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  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  now, a half-century later, as the 2022–2023 application cycle is in full ... Design Services—this copy of the 1973 application to MIT is a 30-page ... of the 1973 application is the letter from the Director of Admissions

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  direction is important. you'll need to develop a sense for it." "isn't there ... . "you have to adjust based on how the wind is blowing," said john. "and so ... question. "can you?" i asked. "the short answer," john replied, "is that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  people who read them. That's where this post differs. It is probably not ... it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and ... "] west campus is not included because i'm gonna be real, i think i only

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  This is a long belated blog post; it's been a busy summer. But I didn ... to continuously register the [annotation note="Cartesian dualism is a ... me is powerlifting, which is just a fancy way of saying [annotation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  more prior experience), is not about exactingly following a recipe and then waiting 40-55 minutes for your final product. It is about knowing a ... that eight hours of sleep is a crucial part of keeping myself happy and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  aspirations?(*) (200-­250 words)." And this is what I said. "I aspire to be ... stumbled out of this place having found just that. (The following is a non ... is necessary for self-sustainability) to be kind to myself Xiaolu, my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  truely is a special place- alive at all hours with people tinkering and ... afloat in the deep end that is my job, and connecting with polar opposites that become your closest friends. This is life- it’s messy, unexpected

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  officer? That is, someone admitted on a very tipped scale towards ... criteria, everyone here is an excellent student. A lower bar isn't set for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  decade after I was a student here, but one of them is ✨delight✨ at seeing ... the line is his writing!  My name is Zack and this year, I was one of ... accurately is relatively challenging, however. One of the other project leads

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  going to! I'll start with a picture. It is 2014, and an embarrassment to ... palm pilot are equally potato. This is a picture of my third apartment ... to the blogs, so I don't feel bad. Life away from MIT is great; the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  virtually everything, from the buildings to the academic buildings, is numbered? One reason I'm writing this entry is to help bridge the gap ... - features. Keep in mind that this guide is just an introduction; I chose to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  : Daniel S., Akshaj K., Vivek B., and Guang C. I'm guessing the name is inspired by "Stellar," which is MIT's platform for learning management. On ... class, the less of a need there is for a group chat. The harder the class

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  , and yes, on many highways. My favorite part of traveling is visiting ... traveling is eating alone. Somehow, food doesn’t taste as good when I’m dining ... the local sights. So here is a sample of my adventures with Flat Tim

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  , we consider two flavors. The more common form is exploratory hacking, which is also the older one: there's never been a point at which ... see the full-size photo.) That photo is incredible for a lot of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  to college is an important process for many people, and I'm not quite sure how to represent the enormous beast that is MIT, I figured I'd start ... quite the case. (And of course, the jab above is all in good fun -- I have

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  is class of '08) couldn't come see me graduate in person. I did the ... Credit: Tiffany Tseng Roary is the stuffed tiger that my boyfriend gave me ... at them. This is supposed to remind us that we'll get through MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... other word. “Benjamin-behalf-the-Committee-is-pleasure-offer…….” Mom, it

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  in East Campus. I like math, and writing, and coding. The trouble is ... the IMO is selected. And yes, I made the top twenty. I was in the ... would feel comfortable in that knowledge. Here is my trophy, my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... . The best part is that Tom and I didn’t have to follow the dress code. Thank god. The school building is small, so we were able to find our

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  ="EC has two buildings; one is to the west of the other"]west parallel ... is how much we rely on each other, and how much we can rely on each ... .[/annotation]And any one of these people who I help or who helps me, helps and is helped

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021