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  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  :24pm. I sluggishly made my way upstairs to my PC and log on to my ... do is to focus on things that are not MIT (or other college) admissions ... I really really really wanted to go to MIT. The love for that place I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  caught on that there’s a little bit more to this picture (why would a ... , prompting inquiries into “differing cultural values” to account for the ... female identity scored an average of 3.86 on the exercise, compared to the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  revitalization of this system. It is no longer sufficient for us to stand on the ... you if they do happen to be things that you do for fun). Just be honest ... 't worry too much. For the "Creativity" essay, I would encourage you to look

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  young for TMNT?), I decided to profile my endlessly put-upon boyfriend ... math, he actually got a 600 on verbal. But lucky for all of us, the MIT ... any fancy research internships or go to any summer camps; he worked for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  by the way passive mechanisms allow us to move about. For example, this ... privileges to stay in the course. I actually wasn’t sure what to expect for ... “single story”, a single perspective on an issue. For China, the frame is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  —a time for high school seniors to visit campus to see if MIT is really the ... what life was like for her, so we knocked on her door. I noticed that the ... her room, and it seemed as though she was just waiting for us to leave

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  possible for me to get into MIT without foo?" The answers to these questions ... I've been working on my grad school apps lately, when I'm not busy with other stuff. I bet that a lot of you are working on college

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  again—on walks to and from work, at my desk while writing, and lying in ... unexpectedly rainy shoots, to Elton John for writing the song that got me through ... a girl could ask for. for always knowing how to frame my shots and get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to ... the same for black people at MIT   It seemed to be something ... ’t due to lack of interaction with actual black people. I know for some

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  intersectionality. Renata spoke on courage and perseverance. Jose gave heart to people ... was on the waitlist.” He smiled, and the room—full to capacity ... receptive. Sofia’s answer was spot on. I don’t want to string any more of the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018 ... allowing her to go to concerts. (Yes, even on a school night.) We would line up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  pleasure of getting to know. Hope it provides some perspective from life on ... for a direction. For now, I’m just trying to embrace the unknown and let ... technology for technology’s sake. Perhaps there are avenues to challenge myself

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... :30 AM. I move on to the next thing on my list: subcloning some pieces of ... tells me to wait a few more minutes, so I play the "what was I doing on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  . On Tetazoo, we had a small streak where someone’s room seemed to become ... abdomen that this one is most likely a female. They live for 3 months to 2 ... table trying to cut sideways. Therefore for the safety of the wall, the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  taken on pi day, so it's still a pi day video! Good luck to all you 2019s, no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general ... around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  suddenly to 30-50%, but for the most part it still doesn't feel cutthroat ... path for premeds here. If you choose to not follow that path, then you ... to seek out the thing that interests you. Also, be prepared for that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  ’m definitely nerdy. I like to read books on anything. Also over the pandemic, I ... needlepoint portraits of people’s dogs!  She then goes on to say, “But I’m not ... people at MIT – all working on their own brilliant projects separately – to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... will provide the best foundation for admission to how does one actually

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  to take the class. You can submit as many classes as you want for ... mentally equipped for about 4.5 classes a semester so I've been sticking to ... ="aggghhhhh I want to take this so bad I've been working on DNA damage research

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  ’d imagine belongs to two MIT grads and a master’s student:   Here, on the ... stove is on a different fuse, and for that we are very lucky. Here’s how ... Oatmeal cooked on the stove is so good. I wouldn’t know this, but a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016