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  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  may take many forms. What is it that you look for in an applicant?, some ... in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... reactor in his garage. Think about that for a second. Now, most students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
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  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  of a nerd. I spent a good amount of time feeling sorry for myself in ... flags for anybody in the house who wanted them. One of the options for ... up, I was always the odd one out. Growing up in South Dakota, I was

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
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  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I ... home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes. In college ... experiment and see what works best for you. At least a few times in your

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
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  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning ... being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  and spent hours daily daydreaming up new stories for the characters in ... /minor/major, so I wound up not getting in. I spent a few days scrambling around for ... alone here :) ) Before I had friends, I had books. For those of you who

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  in Boston.'" I never thought about it, but if you must press me for a ... minuses in GPA - grades are assigned strictly by letter grade for the ... MIT doesn't give extra GPA for +'s and -'s) as As in science classes

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  other words: you do not need to have had a blog for a zillion years in ... I'm sitting at the kitchen table in my London flat; my sister Lisa ... blog for MIT admissions while actually at MIT...) I write much more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
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  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  have lived in for the last three years, shutting the window because ... where I will ultimately end up for med school (that comes in a few weeks ... two majors, along with a slew of classes in between that I took for fun

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
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  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  [/annotation] in funding and we applied for it. If you really want to examine the ... design For dormspam-the-game, we ran 5 separate games. In this section, we ... you can choose the best spot to seek, and vice versa for your choice in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  -traditional” route (for example, opting to put their education on pause to compete in ... engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time ... strong interest in and love for economics. Janet: Before I decided to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
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  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  the scaly bastard doesn't haunt me in my dreams for making him Like That. ... designers in various disciplines who work at different scales and lab sessions where we refine our own design skills in a series of increasingly complex

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  older brothers or sisters, with whom I am competing for a space in an ... class of 2016 myself. After working for two years in Boston, I'm moving ... country for an extended period of time. In my opinion it should be a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
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  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  let me shower. I’d heard a crow call in person for the first time. I ... ’d stagnated in for years. I’d been alone before, but never for long. I had told ... planning and dreaming about for a long time. I’d started it in January and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
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  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  fat. Then you dump it all in a pot and boil it for a while, then you ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... window, curl up in blankets with something good to eat, and escape to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
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  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  for Switzerland in less than 2 months, so you just freak out, but ... . Everything was going to be different, for better or worse. I needed to, in many ... Studies in Practice. For German, we were given a very manageable workload of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
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  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  passive aggressive 'go and shoot yourself in the foot for all I care' kind ... There are two main boxes I store my interests in. One is for major ... and prototyping, but in a BME context, so I opted for 2A-20 instead. >

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
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  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  me back in for free since I had already paid once. Anecdote 5 ... us in for tea while we waited for a tow truck to come! Anecdote 6: One ... way, congrats if you got in! Come hang out with us for CPW!)

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
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  22 Tales from tEp strange sights and stranger delights

  

  beautiful summer day in Boston[/caption] I stayed in Boston last summer. For ... programs for high school students). This is the worst option, in my opinion ... in Boston, has monthly specialty flavors. For the month of June, they

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 31, 2020
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  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  tell you about my life after MIT.  But in order for me to properly tell ... ;   In September 2011 I started studying for a Master of Public ... overall Akron's pretty nice. Last fall, I trained for and ran in a half

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  Stanford gym in my wallet, for whenever I'm in the Bay Area. No one tell ... -raising to help you out in a time of need. I'm endlessly grateful to them for ... 't want to wait for the next cycle to begin before I told this collaborative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020