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• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  bound up with the concern that not being at the top of the class will ... education never had -- it's not about the grades, it's about what you learn in class, and you have to learn for you, not for the grades. My new

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  “sitting in the basement with glasses on in the dark,” and she would not know ... was not true anymore). Asia explored the different corners of campus ... , WISE allowed her to experience MIT through the lens of a minority and not

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  . Love is stored in the soup! I started cooking a lot over IAP, armed ... listening activity tab is the greatest invention of all time, in my opinion ... ; Of course, it's not a Mel blog if it's not a little sad. So, the truth

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  hack although not as extensive as some of the others is still pretty ... , but I'm not sure if the part I worked on will actually be used on the ... through. The good news is that I'm starting to understand more and more as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  without an alarm between 7:30 and 8:00. The result is regularity in my sleep ... *2*4*4=64 options for the lighting in my room, not including my windows. I think ... and white printer A personal printer is not necessary. There are

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  can’t help but be impressed all over again. This is the sight that ... , the apple is, at this point, leaking all over your hands and it’s kind ... Hyun '18, Ava '16, Cindy '18***, Rena '18 *** She is not a Giraffe. She

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  . One of my oldest memories is asking my parents to bring me back the real ... the real Thomas the Tank Engine. I’m also not confident why I thought he ... student. The Infinite is a regular part of my daily routine, the main artery

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  is sooner. Also, when you fill out your CPW registration form, give us ... CPW experience as good as possible. Finally, please complete the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  integrate the freshmen girls onto the floor is getting dressed up and going to ... difficult to remember, but i'm the type of person who can't not prepare for ... in the dorm Simmons, which is right across from Burton Conner. often

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  , letterkenny problems: when post-10pm half-off-apps-dollar-rita applebee's is the ... people act different. the HOV lane is often on the right. streets are more ... coast is three hours behind. i always entertained the idea of living

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  get disproportionately disappointed when a friend is eating near me and doesn’t offer me a bite. 99.999% of the time I don’t actually want the food but the Ethiopian side of me is so used to people begging you to eat

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  from across campus joined together to work on the worst possible ideas they could come up with. To celebrate the start of the weekend, a strange object was placed on the facade of lobby 7. I'm not really sure

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  millions of nighttime lights. I pressed my face to the window, not quite sure ... not just because it took two buses, the T, and an hour to get there). I ... stupid thought that came to my head, and I kid you not, was, “Why is it

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  amazing, it is amazing not because of some occult magick embedded in the ... elsewhere. For me, this is one of the most important blog posts I've ever ... In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  . The first hint that this may not have been a realistic timeline was when ... , grabbed dinner, and entered the lab around 7:30 pm.  I did not exit until 3 ... goes terribly wrong, suggests this is some of the later testing on

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

      the distant blue is ocean but if they could put more cool buildings out there they probably would       not the stata ... ; you're not a real theatre kid if you don't know what this is  

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  year before The Origin of Species was published. Berlin is truly an ... fifteen years later is the capital of Germany and its most popular tourist ... that Verizon is the way to go. But I wasn't really looking at this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Hallows, I will punch you in the face. I'm not kidding." Photos from ... Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  what the magic is at every level. Besides setting one up for plenty of ... . Though you are probably not from the Indian subcontinent, it can be really ... completely different way. It is probably one of the classes where I learnt the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019