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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  Library takes on a whole new use for students. No longer is it a place to ... (especially during CPW) but sometimes it gets ridiculous. When I'm late to class ... search, I don't have quite enough time to tell you everything about it

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  in the face. Always to look life in the face and know it for what it is. At last to know it. To love it for what it is, and then, to put it away ... to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  : "I’m not going to tell you that it doesn’t hurt, but I will tell you that you’re strong enough to get over it, however long it takes." If you ... be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  birthdate on all correspondence to make sure it is filed correctly ... information on it? I totally think this is a great idea, and would love to help ... MIT consider all the test scores or just the best one? Is it bad to take

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  is great, but it also feels amazing to be able to do something on a ... doing, and this is that post! Here's some of what I've been up to :D 1 ... anyone local wants to know :) It's a bit embarrassing how much cool stuff

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts ... -EMS, through which I'll learn about everything it takes to be an Emergency ... better, I don't need to know MATLAB, which is fantastic since I don't know

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  though this class is a requirement, I'm going to enjoy it a lot. One of the ... semester is comprised of classes I actually really want to take. Here are ... want to take! I'm even excited for the required classes, which is really

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the ... bit and plug it here. The other event is running on Friday and Saturday ... . Plus, it's a lot more fun to roam freely through events and around campus

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to let your dreams TAKE FLIGHT What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? The mission of the blogs is to help prospective students understand

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  your personal and professional goals is available to you, and it makes ... admission, simply need to move on, acknowledging that enrolling at MIT is not an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is Interphase Edge?

  Interphase Edge is a two-year scholar enrichment program that includes an eight-week summer session as well as programming during the academic year to help ease the transition to MIT and to build community among
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  discussion, but I just don't think this is the place to do it, considering the ... something than to experience it? While I still hold to this “experience is the ... short, I removed the entry, but I think it's time to explain why. Why was

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  not to scream. It's not the drill - I have about as much tolerance for ... it occurs to me that Dentist and Nurse are probably involved in some ... wakesurf to rock climbing to celebrating the most epic birthday ever - it was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  passion. It is not as simple as “finding what you love to do” because such ... -sounding extracurriculars!” But come on, you are still a teenager; it is okay to have explored and changed course. It is okay to have been in the school orchestra

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  different lives, is because it reminds us that we are able to live a different way. That life is not constrained to the way it currently is in our ... Language is a funny thing. It's so natural and as kids we pick it

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

   about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun ... for it being late. Also, I thought it was hilarious that I had to write ... tardiness? I honestly did not think it was possible for me to get a second

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  way of showing the audience how painful it is to change on a deep ... Zuko is sick, he switches which side of himself he identifies with to the ... family, but this is the turning point. His commitment to change starts here

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  “It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ... for you to talk, shake it off, and remember you will survive, even

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would ... furniture and teaching people to build furniture (!). Life is hard, but it has ... interview; you know how to prioritize, triage, get stuff done. But it teaches

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021