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• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  you don't have to ask (not that I mind questions). All of the below ... will give you credit changes year to year (this is set by the faculty and ... or college transfer credit. I hope that's helpful to you. I'll be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  the curriculum; we chose to be at school because we liked it; no, the ... through?” For some of us, the issues got too big to handle. One particularly ... this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  very long time. It will be unsurprising to longtime readers, therefore ... hopefully there will be something in here for all readers of the blogs. Eric ... , MIT announced you will be reinstating the SAT ACT requirement that you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  contents to be strewn across the table. (I apologize to all ... not touristy enough, we headed on over to the Space Needle to continue ... his name, since he will be working in admissions next year. The next

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  am determined not to fail at life this semester, so I studied the crap ... just "not to live in a cardboard box after graduation") would be to ... in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  , what's the point? i'll be gone. i won't be able to do anything about ... to care, to be apathetic. why bother with activism and lobbying and ... that, because i wanted other people to experience the joys that i did. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  'll be able to concentrate that night. Instead of concentrating this ... areas are privy to more opportunities than others, and the admissions ... seemingly obvious hole in the middle. So I know how easy it is to dwell on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  hilights of the spectacle that will forever be known as: Bad Decision 2009 ... it. On the way, Hawkins '12 thought it would be a good idea to dare ... spooling (unless you're the one I tried to print to in the Student Center

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  save fingers from being julienned too. Then, they transitioned to the ... to the codebase has to be checked by at least one engineer, who has a ... -out code, I consider that to be pretty satisfactory work. That does not pass

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  Rule itself, though I will also be detailing what the Rule is here. While the audience I am directly talking to is meant to be members of the MIT ... a bit vague, let me be perfectly clear: do not break the November Rule

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  you're willing to take that academic risk and not take the path of least ... sense. It's also important to show, not tell, which may not be so obvious ... soccer team, so if you want to play tennis, you will definitely be able to

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  Have you ever wanted to be a performer but can’t sing or dance? Why ... ; likewise, we use scotch tape to repair them. Not the most high-tech solution ... through the projector and watching for cue dots to handle changeovers. We

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  Space Research, and it's one of the coolest things I've gotten to do at ... methods that scientists use to detect exoplanets is the transit method. When ... coming from the star to the Earth to dip, which is a possible sign that

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  failure, back to fail a little bit more! I think that the weather has a ... , but fair, and did not allow me to take the interview, and I had to ... known to be one the hardest coding classes among students. It’s a lot more

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  to kill the time.[/annotation] The plan is as follows: I will be ... completely boring, but it will almost certainly not be able to compare with ... number of...other things. Over the course of the next four days, I will be

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  % chance you're a sick person to be around. you're laid back, can handle ... the worst sleep schedule known to man...it's definitely time for you to ... energy for things you're passionate about. you're try to be a morning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

  the habit going again.   I will be posting more over the next ...  police for getting too close to the front while both my friends met Tim Cook ... tunes to get the mind flowing. I prefer to use themostdangerouswritingapp

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  hackmit.org... although the puzzle might be slightly harder to find ... reverse engineering. Of course, completing the puzzle is not necessary to ... had the chance to learn some web dev with my friends, meet industry

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  My apologies to Clement Clark Moore. ‘Twas the night before finals ... there arose such a clatter, I sprang to my Mac to see what was the matter. “I’m going to fail physics!” I saw one frosh yell. “Is torque in or out

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  are academically qualified to handle the MIT curriculum. This part’s the ... Cs? Will you still give your all the semester after? will add to the ... careful: if it feels forced it will be counterproductive. Pay attention to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012