Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  a dorm has a ball pit, I need to stay in it, because it is ... Let me begin by saying that thanks to CPW, the rest of high school is ... arrived in Boston Wednesday evening to catch an MIT Wind Ensemble rehearsal

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  , bury trolls, and so forth. Of course, we don't use Slash, so we needed to ... commenting platform. Many large sites use their system to handle their comments ... for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  , because you simply won't need to meet the same standards freshman fall that ... .111[/annotation] is known to have a much lower pass rate than tests like [annotation ... , you might need to learn new content on your own. No matter what, you

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  if you don't like what I'm about to say or how I said it. It was once a robust, lively post. You can imagine that it was once inundated with much ... a particularly good entry, they happen to deviate from their work and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  ’m terrible at physics, but at MIT, I didn’t have much choice besides to take ... wanted to, I could slip through that school without exerting much effort at ... On Friday, I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once, a movie where

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  , the meetings, and other events that I'll need to be rushing off to later ... harder to do once I enter The Real World after the next two years. I shall ... selection does become difficult) Thus, pretty much my adviser signed off on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  mastery over two areas, you'll need to complete requirements for both – but ... Fee to discuss the situation. He assured me that in just a few weeks, a ... and statistical modeling. In comparison to high school, I now have much

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  need to start with some direction of where you're going, whether it be a ... my drawing skills are very subpar so don't pay too much attention to it ...   to find once more human look and touch and graciously thank the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  to a trickle after first semester, so with much grief I anticipate ... only went bowling once during the semester. It just happened to be ... Grandma used to make (where Grandma is a spontaneous euphemism for Microsoft

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  , applying to college - it's a lot to handle, and I remember very well how ... handle, especially if you're applying to MIT. But you're not alone, and you ... to my blog. It's not much right now, but I have a lot to say and I like

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind this: I challenged the other admissions officers to a "no-shave" reading ... have the official form that you'll need to sign and send back by May 1

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  have him/her submit a letter on your behalf. It does not need to be ... needed to. On collegeboard.com's website, there is an option to send scores to colleges... is this still "official" in the sense you need it? Yes

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  interview. Our current process does not require you to do this. After you ... application. However, even though you do not need to initiate the email with ... happened, and your EC likely has other interviews they need to schedule as

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  project to reduce indoor air pollution in rural homes. We owe special gratitude to Zahir Dossa, whose class made our project possible; to the Public Service Center and the Legatum Center, which funded it; and to our host in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  my IAP with my head in the books, trying to absorb as much information ... SIGGRAPH only comes once a year, so the time leading up to it is quite hectic ... , and I was in no way obligated to work that much. I ended up joining a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  , mom). Well, I'm happy to report that I haven't once eaten ramen for ... overheard someone calling his mom and asking what ingredients he needed to ... friends back home to make them jealous.  Here's a quick recap of what I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  , dropped isn't the correct word. I neglected to [annotation note="I am so, so dumb"]enroll[/annotation]in[annotation note="Intro to Computational ... Form, I thought about 6.0002 as a whole. Do I really need this class? Not

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  taught. In order to get a project off the pipe, you need to make a neckline ... and not a ball, you actually have to transfer the glass onto another ... your mind and body. We’re actually recommended to wear long sleeve shirts

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  nothing in particular except think about all the things I need to do. They ... only days for your muscles to stop being sore. Recovery needs inertia as well. Once you start lightening the load, your hardware tries to hang on

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  recognize that much of our audience doesn’t listen to south asian music and ... i think this does a pretty good job of appealing to a wide audience ... lot of work - you need to be familiar basic music theory, learn how to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021