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  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
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  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
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  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
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  [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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  lines of scripted dialogue, the recruiter moved on to other students. I ... like a farce, like a four-year-long audition, and then we would go on to ... comforts would yank us back to the paths drawn for us before we were born

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
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  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  February to April. For Spring HSSP, I was in charge of dealing with class ... everyone got kicked out, to elect directors for the summer and fall programs ... involves. I don't know what, exactly, led me to nominating myself for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  every day and travel to games on the weekends. As a reminder, this is MIT ... upperclassmen put together an informal review session for the freshmen on the team ... When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  go to the Concert in Bad Taste. Or go on the Burton-Conner boat cruise ... 't plan anything to do, so after playing Crystalis for two hours, I decided ... 'm headed to UC Berkeley for grad school. Of course, the data also predicts

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
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  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  on this post alone for the past six days. Most of it, I've been writing ... a necklace, trying sentences and paragraphs on for size, then ... me a while to get my thoughts down on paper (or motherboard, as the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  kind enough to do a Q&A for my blog, so enjoy! ---------- Did other ... "Deadliest Catch," so I think I am going to settle for going to vet school ... avoid such maulings.) So, to end on a sappy but true cliché that the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011