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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  've deserved; I was being ridiculous about the entire ordeal). Failing tests isn ... he told me not to worry so much; he had made the test too long, and ... is not the story of this blogpost. The story of this blogpost can be

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  probably not considered “enough” to be clinical) in which a person feels ... simple anhedonia state; of being able to merely not feel happiness rather ... of what happened there, but I know the way Ruth came to be at my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  the ACT? We will continue to require the SAT or the ACT, because our ... international students? International students will not have to take SAT subject tests, but we will require all students to take either the SAT or ACT. In

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  dropped, which will they be? On MIT's application you'll have to remember ... process and how much I gained from it. I wouldn't be nearly as willing to ... application process will mess with your preconceptions and alter the way you

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  summer and head off to what I think will be one of the best weeks of my ... ; we're definitely going to be the most awesome group at camp =P Sorry ... how to respond or won't be able to keep from tearing up. The follow

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  previous posts why I decided to take a Leave of Absence this year. The event ... quickly be expelled. I was also frustrated that the announcement to send us ... about how they would handle the fall, I decided to seriously consider

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  can be as crucial educationally, if not more so, as the fact that you ... Room Assignment Chair (RAC) for their dorm to see if a transfer can be ... transfers drawing with the class below them) to determine priority in choosing

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  Freudian terror. Flash back to the real world, where school is still kind of ... 'd ever want to know to be neatly packaged in an organized, clearly ... distilled into a form gentle enough to be diffused into our frail young minds

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  processors, and ad brokers, who would then be required to remove the accused ... version of the "I'm Just A Bill" video from Schoolhouse Rock. To be honest ... filed against it, the video will be taken down, and oh well, my link will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  should! This is not the movie to show to kindergartners in lieu of Barney ... personal feelings that they believe to be 100% correct. The implication is ... of inner rage and left to harbor ill will towards the person making the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  opportunities for doing research. I'm actually not 100% sure why I went to MIT ... incredibly competitive with him or herself. We're all used to being the best, I ... penalize you for not having the chance to take it. That said, with something

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  isn't like me. Not like me in the sense that had we gone to the same ... circles with ease because that's the kind of person I wanted to be. But now I'm mad at myself because I don't know why I needed to do this in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  . Go to a movie, go bowling, do something. The mail will be there when ... anywhere especially since I made the decision not to apply to any state ... longer ringing) Mom: "Why do you have to be so hard-headed?" Me: "I

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  the MIT '10 perspective. The EA round will only be open to incoming ... orientation. :-) The RA round will be open to all MIT undergraduates, however ... process, we must also be careful to provide a broad spectrum of the MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  be something else? (Why not take some time to sort it out, spending ... about why this can be a really good idea.) So you got into one of the ... possible, start your own life, and not be told when to go to bed and what not

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  the project was to have students try to create a bot (often, though not ... ;       A snapshot of our incoming email traffic to the ... they've hit the submit button. The simple answer is to fill out the FUN

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  ).... and I've decided to be ME (get the pun?)!! Why you might ask? Well... it ... guarantee you that no matter what your interests are, you will be able to find ... best way to describe 2.00b is...well... FUN :D! Not only are the lectures

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  mind. That’s not to say I didn’t worry about things, BUT the fact that I ... sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup ... was unheard of for me to struggle, or be wrong, or, even worse, fail

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  WILL be different this summer. Reasons why: I'm using a strength ... exercise, so I'm not stuck in the gym wondering what to do. I'm working out ... MIT). This is what I do in the day, except for weekends. Not only do I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  being rationed) and will argue for how to resolve the life allocation ... scenario? Our intuition will be to simply pick the scenario that saves the ... precisely one life. The maximum principle will be unable to choose one over

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017