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• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun ... and bad haircuts. Wednesday night, I braved the long lines to wait for

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most ... waitlist in the past few years, we admitted very few this year (due to the ... personal decision - the answer to question #2 may help you to decide. 2) How

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application ... Bridge Non-participating Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Early Action or ... you have reached out to us via email. Once you have reached out to our
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  Last year when deciding which colleges I wanted to apply to, I had ... Utah to Virginia, but there was no way I could go four years without at least an ocean to walk to and ponder my melodramatic nature over. And

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story about struggling with sacrificing self-care to prioritize academics ... the story I told. But ultimately, I want to let this story speak for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid ... feelings on what I want the future to look like. Had you asked me in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  'm EXHAUSTED. I was supposed to do [annotation note="a program where MIT students travel to Israel every year to teach coding and entrepreneurship to ... forward to doing these programs since high school, i set my hopes on doing

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster ... many things to-do. The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master. [caption

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  classes I decided to make this last video just sort of going through how MIT ... , non-scripted, talking for too long videos that I used to make for the class of 2019. So I thought, what better way to end my time at MIT than

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  before my senior year of high school, I went to meet with the IB coordinator (basically a guidance counselor) to review my college application ... Mass Tech made my list. I actually hadn’t even thought about applying to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses ... Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... Services is super great about sending emails to professors and letting them

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now, with t-12(ish) hours until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  ;yield"), we admitted 1620 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... those students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre ... measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  'm Abir, a prefrosh, and I was fortunate enough to have the BEST host ever ... asked me to guest blog about CPW and I am going to try to give a glimpse ... beaver I am, I decided to book my flight to CPW EARLY in the morning; 6

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Seven Years of Good Luck MISTI paid for all the MIT Japan interns to meet up this weekend in Kyoto.…

  

  This weekend MIT Japan paid for all the MIT interns in Japan to meet ... somewhere in Tokyo, it was a great opportunity to get out of the city and ... opportunity to sightsee on MIT's money, but when is it NOT a great opportunity

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  almost everyone else is kickin it into full gear to ace their own tests and theses. Below is the link to my final project for 4.502/4.564, an undergraduate/graduate class which uses programming to design stuff. We learned

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  I didn't mean to write this entry. I sat down to write about some recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... . Pass/No Record is not an excuse to slack off and not learn the basics

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a ... sense of finality, of completion - of fulfillment. Today, I head back to ... amazing summer. I haven't even had the chance to blog about all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible ... final prototypes to an audience of industry representatives, parents, and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008