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• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  we (the class of '24s) were supposed to just get it. Like we were supposed to just know where the lounge for our newly declared majors was, and like we were supposed to know how to advise actual first years on where

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  : there are four pads on the ground, each corresponding to an arrow ... song begins, arrows begin moving from the bottom of the screen to the top, and the player’s job is to step on the pads at the same time that the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  a trip had to include visits to prestigious college campuses. It ... Tournament and Math Prize for Girls. It would be easy to editorialize, to imbue these experiences with the overbearing hand of hindsight, to claim that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKMxRBYQs5k Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, remember to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  , since I am at least honest enough to acknowledge that it will not receive such thought, I am instead going to erect a shrine to it by documenting ... these, please go to whereis.mit.edu, or read this helpful CJ blog post

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  final exam distributions "mit does not curve"

  

  MIT [annotation note="but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased ... ", [/annotation] so I've added some here to make up for it!

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  crossposted on Substack here. I've never really wanted to be beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is adjacent to beauty, but beauty does not give others the feeling of an elastic

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!!! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I request that my scores not be considered after submitting my application?

  Scores cannot be redacted from applications after they have been submitted. We encourage you to look at this blog post to better understand the rationale and details of our testing requirement.
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you ... . If you still need help after that, feel free to email us at

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  writing to comedy and, uh, culinary, which is a testament to the interesting possibilities digital events offer compared to in-person ones. First years Favour ... process from its inception as a one-page project proposal to UA Innovation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  First, I want to thank my amazing roommate-in-exile Cami for letting ... I’m officially 2A, planning to minor in Energy Studies and Theatre Arts. I wanted to share with you what makes MIT such a special place for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  I am heartbroken to tell you that this morning we learned Gisel, a ... 've applied to MIT this millennium, you probably interacted with Gisel, who was ... the office, she probably picked up the phone and connected you to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get ... , but we still call it Dead Week, and I'd say we manage to cram about a ... feels more salient to me, rather than finals "week." Here's an overview of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  makes the difficult transition from high school to college easier ... to take this midterm? I pass with a 40% in this class." PNR ... , stupid frosh to make bad decisions. I've been sticking to a relatively

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  Class of 2023 has been spending their summer deciding where to live with the assistance of the MIT guide to residences. One major component of this process are the so-called Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  point my brain doesn't want to do any more work. I've checked to make sure ... that I can to prepare. I'm going to start the 15 minute trek across campus to get to Walker Memorial where the entire auditorium will fill with

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything ... semester to create an object and then turn the object into a vessel. For a tl;dr, here's the document I used to present my final project (edited

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even ... out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... right now, so I'll leave that for later. For now, I want to make a list of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  leading a project to redesign the new sfs.mit.edu and mitadmissions.org. Although we are two separate offices, we report to the same Dean (that would ... .mit.edu. We're coming up to launch on both sites and so I wanted to take this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018