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  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  ." "Alright, what do you like to do in school?" "I like math. . ." "MIT is a ... that you could get D's in most of your classes and it wouldn't affect ... got in!" "Really? You're not kidding?" "No!" He gave me a huge bear hug

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  comments that entry received: "So, what can our students do to get your fair ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions ... years. I hope this entry goes a small way in helping to reduce that stress

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  a huge part of the undergrad tradition at MIT. Getting your "brass rat ... creates its own design specific to your class year. Then they reveal the ... . Adelaide sits on the floor in the hallway to strap on her heels. Adelaide is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  island to get their opinions on what it means to them to buy locally. As ... ! But it was just a dream. So I guess I’ll check Caucasian” [Q: To you ... : Why do you or don’t you feel a personal obligation to 'buy local

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  as an undergrad to a PhD in Urban Planning. We had some conversations ... , and I packed the other one in a container I bring around with me to ... , I need to supplement my diet with human food. So I took a picture of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  specifically to getting an internship at a company external to MIT. Research ... is related to your major; common choices are 2A-6 (comp sci), 2A-4 ... with other departments, unless you're talking to someone in your major

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 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 ... cucumbers. The opposite of a joy to behold. 7. Food going bad, in general ... somewhere dry or else it gets a really weird color to it, etc. 8. Trash bags

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  tricycles, it was always possible to get from point A to point B in an hour on ... Manila; MIT is in Cambridge, a forty minute walk to downtown Boston; and ... point: rent. It was challenging to find a place to stay at that wasn't in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or ... resident status. If there's a change in citizenship status during the
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  my hunger. stand up every once in a while. remember to blink, because ... interested in seeing how it'd adapt to a virtual format. after spending an hour ... downstairs and took a walk, and the sun was setting. so i tried to find as high

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  'm taking in two weeks to give a presentation at Mainz Universitat (that's a ... , you can apply it to the magnitude of abstraction you take in a subject to indicate your level of understanding. For example, I'd say I have a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  anyone who doesn't blog would like to be interviewed for the blogs. A few ... have received something that she's made in the mail. Holly is a Senior ... from that interview ran almost 11 pages, which seemed downright cruel to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for ... room, not to mention three (count 'em) umbrellas. In case you're curious ... ended up getting drenched in an unexpected deluge of rain. Yes, you read

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your application stand. Simply sending in ... to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  are completely knowledgeable of your situation is to tell us about it in ... geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and ... need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  cone next to the felled fire hydrant, like a battlefield cross. Rest in ... , and I get off the bus to find a seat on coach. I'll be here until ... of yours you’re probably going to want back.” I immediately have a mini

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  as I stare at my completed 7.014 exam. I get up to hand the thick packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  they don’t want to? it takes a certain amount of trust in someone to ... i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling ... said and done, i feel better. but i don’t know how to do it in

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  direction, then his steps will tend to go in that direction and he will go a distance proportional to n. In a lifetime of many, many independent choices, small and large… a vision will get you a distance proportional to n, while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... relationship to science in general. The post ended up being a little long, so ... of a better word. There's a big pressure to frame your research and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022