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  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  story. I said, in effect, there there's no such thing as being "qualified

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  . stories from hell Chris realizing 'dammit, psets are actually hard' Yan on

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  't catch the implication, copious quantities of ethanol). True story. But

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  being intense, silly, and a lot of fun. This blog is my story of ... times I tell this story."]14-day[/annotation] hell cycle before final ... of relief when we'd won some grant or contract. We’d tell stories of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  . We all love a rags-to-riches story, and so do all the writers who ... blatantly insincere moments, but that’s another story. The point is that her ... why Nadya’s situation really struck me. The story behind Nadya makes it

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  first hackers. As eloquently described by the Story Jack in MIT ... the scales from the occasional story to an actual movement. Perusing the ... “Dormitory Senior Scales Runkle’s Six Story Wall in Human Fly Style” (March 26

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  stories, rejected applicants whose achievements transcended some exam to ... progressed however, what was left of school took over my mind. Writing stories ... second time, attaining a score of 2390. I wrote more, feverishly, stories

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  together—a story that starts in the 1980s and ends today. There'll be actual ... during our interview. I'm basically building upon the story he told me ... —was the so-called 2001 mandate. The story of the 2001 mandate is a tragic

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  . Nikayah’s story mirrors AudreyRose’s, and they ultimately both didn’t go ... wellbeing and safety. AudreyRose has many stories like these, where she asked ... attending these presentations.  Nikayah shares a story where one of her line

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  how unique or crazy your story is. What matters for your overall success ... the other side of the building)—long story short, I lost a lot of time ... the least). Now, I don’t mean to scare anyone with this story. It

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  , swapping stories and plans. Because of this, there is an unbreakable bond

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  life story in smooth beats. it felt like i was saying what he wanted to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  cracked jokes about Fahrenheit, talked about winter clothing, told stories

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  worse. In 1st grade, I read this story called The Tortoise and the Hare

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  unreasonable stress. i guess it's my contribution to the many student stories

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  craving a snack, a two-story Ghirardelli haven. Once, I also caught one of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  asking women in tech, I guarantee you that they’ll have stories. In fact

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  -the-fold cover story in the New York Times, and I actually just got recognized as

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  all three. Long story short, as is always the case at MIT, your

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  only ever be explained in retrospect. (Why else can we only tell stories ... 's fragments and, in the context of the story, are able to piece together what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022