidate for MIT - my SAT scores ... I really really really wanted to go to MIT. The love for that place I ... stage 2, and that is so freaking awesome. Be proud of yourself for that

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  for the celebration and creation of very bad ideas. But since it was the ... taste other things for the rest of my life going forward... After that I ... , singing Disney songs loudly just for good measure.) Twenty Green Buildings

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn ... political science, or whatever, but for purposes of this post let's assume ... lock, and take measurements for a new key. I can tie knots. I can design

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  young for TMNT?), I decided to profile my endlessly put-upon boyfriend ... math, he actually got a 600 on verbal. But lucky for all of us, the MIT ... any fancy research internships or go to any summer camps; he worked for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  -wielding tourists. You bump into one of their shoulders; they regard you for a moment ... one class I dreaded taking, one class I registered for, then dropped, then registered for again, then considered dropping. I just couldn’t do

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my ... for the summer, [annotation note="an MIT volleyball player who’s won so many awards for being a stud at her sport that I’ve lost count, a sister

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  , to his boat for a sailing trip. in the hours before we set sail, we ate ... along the length of the boat, and two for the sails. he took the pen he ... direction is important. you'll need to develop a sense for it." "isn't there

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

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  economics class in addition to everything else, and it was too much for me to handle because I had a really weak background in calculus. For other ... communication skills for prefrosh. I didn’t do too well and had to take a CI

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  by the way passive mechanisms allow us to move about. For example, this ... reminds me of something David Foster Wallace wrote, which I can’t for the ... word was “nosy”), living for witnessing others’ moments. I hope I will

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  applying, about which colleges would be a good fit for me, and about which ... MIT and Caltech were far too nerdy for me, since the ultra-geek culture ... ’t completely true; some students only had two of the three. But, for some

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

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  analytical theory for a moment and ground what I'm saying in some concrete ... 't. What we prefer are things which may coincide with higher SAT scores. For ... medalist, who also happened to get an 800! The same goes for people who are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or ... fact that I've been at MIT for four years and have never thought to take ... enthusiastic about volunteering. This will be very helpful for our future, when

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I usually go in the back door when I'm late but today, TODAY for reasons still unknown to the universe I went for the front door, all while my TA just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  for you. Actually this entry did end up being kind of long, but it's not ... . Or see a movie for $3 at LSC. Or bring up singularities in everyday ... 't plan anything to do, so after playing Crystalis for two hours, I decided

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  so for the rest of my MIT career, and maybe even further beyond. I even wrote about wanting to design bridges for my application to MIT ... watching a sunset walking across one. So, if you’re looking for that kind of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  for all four years (they don't), or whether MIT students ever study ... weaknesses. He knew he could do well at either. The problem, for Sam, was not finding the right answer: the problem, for Sam, and for many students like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  Center for Bits and Atoms. In June, Spencer graduated with a degree in ... . After receiving the Marshall Scholarship to attend postgrad in the UK for ... for me to go.’ While the answer sufficed through its cynicism, a kind of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  —a time for high school seniors to visit campus to see if MIT is really the ... that is good about life as a student. For the visiting senior, there is ... grasping. I soaked it all in and confirmed that MIT was for me. I was

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  we really wanted was the big shiny silver trophy you get for being the ... doing something.  I worked out for the first time since our season ended ... , then what am I working out for? For literally my entire life, my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  .031,[/annotation]the class I'm currently working for as a Lab Assistant. This was ... my head that I've been thinking about, each separately, for a few weeks ... Mondays. Then, I walk two buildings over and I go to office hours for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021