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  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  . Anything in the gap between the subject and the verb is less likely to have ... endings: the end is the most powerful part of a sentence, paragraph, or ... meaning in context you want it to have; use the thesaurus again if you have

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  going back to school after a long absence. It is hard -- not the level of ... , or Friday Afternoon Club. This is a study break event in the dorm ... 's such an abundance of amazing things to do, both on campus and around the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... Markov Chain. I drafted most of this post in the eerie, apprehensive calm ... to go to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with them

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  it now. I’m living in it. That glow is strongest around EC. It’s in the way people gather in the courtyard to build a giant fort, three stories tall, which overlooked the REX events. It’s in the way we dress

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  , just to see what's happening in the exciting world of high schoolers and ... completely agree that it should not be a competition to see who takes the most ... of the program is not to pile on pressure for the benefit of a high

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  , participate in a week-long introduction to the Navy, and on August 28th I take ... world with the same eyes. Mine work just like yours do. My sun is yellow just like yours is. However, we come to different conclusions because we

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  . Here is the email we sent out to everyone in Maseeh: ** Some naysayers ... smuggled out of dinner. Now, you may be wondering, is the above: 1) a ... “singular” creates a tone of loneliness and isolation that contributes to the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  any means the most important part. As for what to do, one option would ... option would be to try the science SAT Subject Tests again in November (if ... wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  , from 11 am to noon. the other class i usually went to on thursdays, 6 ... to move. i cleared my schedule for the day—not that there was anything ... to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  months now. One thing I've noticed about this site in the past year is that most individual entries have a relatively short half-life - that is, the readership of each entry decays pretty rapidly. The ten most recent posts have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  lack of solutions, nor monitor the clock. In 5.112, I’d slide to the edge ... knowledge did. Most days, however, I strove to just get done with the agenda ... place in the world, and I was the only being at the time to see. (image

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  dexterity. A fair amount of time in which you could slowly begin to understand ... . Your excellent teacher is back home in sunny, hurricane-prone South ... seniors. You do, however, have a book that you're returning to the Coop

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  industry, I'm not the smartest in my class or major, and I haven't done ... one of the top twenty finalists! Before I make my pitch I'd like to ... my deepest, darkest secrets onto the Internet for everybody to read

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

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... Circle (like the ones in Berekeley and Boston) is a gathering of K-12 ... plurality of whom where students in grades 6-10. I spoke briefly to the group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  ,3,9,15,...) and told you to find their sum, you might store all the numbers in ... . In fact, you’d only need to keep track of one thing, the running sum ... , the problem we’re going to explore (briefly mentioned in a companion

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  wealth of options available to you as an MIT graduate. Most of the people ... give out. Basically, all you have to do is go up while the ... somewhere to be in 45 minutes. I looked inside the new reading room and, you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.

  

  This year was the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting just 12% of applicants means that we had to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  to Software Engineering in Java 6.178 is a six-unit class offered only ... , even though in the present day Hanja is nearly obsolete and not readily ... immersed in Japanese pop culture, the decision to learn Japanese was more of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  from my cozy double in Burton-Conner. It’s the perfect time to update my ... , trying to get my body to move in ways I never knew it could. The whole ... ? How much should I factor in money over passion in a career to increase

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  " Anyways, as we approached the island, I started to notice how tiny it is. It ... , and it's pretty much impossible to be in close quarters with people ... islands located off the harbor. You can kayak between them, as students in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020