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  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since. If you've never met the Milk, then you should read Vincent's biography ... somehow surviving the treacherous Boston weather. Being an MIT student, he

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  likely to score an 800 on the math SAT than a 740. But if we take an IMO ... whatever data we do release. If we released admit rate by state, it would be: The ... applicants from Wisconsin! When the reality would be much closer to: we took

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  be older and you’ll say goodbye to the home you’ve worked so hard to ... ’ll forget about being assigned line-leader and accidentally going to the ... would be horrifying. Are we allowed to believe things because the opposite

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  silly. The truth is, and maybe you can't see this yet, it's going to be okay. It's going to be better than okay. However, if you're anything ... exhausted. The days leading up to decisions were sickeningly brutal and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  clothes and go over to the Green Building when I checked my email (If you ... I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  last semester to not be about me, the more i was able to do. so in no ... out, mumbling that it would be worth it compared to the other work i had ... off the effortlessly forget to turn in an assignment thing. so i had

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as ... , this is a paraphrase):   "MIT is not a good place to be if you don't like math and science. But MIT is also not a good place to be if you only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  frustrating if you want to go do, but it’s a nice excuse to just be. Ben ... the Mossad (Israeli CIA). Beyond that, we had what seemed to be an ... , Fiddler on the Roof. If you’ve never seen it, then REMEDY THAT. ;) And while

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  bookmarking the tab (try to keep switching it up for fun) should work fine. If ... hereeeeee). The main skills I've been developing is being able to grind work ... . _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Optimal Procrastination Technique:  How to trick yourself into

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  advice. However, the best way to navigate the college process is to be open ... 't think you'd apply to, or being open to the way financial aid may influence ... they expected, so try to be open as much as you can. Gemini Many in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  ever been before. Coming to terms with the fact that this would be my ... being abroad is the milieu of people you meet and get to know. Most of my ... morning and the airport was fairly quiet, being just past sunrise on an

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  that I was working to get into MIT. If I got into MIT, I’d be happy. And ... and the people you are with. Take chances; be bold enough to put your ... journey with many prizes along the way, if you choose to accept it. If you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  part of being a blogger, as you've probably noticed if you follow the ... half an hour," he said, "to write about being an MIT admissions blogger ... that the Maryland Institute of Technology? Sameer had moved to London

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  do great things, because if you had the guts to apply to a place like ... heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  be confused with the homonymous dorm. this is instead referring to a ... : If we have to nitpick, the gym doesn’t have mirrors in front of the ... . If the Z is closed, I’ll either ask one of my BC friends to tap me into

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  'll meet up again in whichever city we happen to be in at the same time and ... to say if I can't guarantee for it to be true. ... and shelves traced out the silhouettes of what used to live on them

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... raised. To be humble towards the people back home who wanted to see me ... i. I visited my high school over the winter break. I came back to my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  not know her. The man on the stage insists that he is not here to perform--he is simply here to be himself. The musicians behind him slow jam while he vivaciously reads a testimony to the salvation he finds in God

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  designs. The original plan was for students to submit pictures to be etched ... silicon as possible to the sunlight (so the solar cell would be decently ... ="attachment_86574" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (The cat to the right is a random

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  center, the baby will come flying out, to be caught in a net. The obvious ... can apply to their husbands' underwear.") You get the idea. If you don ... swing outward. In general, if you ride around in a circle, you feel the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013