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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  viewing pleasure.  Enjoy! Nine-fold Pinwheel Designer: I forgot (and can ... complex 3D shapes, and I immediately fell in love with the art. Despite ... favourite examples of modular origami because it’s both fun to assemble and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  goal. It's a mix of formation control and neural networks within the ... ="aligncenter" width="240"] And then I will create Skynet.[/caption] Desk work I got two jobs this summer: UROP in the day and desking at night. If you're a

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  words. We want it comfortable, we want it just, we want it innovative, and ... current world is not good enough, and we need to strive for change, and we ... used to cling to regret—I wish I could go back in time and do MIT all

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  limit, and that you should pay it off when you can. This kind of all goes ... now that, once I graduated, I'd move to New York and would have to find ... dealing with problems, and more of having to worry about these kinds of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  hours/week… aiya I give up.” And no less than five seconds later, I ... major requirements you have and have not completed; handy for making sure ... who need that class to graduate, then based on descending class year and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  to get bullied by the other cat on the floor, and thus end up spending ... living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood-side lounge and kitchen. PUF spent the summer enjoying a variety of activities

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

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  math and I’m tired   1:41 am: why don’t aquaporins have spec ... ± 0.6 (AQP4), 5.0 ± 0.4 (AQP5), and 0.25 ± 0.05 (MIP);”    2:14 am ... Grace and become a math major if someone gives me another aquaporin  

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  already taken the SAT/ACT, and cannot find a forthcoming opportunity to do ... their personal health, as well as the health of their family and community ... academic aspects of their application (such as grades, coursework, and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  (alongside my fight or flight reflex). I grew convinced that I had COVID and ... weren't really concerned about it since they'd disinfected the house and ... -consciousness by an...panic attack...? regarding why I'd have COVID and my boyfriend

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  VHS tape on a high shelf and hoped I wouldn't see it. Jokes on them ... . Almost every summer, my sister and I tackle a new ropes course. Although I ... something and how scary it can be to fail. Year upon year, as we build upon

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  forms… the February Updates and Notes (FUN) form. tl;dr: the FUN form is ... not. Access it through your MyMIT and submit it by Feb. 15! Now, if you ... school doesn’t give out semester grades. Basically, just send us any and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  singleminded devotion and believed he would belong here more than anywhere else ... . MIT decisions came out yesterday, and for those who spent all day waiting (and anyone else going through college admissions), this is for you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  us your midyear grades and anything new that has happened or will ... January, you may also designate MIT as a score recipient, and we'll add them ... you're going to get another fair shot. Bloggers who were deferred and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  fact. I hope you can find the best environment to await and process the admissions decision. Surround yourself with friends and family or sugary treats and good music. Find your own best way to cope with tension. If you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  impossible.  And yet world-class marathon runners are able to run twenty ... midterms, psets, and essays clustered in the same few days, anyway? And you ... . And it means that when something is actually urgent, you're prepared

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  Early Action, and up to January test scores for Regular Action. Q: If I ... your application is complete by then and you did not match. We can ... complete and you did not match to a binding school. If you take MIT off your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  sobering fact the other day when I looked at my MIT blogger profile and ... biology as the love of my life, and (3) soon I won't be one of the "new kids ... Oxford comma advocate.  Gotta stick to some principles in life.) And so I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  Language is a funny thing. It's so natural and as kids we pick it up quite readily from those around us. And now, while it is more ... had it easy overall. Growing up I spoke English from birth, and the few

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  struggling under the sudden influx of CPW-related e-mails, and my willpower to ... close to 200 pictures, and I would have taken more, were it not for the fact that my battery ran out of power and I didn't have my charger

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  with Steve many nights (or rather, him talking to me) about football, and I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would ... kick in. Get off the blogs and let out a few tears. Then watch some

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010