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  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  said, "don’t you think you had a leg up getting into MIT because you’re ... top half of their class). If you don’t question yourself while you’re here, you’re an outlier, because so many of us actually feel like

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  - I actually have a chance? No, of course not. That's just your ego ... is admitted - not your scores. And, finally, please please PLEASE don ... applicant, you think that MIT is “out of your league” because you looked at a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  've written countless posts on reading in the abstract: what we look for in your ... least if, like me, you're a fan of both productivity hacks and science ... as an admissions officer at MIT, it is made clear in your contract that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  process. PRCs are meant to be an unbiased sounding board, and we are your ... . Don’t be afraid to voice concerns. Ask your PRC or the chapter members if there’s anything you’re confused about regarding recruitment or

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  You don’t have to be a founder move slow and fix things

  

  different? Low-code authentication solutions? If you're using a low ... authentication? If you're programming on your own, outside of a platform, what ... with making your own solution, if you find the existing ones lacking. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 29, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  in a plug for your having the interview. Last year I posted a blog ... up your interview, you might want to take a look at that posting. We ... and Baltimore last month, thanks for your time and your attention and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  your future career, UROPs are very educational for both research and ... decide you want to completely switch everything you're doing. Also, funding ... needs their package you do your job. Depending on the dorm and term

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  your convenience :). Kano: Boston is an active city, and the gyms ... everything you could want for your workout: three squat racks, an assisted pull ... . It also has a speaker system you can connect your phone to to blast

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  to live in these places until your second year at MIT. Figure 1b ... calculate the probability of you living in a dorm given your self ... these calculations by hand with your own underwear.) From this, we can

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  from the class? "In writing, you must kill your darlings" – a Faulkner ... , scriptwriting, editing, etc. If you're going to tell a compelling story, you have ... 't quite emulate that in your own projects. But you can't keep improving

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  of his finals. If you would like to spread happiness with your every ... , bring a giant stuffed animal to your exams. Everyone’s week was way better ... you did or did not list on your college applications or how awesome you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  know when it’s coming. you’re sitting in front of your laptop, staring at your text editor, lamenting the fact that you’ve done nothing productive ... ignore it. you switch back to your editor, but your thoughts are elsewhere

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  meetings that no longer apply to you. you add your permanent email address to ... to take away your @mit.edu email address eventually. you return all your library books. you hug lots of people and feel regret about the ones

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  tiles on the ceiling, your hair brushing the dirty carpet, your feet ... . Would the colorful tiles cave under your footsteps, would the doorways ... your feet? It has not been a good week. Upside down gnomes, you mumble

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  competition or another (Westinghouse, YES, Intel, take your pick) or have ... necessary! So how was your experience at MIT? If you don't mind, can you tell ... ? Thanks again for your time, and I hope I don't sound too hysterical

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  passed out on the floor [and you're sprawled out amidst three notebooks and hugging your laptop, which is still on, so it doesn't get stolen; also, you ... single undergrad has. You're up late at night and working on some heat and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  MIT is like, the good and the bad. Give comfort and advice about your ... “no”, wishing that something had gone differently, sad that you’re on ... vulnerable.[/annotation] Love anything and your heart will be wrung and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  together with your fellow sophomores on your dorm hall/wing/entry/house/floor, your frat, your sorority, your independent living group, etc. and celebrate and show your community spirit! And one of the main ways people do

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  you an e-mail, or (more commonly) write on your Facebook wall, and the ... : Correct response, on your part: Woah, that girl looks so familiar! That

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  writing your application essays this fall, or worried about writing a paper ... start with a few in your head and see what happens to them as you begin

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011