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  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  , he vanished in an instant. It would be another year until I saw him ... all our old filing cabinets, taking full advantage of being in the ... 1970s, waiting to be excavated by some admissions officer 50 years later

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  list of games “You know, I just might be depressed.” “could a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  I: Exposition. To be able to tell this story in full, we must start ... "]REX[/annotation]committee. Under some amount of wishful thinking, I apply to be co-chair of the committee. We know that fall won't be normal, but there's still a glimmering

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... a school you love is crushing, and it can often be framed in the ... offer it. That can be a painful realization to confront, especially if a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  * Choosing between the forty-nine majors that MIT offers can be a nerve ... 't have time to interview more people (that could be an entire thesis ... would be [what major? undecided?]. 2. I will be graduating as [what major

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
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  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  -East-Campus-all-the-time, so this isn't going to really be a post about my own experiences in the ... 1916. East Campus can be found (somewhat unsurprisingly) on the eastern ... Vassar Street) be used for classrooms, laboratories, faculty and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And ... and the people you are with. Take chances; be bold enough to put your ... . This one's a western, set in 2517 on a spaceship. Hopefully I’ll also be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  probably be ruled by dolphins within a matter of weeks. Anyways, Nora was ... being at MIT helped you in this regard? MIT has been really good for ... what I'll be when I grow up. Tell us about your weirdest/funniest animal

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into ... about one such awesome opportunity I snagged through being a superb nerd ... an alarming rate from the shoots, and wanted to know what would be the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn't have ... my school librarian. She asked me what I would be doing the next year ... East Coast a bit... unfriendly?" Now, to be fair, I still can't answer

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  Monday, simply because I knew I wouldn't be able to focus in any of my ... , surprise and inspire each other. I wanted to be a part of this mountain ... world, take risks, try new things. I wanted to be at MIT. And so, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  worldwide? Which topic shall be chosen, A or B? Can I impress those admissions ... right? :) (If Ms. Cleary happens to be reading this, um, well, hi. Look ... . Being a senior at Stuy is much, much worse. So far, this year’s classes

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  Morrison will probably also be forgotten in a hundred years, but it's kind of ironic now. This is why I'm going to be cremated when I die and have my ... MIT helped me take care of that, too. Finding an on-campus job can be a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  . It reflects something I consider to be an important component of MIT ... scientist, but I'm also something of an engineer, and I've learned to be one ... competition from my last entry). Next term, I'll be taking 6.002 (Circuits and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
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  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  it up and be a big girl. I enlisted the help of my fellow bloggers so ... would give us), so we needed to be extra speedy to solve all the puzzles ... managed to touch you, you would be “eliminated” from the game. (I later

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  many awards for being a stud at her sport that I’ve lost count, a sister ... the springs: you’re gonna be starving. Good thing Austin knows how to ... Park <3[/caption] But that’s not all. I may be frolicking about

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  could be exchanged for a backpack; a thousand dollars’ worth meant Air ... would have grown into the boring-ass adults we swore we’d never be ... development. Everyone dressed as if they were ready to be interviewed at a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  -size rat darts up the bank—that we could not be anyone else, that because we ... . That we exist and it could not be but so. But really it is very close to not being so, we sense—and now there are four of these animals, suddenly

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
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  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  stretched the length was actually longer than what we measured it to be. We ... people assumed that all of the 2x4s could just be taken and used for ... the step ends could be supported on top of them. Stairs have a lot of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I'll soon be graduating from!! to try to get myself out of my room more, I ... those will continue to be gatekept by the student body :)) I tried to find

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023