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  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  may take many forms. What is it that you look for in an applicant?, some ... in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... reactor in his garage. Think about that for a second. Now, most students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
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  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach ... a roach spawn point for about a week. Most of them however, were ... ="aligncenter" width="1535"] graphic details have been replaced with flowers for viewer

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
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  Train Coming on navigating

  

  coast for my freshman fall, I was terrified. I had no clue how things ... decided to move to the east coast for reasons I'll get into later."] the ... ?t=5756 -- When I got to the airport for my first ever flight, I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For ... East Campus (EC) and Burton Conner House (BC) for summer rent (the other ... programs for high school students). This is the worst option, in my opinion

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  since I got here. For me, IAP has been a time of relaxation and ... Floor 2 East was the base for the 2^n cookies operation, led by Adriana J ... total approximately equal to 2^11.514. Just for clarity, these cookies

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  for 21W.758 aka. MIT.616). I'm usually really bad at talking to ... course) for the blogs after the semester's over, so I'll write more about ... can't wait until Christmas break.   1:00pm arrive for meeting at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  how it felt for these to be hammered home. 5. If you don't succeed, the ... for me? Short answer: No. Long answer: No. Saying "I'm not smart ... be ascribed to not studying for long enough, but at some point “I just

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
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  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  could sleep for a much longer time. I roll over to cuddle with them and go ... of bed in 20 minutes is unfortunately pretty good for me these days ... else we still need to do before everyone leaves: pick our songs for next

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
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  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  fitting in, about studying for classes, and about joining clubs. For those ... [/annotation] ready to give you their tips and tricks for surviving classes and getting ... , there have been many, many blog posts filled with advice for first

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
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  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  kicks off "welcome week" for the Class of 2023. At some schools, maybe ... !"]sophomore[/annotation]and as I drive to MIT for Year 2 (I'm writing this in the car :D), I can ... advice for REX mirrors my CPW advice from earlier this year (and frankly

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
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  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  , they really did—wheeled in old-school arcade games, paid for limitless ... could be exchanged for a backpack; a thousand dollars’ worth meant Air ... had just lost a game of Pac-Man. For a fleeting second, it was all I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
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  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  on this post alone for the past six days. Most of it, I've been writing ... a necklace, trying sentences and paragraphs on for size, then ... reasons I'm leaning towards taking more writing classes for my HASS

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
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  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I ... college experience, and I prepare for my 10-year college reunion, I thought ... home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes. In college

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  recommends a math course for you. Your advisor is also informed of this ... school, so I didn't study for it. I already know the material, right? I can ... [annotation note="Calculus 2 on steroids. More work for no extra credit, but you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
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  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  mailing list with the color of the underwear you are wearing. (For a more ... entire undergraduate population, which includes Burton-Conner. Reasons for emailing all undergraduates include event announcements for student groups

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  of a sudden you imagine competing with these people for a spot in a ... application pieces and statistics for each one, I immediately felt underprepared ... vs. Yale nor application acceptance rates for any school. (Again, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
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  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  name for MIT's famous class ring, whose design is unique to each class ... and a prized skill. (2) Term for alumni who remain socially active at MIT. Dorm Rush (n.) - See REX. Engineers (n.) - The proper nickname for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
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  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  consequences for being out in their home country or state. This is not to say ... household was hard. For a while it was fine (up to around middle school ... feeling guilty for. And soon, shame turned to suppression and denial. Middle

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
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  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  in character for jacky don’t worry"][/annotation] I admit that my ... , Taiwanese.[/annotation] When I arrived at MIT in August for international ... "][/annotation] open for the summer. The food there was, in my opinion, unsatisfactory

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  ! Suffice to say it wasn’t glamorous. They scheduled new hires for 6am - 2pm ... , just long enough for someone of my stature (footnote: read: short) to lie ... to look like a chic tiny home. For further reading: Stephi Lee on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020