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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  they have way more time to finish a task then they need does, and I ... significant time at all. "They're already on number 4 out of 5" I said to myself ... used to. They'll really force you to have a deeper understanding of what

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  to be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https ... plan REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool ... 's a pretty good gig, to be honest. Your application will be read by a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  at the open window to my left. I was terrified at first, but some time ... darkness. I’m smarter now! In addition to my dim ceiling lamp I have a three ... having control over the light in my room has contributed heavily to my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  lab comes from your checkoff, which you can complete by going to an open ... extra time on your hands you could take a day off but you should work on ... dropping so it’s time to grind out those too… I’m not trying to claim that

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  swift hours, you're blissfully free to cruise along, guarded from the edge ... the issue: If you're a freshman here, you are most likely accustomed to ... to fool your three best friends into believing my 100%-fabricated

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  that whenever you go to the doctor's office and state your birth date ... that's all I really have to say about it. 11am - 4-152 21M.235 ... the spot next to me, so now I have company :) 12:50pm - I lied about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  have said this: You are receiving this email because you applied to MIT and we sometimes have to tell you things about stuff.   But what ... admitted to MIT! (/^▽^)/   Here's what happened: We have two (well

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a ... during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was ... happen from time to time. Finally, just as a reminder, we were all

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  on days like this bright Sunday afternoon, when I get time to sit and ... brushless motor. I’ve finally learned how to properly breathe in Yoga. I ... ’ve gone to office hours in my best pair of pajamas. I’ve turned 30 minute

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  month reading and crafting great summaries of your applications, and now ... , and then have a discussion about that applicant. Things are by consensus -- we have everyone on the subcommittee agree what the right action (admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  . You will walk back to your room at 5AM. You will eat inedible food. You ... times, it takes years to understand what MIT truly is. The same goes for ... uncertain when you hold them too close. Still, I add to the list. Markers of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  , offering students the luxury of having the entire summer to revise and giving ... get a summer break -- or have the opportunity to do internships, MISTI ... able to fly back to take the exams. Other MIT exchanges have arranged

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  make friends at school if they don’t have to go through what I am going ... application time and you come across this ethnicity question, I ask you to think ... this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  admissions today on MIT FB, and it reminds me of the time when I applied to MIT ... I have ever seen in my life. I was determined to get to MIT Media Lab ... It's never easy to turn people down from MIT. But sometimes, around

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  writing brings me. Writing is a time to lean into my wildest inclinations ... game, to someone to open your heart to despite whatever anxiety you feel ... on coarser movements—how to time my entry, the broad strokes of choreo

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point is, don't take this seriously. Read it with a sense of humor. Call your parents. Have a nice day. I don't know if any of you have heard about this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  moneyz?)? What's that you say - you say you have no idea where to start ... sometimes in life, we have to do things that we may not want to do, but they ... -mailing elizabizzle at mit dot edu). It's your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ask a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  't have right answers to those! Anyway, I'm only posting just now, because ... think you have an answer to a puzzle, you fill out a little form on the official Hunt website, and they call you to check your answer. As the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  a time?? -Alison"] All right, story time.[/annotation] I was hired to ... note="TO BE FAIR you were like can I subscribe to your mailing list and I ... I have with lo-fi study playlist YouTube videos. I tasked Emily to

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  School has already started, but I have one last part of summer to ... working on your studio project; that was not an environment conducive to ... that I have some experience with stirfrying a few things, I'm excited to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012