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• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  control of my space. I would build my own loft! Luckily, all the material I ... ="attachment_118325" align="aligncenter" width="450"] the initial state of my room (i ... —it's liberating! I was free to decide on the dimensions of my loft, opting for

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  had reported the same level of satisfaction with their lives. I'm sorry ... . And to those of you who get waitlisted: Waiting's hard, yes. But the ... get off the waitlist, and you could be one of them :) To everyone: As

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... 're sustaining the work that led us to want to admit you in the first place). We ... trimester system? Send us what you can - this is usually the first trimester

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  couple of months. The Afeefah that sprinted across campus in March 2020 is ... writing this post in the middle of the night - vitamin string quartet ... putting things into words seemed insurmountable. Part of the fear comes from

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what ... decision. We make no distinction between the importance of SATI (or TOEFL ... significant amount of time. How would only three activities look to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  talk about science at MIT? I mean, obviously it IS the institute of ... two amazing days of skiing in New Hampshire - a bunch of the ESG kids ... CPR and defibrillation can increase the chance of survival of someone in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  , software design, French, and costume design) helped avoid the sensation of ... academic study in a way that goes beyond just taking classes. As the end of ... a position that matched the type of technical work I was looking for

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  critical facet of the Indian-American experience. In one scene, where Devi is ... last few paragraphs of the essay. Disclaimer: I didn't really care about the Common App, so I kind of...spliced up some ideas from my MIT essays

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the ... and Glory to whoever sends me the complete list first.) ... I think she did a fabulous job. She started learning in the fall on

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  my name, Planes and space is my game, First American on the moon, that ... Beats from the Playground, Vol. 3 MIT has a set of it's own astronauts as ... grade, just thought I'd share. Mollie, maybe Adam wants to make this the

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income ... are the latest in a long history of efforts by the Institute to free up ... preference for the children of alumni or donors (which can be seen in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  . One of the first things people realize when starting classes here is ... instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of ... work right at the edge of their abilities. But this difficulty is what

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

   hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure ... – to this day I don't remember who – pounding on the door of my host ... have screwed up. At first, my tired brain tried to ignore the noise and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  I will no longer see Professor Winston, one of the few professors who ... had picked up from the author of the paper we read.   He was an ... experienced someone who thoroughly understood and contributed to the magic of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  webmaster, Odyssey of the Mind, marching band, writing awkward blog posts ... sure about the hours, but there are several CPR/First Aid training ... Stranger to the Rain is one of my favorite songs to sing ever, but on top of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  . Unfortunately, the only ones of you who might’ve believed that my post ended there ... the third quarter of my sophomore year of high school working on MIT’s FIRST Robotics team #97. Which comes up as a point of discussion several

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... common data set, over 60% of the classes at MIT have 19 people or fewer ... are.) Anyway, the point of all this is that I had a really good meeting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I ... of this afternoon and evening sitting around the lounge, eating pizza ... , begun. Some of the freshmen even started doing problem sets. They're so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass ... used by a variety of colleges. It has all of the basic e ... type a couple of commands, which I detail in the next video. There you

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do this with any two regular classes of your choice during your senior year--the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006