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  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
• 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 / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  think I just will never be able to fully let go of my inhibitions in the ... 's why I didn't even react when she told me she would be applying to the ... in your apartment and you will not be able to get rid of me, Eva, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  want to take ice dancing :P The DAPER website says that registration will be August 30 to September 6 this year, and first quarter classes will ... -shattering results from them, but they're likely to be able to get through the PhD part

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  the goddamn loveliest melody How grateful I was then to be part of the ... the hope that maybe this isn't true, and that maybe I'll be able to have ... reality is that it won't be the same.   I know dark clouds will

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  [/annotation]? Will the class be fun and engaging? What value would I get from taking this class? Will I thrive in the class? As much as I would love to be ... Electronics), which is offered once every ~four years. Will the class be fun

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  trying to be (but is failing at being), but Ellie's songs have such high C ... 've been listening to this summer, but I quickly realized (as the list ... the fact that I do listen to a lot of jazz, classical and instrumental

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  & Wednesday - Procrastinate To be fair, these were the last two days ... least, not reassuring in my ability to pass the final! I ended up having ... . 5.111 also posted the review video for the session I did not go to, so

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  due to the sleep deprivation. Not only did I have a powerful urge to ... fall behind spells doom That failing to keep up will seal my fate That if ... will let me be your queen Let me succeed, and bring on 5.13. Ode to 9

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  might not be up to my full blogging potential. I actually hope that the image of Rachael Ray will deter you from visiting the site. Why don't you ... of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  There Will Be Pi (Day)

  

  We have something to tell you - with a little help from the bloggers:       MIT Regular Action admissions decisions will be ... interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your

  • by A Delicious Pie
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  Weekend (CPW), you will have the opportunity to experience what life at MIT ... classes, and (best of all?) go to college parties! You will roam the ... all, they probably would be willing to teach you how to do those things

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  Tetazoa, hall funds could be used to cover the cost of the pillow + cover ... to use the cover for a last minute gift. So Walounge will hopefully get ... approximately $40 because those body pillows had to be purchased. Unfortunately

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  right after) the deadline. It’s in your best interest not to be part of ... information you provide us is, the better our report will be. The best way to ... you, so help yourself make the most of it. 9. Try not to be too nervous

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  , a sort of climax emerged. I was on the path to being part of Nigeria ... ’t hold for this one. It was going to be a lot longer. The problems were ... on the p-set, but there seemed to be a dispirited laziness in the way I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  questions to gauge whether the advice I give will be helpful to someone or not ... seeing the world (both academic and not), what it means to be a person ... declare your major until the end of your first year. So it’s okay to not be

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  living alone, if you are not on the meal plan you have to make your own food, you now have the decision to go to class or not go to class, you ... money, always save 6-8 dollars for sleep. It will be the best investment

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  shouldn't really be whether you will have time to do schoolwork or not ... 's not really going to be the Animal House stereotype or anything like that ... believe howtogamit will be given out to the freshmen who enroll either

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  , and that's why I'd like to devote the few following sentences to help ... the next time I post will be next semester....Just kidding, I'll post ... discussing things which may or may not be relevant to what we read. It's a nice

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  think one other reason that might not be as easy to discern is a change in ... 2040?” i thought they really meant “why do _ if the world will end before ... and financial cost to family, and so on. but the most chilling part for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022