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  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  can only shed so much while you remain in the same place. When you ... to figure out what to throw overboard next. What can go? What can go ... out, realized “wait no! I can’t live without that!” and brought it back

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... test ever could. Of course you need good scores and good grades to get ... our applications. It’s not anything I can explain – you just know when

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  my year abroad and now, I can’t take some of the classes I really want ... taught at much greater depth and breadth. We learnt about the ... beginning of the school year, being away from all my friends and getting used

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  how much longer until he/she graduates, but you didn't ask, so I'll tell ... cream with me in the Mass General cafeteria. Graduate students get lonely ... scientist. I do also get to be a mouse surgeon, which is fun -- we put

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  (obligatory fun fact), really love parentheses and tend to write/talk too much ... nervous. The Rhodes Interviews are notoriously difficult; questions can ... party made the interview process less nerve-wracking and much, much more

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  , some alumni actually look forward to getting calls from us because they ... is; firsthand information from students can change minds.) “Well, I ... said, "don’t you think you had a leg up getting into MIT because you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  science fiction as much as I do. The chocolate and hot glue E. coli ... . Getting an email and it’s a comment on a blog post. Writing alone in a crowded café or bar. Walking until I get lost and finding myself in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become if I get in? Who will I be, who will I become, if I don’t?” First, I ... stems from. I never thought that failing to get into MIT would mean

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  if it's so snowy that nobody can leave/come to my house for anything ... they get here, and I like sharing with everybody the types of things I do ... , unofficial learning environment, but the instant grades get written down it

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  you cook oatmeal on the stove. You boil a cup of milk. You can hear it ... in the world can have breakfast or building cities or improving existing cities or making better fuses or writing books or getting ahead of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  should make a point of getting on that train.* I get asked about hacking at ... . There are times when I get asked, out of the blue, what made me decide to ... explaining this I then get asked “So why does your biography say that you came

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  , no less!) I remember back when CS was getting started - one of their ... : An annotated timeline of everything he's ever made at MIT! You can see ... can even follow along at home should you be so inclined

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  exceptions. You can't rely on serendipitously bumping into people at university ... definitely no longer wanting to explore as much. So I got closer to some. But ... [/caption]   Nearing the end of my second year, I have a much stronger sense of place at

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  know where the building numbers are, you can navigate your way around MIT ... good idea to get familiar with it. It is in fact not that long, so it ... , 51, and 57, and in practice you can ignore 51 and 57 because no one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  keeping me from getting too excited about ceremonies in general. After four ... . Every senior gets four tickets to give to friends or family for graduation ... getting excited about it. As we passed some of the buildings, I saw a sign

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  of the admissions staff that can be credited with the successful ... process thoughtfully, there are no shortcuts. Guidebooks can be useful if you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  says about her daily life at MIT. She loves that you can get a daily fix ... with her face-to-face in her office to get to know her better. Her office ... endeavors. She is proud of MIT and how it can provide real solutions to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  that I was getting rejected. That’s the truth. Last September, I was ... needed to get serious about applications very, very soon, so I hopped on ... colleges I had a chance at getting into. It’s too bad all of those answers

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  exceptions to simply trying to spend as much time with one another as possible ... guys and they’ve made eviction so much more bearable.  Our Head of House ... financial needs get home: MIT’s First Generation Program (FGP), Class Support

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  yourself wondering: How did THAT get there? Four score and zero years ago ... parking lot. Since it was said to be too much of an eyesore, however, the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016