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• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country ... know I'm not the only Jerseyan to say this: Newark is one of the worst ... big thought, so get comfortable. The last science fair I went to was in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the ... competitive applicant pool in the history of MIT, which is arguably the hardest

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  things. My time is ticking away and I need to make the most of it because ... 'm determined to make the most of it.  I want to join a musical or a dance group ... regret wash over me. New waves of kiddos are coming in to make MIT their

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  much in the way of good professional sports teams - it's mostly the ... game in the ALCS, I was on Burton Third starting to plan out our 6 ... with is, until we couldn't all fit in the elevator. But that's not what

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  in the morning is amazing. Then go to Bunker Hill and climb the stairs ... , I made it to the top. Oh, have I mentioned the 90% humidity? In the ... 's much easier to jog down than to jog up, so in about a minute and a half I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  may be entitled to financial compensation in the form of “me buying a ... living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood ... cat is cuddling with it. I live in horrified amusement at the idea that

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  -inscrutable concepts racked my brains to no end, had a few guest appearances in the 8 ... material in class. To further put that in perspective, I typically wasn't the ... in the mood to do them. After all, I reasoned, the exams were

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  I’m writing to announce that the application for first-year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2026 is now live. You can ... , or anything else. The right time for you to apply to MIT is when the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  , listening to lectures, and training in the afternoon. (It's also the reason ... help me? Right now I am in the 8th grade. And what exactly is a problem ... is kind of hard, especially in high school, because a lot of the time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  been said. There was much to reflect on—in one hour, Professor Flowers ... education is perfect for the modern word. With the ability to outsource ... player, once said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  because these are usually the most noticeable (in a list rather than a ... once - there is an iterative process in which many applications are seen several times by various committees. In other words, an application is

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a ... generally difficult to schedule events that everyone can attend. The turn ... week, we will be selling carnations and irises to raise money for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  to the show as much as i could this time around. Ideating in the first ... and from 12-6 on the weekends. a dance is assigned to each hour slot, so ... top to bottom in our costumes, giving comments, and then repeating the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  to Concourse in that what they look at is an intersection, the ... communities in general is how much care goes into making the first year at MIT ... choices that come in the form of Freshman Learning Communities. Because most

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  scale,) and this particular blog post, like most things, is up to the ... pie had a hidden cost in the form of this rating inquisition. Not one to ... information in order to make a decision, but there is no substitute for

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  year is mostly just to not break anything. (For the clueless, these ... . So my task is to keep the trains running efficiently during that time ... to address me is fine. The only tactic I've seen that I don't find

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading ... . Caffeine is great in a pinch, but eventually the piper must be paid. 2. It ... don't know how to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  . Learn to cook a new dish. (Like those spam recipes you get in the ... A couple weeks ago someone asked what I did to pass the time while I ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  important thing is to find what you love and do it to the utmost of your ... can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind lately, and it's got me thinking about incredible people and what it is in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  about the minimum number of T stops you’d need to pass in order to go to every stop on the T without leaving. The T is central to the college ... transportation has that going for it too. The first time I visited Boston, in my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024