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  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  didn't get to go last year but I really wanted to go this year. But the ... to Boston, I've been able to get a handle on things. Kind of. My mental ... , 2023s didn't really get this opportunity to ease. Instead, we were kind

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

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  formula that will unlock the secret to getting admitted to the college of your choice, taking my advice may not necessarily help you to get into ... -written applications) to a largely digital one (with applications and supporting

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  first leg of the trip, left Boston. (Note to self: pack the night before, otherwise one is bound to forget things when one is rushing to get out the ... central meeting around 6PM, and that's when things started to get

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  cooking for yourself is dragging yourself out of bed each Sunday to get groceries at Star Market.  But it's not that bad. Besides, you get to laugh ... post). Until then - adieu!  2013 is getting off to a great start.

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  didn't have a bachelor's degree, she could apply, get in, and come to ... must win to get into MIT, like there is no set course of actions that ... you're not going to get as much out of something you join strictly to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  everything you've been dying to ask our head honcho to elizabizzle at mit dot edu. Not going to lie, folks. Being an admissions blogger is the bomb-dot-com - I get to make silly videos, draw doodles, write my opinions and then

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved ... just a mess for me to get back to the job from lunch. Eventually, I made ... there were elephants in Cambridge, I ran to get some elephant bait to try

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  how hard MIT is going to be? Do you think they're scared to get to ... generally going out of our minds trying to get things done. This is ok though ... way to get more mattresses than that. I beg to differ. In a few days

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back ... to be up to finish homework and go to class at 10AM seems to get me out ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  '07: Ropes Adventure PE class (you get to climb lots of sketchy ... 't have any D's, you can just subtract one point from an MIT GPA to get the ... to get the grades I want, and even though that takes a lot of hard work

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn't much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into ... meet resistance, lower arm to target. Focus on the front sight. Without ... I skip pistol class to fly to Los Angeles (don't worry, Mike is cool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  ?) getting better grades than you? It's enough to make you feel like maybe ... 're gonna need a lot of help to get to where you ought to be." It was more ... things to do, doing well in them, getting leadership activities, volunteer

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  because I could. I would get things done, I'd just be sure to calculate how well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought ... -ended piece of advice, when you get down to the nitty gritty. As I've repeated

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  work gets to be overwhelming at times, and it's important to know that we ... way to prepare myself for eventually getting my EMT certification.  Anna ... you need to get any medicine!! 4) Anyone at MIT In all honestly, if I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  you to your home, hold onto it. Let it get you through the homesickness ... Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  for the entire class. I really, really like this class. We get to build ... met was a graduate student, so I decided to get some food and leave. #7 ... accident, left immediately. My friend Deniz was trying to get me to take

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  my friends have gone back to school because I have to wait to get the ... CONTESSA blog entry to me. I know how much that entry must mean to him ... . However, this entry is dedicated to Sam, who neglected to mention that HE is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  Reception Center (Room 10-100) to get a campus map, the brochure "The ... also suggest some good places to get lunch or dinner on campus or in the ... It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  like I miss my own bed. Also, you'll get to spend quality time with your ... 't deprive them of the pleasure of getting to hang out with you.) 4. Campaign ... everyone who made it possible for you to get to this point. (Do it now

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

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some ... engineers may use in their career in order to measure certain properties, such ... have a 40 page paper to write, but such is life. The class is also an

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006