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  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  grade to a B on the condition that I get a B or higher by the end of the ... makes for kind of a stressful environment. - U. V. asked, Any tips on ... . I wrote back, It really depends on the version of the freshman class

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  Many Classes Next semester I plan on taking some assortment of: 21G.704 ... because it featured some books and pieces of media I was interested in ... Council will be on campus so I'll get to finally meet some of the min person

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  note="more like sporadic brain dump of sounds but follow me on Spotify ... work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... me. – Felix"]new crop of bloggers.[/annotation] As I was combing

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  season on Saturday and Sunday. And then Adam and I downloaded all of season ... taking three classes this term, and the grade in all of them is based almost entirely on tests... so basically I have three tests, a pset, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  going on. The idea of a shooting occurring on campus was impossible in my ... phone. Facebook blew up with updates on the status of the events. Police ... , and to have this piled on top of everything else that's going is enough

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  sunrise in only a handful of hours, like the world outside was on fast ... into Heathrow Airport on a dragon, and then I rode with a group of ... , “Of all the airports I’ve been in, Logan International is on my shit

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  Pinterest. My couch featured a rotating cast of MIT friends. When it didn ... social battery seemed to always be on 0%; in the absence of tasks to do ... many times on the blogs. In light of COVID (and post-MIT induced

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  picture i ever took on killian court was of me and the rest of the camp t ... .006/6.1210 (intro to algorithms) is that it didn't have a lot of hands-on projects ... our sophomore year of high school. we were here for a biology camp in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  article useful to all of you as you embark on college apps/scholarship apps ... personally; (4) able to take on the challenges of grad school; (5) able to have ... accomplishments you have in the field. Ability "to take on the challenges of grad

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  -written of fanfiction I could find on AO3, and even cracking open my old Tumblr ... presentation on a fan experience of mine and I was able to reflect on my time as ... computer science major sitting here on a Wednesday night with half of my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  -based. That is, we consider each applicant on their own, within the context of ... , but rather is structured on the merits of the individual as evaluated by ... chance of having been polished by expensive college counselors? I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  -off because shaking off the mentality of 'if it's not on my resume then it's not ... drawn on all the pages in any of them. 2020 was no exception ... hyperpigmentation and spent a lot of money on different products to no avail. Over the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  three weeks, I've been spending most of my free time on medical school ... aware of how you act in certain situations and reflect on whether or not ... decreased work productivity. Some people thrive on the ambient sounds of their

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  based on how many people take them? With the latter approach, I'd say it's around 60% of classes."]many MIT classes[/annotation] fall into two main archetypes, if you will: [annotation note="Because of how I chose to divide the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. In each of the past few years, we have admitted hundreds of deferred students ... report. You can download one off of the website if you need one. Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  Choir Thursday night, I destroyed both of my knees running three miles on ... stretching by spending most of Friday with my legs propped up on a giant ... From a combination of Being enrolled in a music class this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  My last post was on my gap year, which was wild, full of writing, and ... resources I used, the costs, benefits, and how-to of using them, and tips on ... -back culture to a lot of the places I've found on HelpX, which is pleasant, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  not ventured into any of the extended versions. Baby steps, folks. On ... , foreign movies, mindless/escapist movies, deep meditations on the human ... movie about time travel ever made; it's one of my favorite movies of all

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is ... this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  Jerry on the subway to the aquarium trip. I kind of got adopted in and am ... personally did not have a great time during REX, and was on the verge of not ... of scheduling mishaps on my end :( but I’m still putting it first on

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025