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Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek
My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... to the lonely 3 am campus, soaking up the light reflecting off the snow ... photographing campus and the Charles River to show you what I see. All of these -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
things that are golden a zine
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay -
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A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.
summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed ... -it note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to ... thick wind blowing off the Charles. Happy voices trailing up to my room -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist
all the references... including a couple cheesy direct nods to MIT ... artists I like, and hoping for the best. So I might try to include a mini ... struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a -
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Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live
application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create ... we could not. As a former transfer student myself (not to MIT), I know ... applied to transfer, and we have admitted 20. And as usual, we are very -
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Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you
application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create ... competitive: 538 students applied to transfer, and we have admitted 23. And as ... chagrined about those we could not. As a former transfer student myself (not -
FAQ / Transfer
Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?
equivalents to estimate your eligibility. Eligibility will be assessed by the ... year of college, the earliest you can apply to transfer to MIT is during ... year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds -
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我没去过北京 在外国出生的孩子的故事
(Read the English version here!) 我没去过北京。我们回中国去的时候，总是去上海、南京、杭州，总是在江苏一带。我记得，我小的时候还能说上海话（我三、四岁的时候，外婆照顾我，我就学了上海话）。 我第一次去中国是四岁的时候。我们到了上海就去我亲戚的家了。我只有一个清楚的记忆：有一天，我阿姨要让我小睡一下。她告诉我，“如果你不睡觉，叔叔会切掉你的鼻子！”。 我还不知道这个记忆是真实的还是来自我的梦，可是我知道以前我就会说上海话，可是现在回想起这个记忆，是英文的。 我小的时候 -
Blog / Admissions
Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.
learn at MIT will be how to fail. Okay, one time I said that the most ... the failing gets to be primary. This might sound surprising, since ... have to realize that "something that I did failed" is not the same as "I -
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Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you
application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create ... applied to transfer, and we have admitted 22. And as usual, we are very ... we could not. As a former transfer student myself, I know that this -
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CPW Problem: What Can People Wear? CJ pragmatically writes concerning poor weather
(Condensed pre-word: CJ pens without constrained phenomenon within comments. Perhaps written clearer? Proceed warily.) Campus Preview Weekend, commonly pronounced/written “CPW”, progresses. Welcome, current prefrosh, welcome! CPW’s putative weather contraption prevents… -
Blog / Challenges
Failing and perfectionism
, perfectionism bad." The thing is, perfectionism is not the only path to success ... is required for my major, so I had to retake it. I failed not just one ... felt. I really couldn't understand why I was at MIT. The hardest fact to -
Blog / Academics & Research
How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.
twenty in my high school. I am not used to being at the top nor do I think ... know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... at is English. Being good at failing means not being phased by it, and -
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Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013
reminders: The transfer application deadline is November 15. (There will ... , complete, and mail the MIT Transfer Application to MIT Admissions ... entry in the Fall of 2013. To enter MIT as a transfer student, you -
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June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…
to be a junior next fall. My schedule for next fall will not have any A ... classes, we cannot expect you to take them. Also, not being in the Intel ... dorms to get a sense and feel of the people their son or daughter will be -
FAQ / Transfer
What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?
MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds: community ... interest. In other words, you should choose a college that will be a good fit
