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• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  , you are to bet your pronouns, or the letters of your name, or both. I ... tried to kick a small target on someone who’s running away from me. By the ... briefly stopped by: Dig Yer Own Grave We weren't allowed to dig the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee ... to your family, you are welcome to wait until you learn if you've been
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  - if you aren't the sh*t, you're not going to get into MIT. Having said ... affected by so many different factors. (Note to self: take Weather Machine ... having to suffer through others saying "you only got into MIT because you're

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  's no warm water in the sink or any hooks to hang and dry your towels or ... Solution: Just make your own kitchen? I woke up to the noise of Raymond ... classrooms around MIT! I think it'll be a great way to get our steps in and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  progress you made iii) how that progress contributes to your overall ... and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate", which varies a slightly by academic year (for example: 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  getting to know each other through some applied meeting of the minds, in a ... relationship. Anthony's take: this looks like a *very* promising way to get well ... department as a whole. 3.091: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry Taught by

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second ... first). I was lucky to get the opportunity to be here. And while luck may ... time here, looking down on all the stairs that I climbed to get to where

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  relationship ends, you tend to look back on your experience and think about the ... talking to each other because you’re too focused on the words flying between ... yours and never wanting to let go. And tracing the lines that seem to so

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  and tried miserably to do it all, Getting new emails by the hundreds, on ... to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale ... semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  to do: catch up. I needed to bridge the gap that was created by a ... I work on problem sets with friends who seem to be getting to the ... achieve that or how to get to a point where I know how to approach problems

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  always seem to happen when one person or another is in a Zoom call, by the ... somewhere dry or else it gets a really weird color to it, etc. 8. Trash bags ... trash is overflowing and you can't get a good grasp on it and all your

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities ... . I can't wait to get back up north and start skiing with my family at ... Mountains, we spent every New Years outside by a 64 square foot bonfire

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  . But to each his own! Whatever floats your boat! Insert other clichés ... be more or less dangerous than it sounds, depending on your imagination ... 's something to be said for watching people do really random, stupid, amusing

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... . the foreword by ross gay was enough to dissolve me into tears. i did a ... world. This is why attending to what we love, what we are astonished by

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  during the school year that you didn't quite get to because you were ... to walk across the Harvard bridge, wear rainboots up to your elbows ... throughout Boston and avoiding a soggy return home by taking Saferide back to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I need a high school diploma to apply?

  your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make the most of the Institute when you're here. For some more information, check out What to do in ... completion to apply. Each year we receive a small number of applications from
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  sad, sad things, like you're trying to maintain control." I felt a hot ... start to be full of doubt or like you're losing something. Am I correct ... consequences? No, I do not want to play chess. "You have to get used to losing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  get a bit more complicated but this is related to the idea that there ... of points a_n getting closer and closer to a point c, infinitesimally ... . Intro analysis teaches you to be really careful about: when you're proving

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  by maybe three to five for all the companies you're interviewing for at ... over after a few days. 2. I am old and need to get a real person job. I'm getting flown out to NYC soon for a full day of being wined, dined, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011