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  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 / 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
• 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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
• 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

  The Ides of March

  

  . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards ceremony is a black tie event; I was sporting my tux. It's a pretty swank ... think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  lecture because that is pretty obnoxious when a professor is trying to speak ... will also help. If you want to see the kids sweating it out about to take ... . you'd seen plenty of photo already.) Your feedback is important to me

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  of the world (though it may feel like it tomorrow). I'd like you to think of it as an invitation. For some, it will be an invitation to see ... about your lives and how your individual stories have brought you to this

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  . It took me almost a full semester to get into the class, which is ... of Course 2 lab space. But no matter what it is you want to do, I ... there lots of CNCs? Is it okay to use the shop in the wee hours of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  it is like to live without an ambition - to constantly suggest new ... can: “It is well known the drunken sailor who staggers to the left or ... a few years on each is this really what i want? it’s always hard to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  have a 40 page paper to write, but such is life. The class is also an active class so we're able to have our laptops open, and it's acceptable ... So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this ... it.) If anyone has seen a more nerdy/cute billboard, I'd like to hear about it. Until then, I'll consider this one to be the best.

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  priority for me right now. This is true, but it is also hard to accept. I ... trying to decide what it is and if I want it to change at all. At the very ... need to dump my brain out. All of that is to say that I want to blog

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  French ability. The French program is new, and it’s taking 5 students to ... great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it’s ... really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017