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• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  Marilee Jones was featured in an online chat on TIME.com, following up on ... selection; some schools use the tests primarily for placement after admission. For most schools they are required, for some they are optional. Private

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  "]--[/annotation] High school was hard for me. I poured a lot of energy into things I didn't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to ... The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  swanky hotel in the early 1900’s, then it was a grad dorm for 70 years, so ... leave for class 3 minutes before it starts has been a game-changer. 3 ... my ID and being trapped in the lobby for all eternity. 2) White walls

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  that I had to fear for my life, which was already beautifully covered by ... had to ask for the school to not put me in the lowest classes. Their ... think it would be better for him to start at the bottom and work his way

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  didn’t end in .mit.edu, except for Google and a few random others. Late ... implementation up into a final product. Let’s look at the events of the past 4 ... ), and people who had time to give. Conceive the Idea Rather than come up

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  like little girls for about a week beforehand. What if we screwed up every three seconds and ended up with more dead air than anything else in ... straightforward, actually - play some good music for people to enjoy while they work

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  up the class with the number? (Hint: there are two 14s and two econ ... of genomic research and development.” For more info, read this article ... for Biomedical Research. memorable moments in class: After discussing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  if you live in a city for 18 months. Anyway, moving out ended up taking ... It's been one hundred twenty-five days since my dad pulled up outside ... of Absence for Academic Year 2020-2021, and afterwards it's unlikely I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  to my friends: fyi: I maintain an email list for my friends. It's a ... intimidating. I [annotation note='i thought people were saying “die grass“ for ... going for, so i just thought i missed an idiom or something. tis always

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  Hall. For the last few weeks, large boxes have been sitting in the lobby ... ). My dad tells all of us to take a turn doing something cool for the ... system, with a House President and Chair, as well as chairs for everything

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  Coast—of course, as was typical for my academically-serious parents, such ... would visit MIT several more times for the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament and Math Prize for Girls. It would be easy to editorialize, to imbue

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  so...for the sake of social distancing, everyone's trapped in their ... lot and are either binge-watching Netflix shows or sleeping for ungodly ... ="300"] mood[/caption] for MIT students, this period of time is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to ... .303/11.003: Methods of Policy Analysis. I need this class for my humanities ... Probability. I need this class for my major. On day 1, the professor said this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was ... established myself somewhat now. In my UROP, which I’ve had for 5 semesters now ... ) to really be working on path-critical items for our project, and to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  guys come out for the parades: That's a pirate ship in downtown ... unsuspecting passersby of his beer and chips, and smile for pictures. So if the ... makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  the ropes. If you can't make it up for an overnight visit, there ... , sang for two and a half hours in concert choir, freaked out over The ... it's absolutely possible to find the right one for you (mine is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first ... graduation would be a time for goodbyes and reflections. "Just four years ago ... biology teacher Barbara Pittenger for inspiring him to pursue a major in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four ... winding through the city which connects many of the historical sites for ... was in college, but I had just never done it. Mostly I use the city for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  a new character from the video game Dynasty Warriors 5 for PS2. Her ... -armored person is Shadow Moon for Kamen Rider. See this link. I believe that solves the mystery! Thanks, Eric, for identifying Xing Cai, and thanks Alissa

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at ... studying for swe interviews because of my explorations as a novice electrical ... campus and internships for not having enough background. And while that has

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • February 2, 2024