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  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  penchants. This is a common misconception. For what all of these millions of ... grew out of the ancient battles for Anglicanism, but rather an even more ... whom I advise, and who work for me, think of me as being almost

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  ).  Eventually, we, the UROPs, said goodbye to our schools, and gathered up for a ... catch you guys up on what I've been doing. I will start it with a post ... around for summer UROPs.  I'm Course 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is not accepting emails or ... -time questions. There are many answers already here on the site -- for example ... MIT Tracking is up-to-date (while the Admissions Office is closed, the Records

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... , and how you see yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find ... recommendation for them -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  students have dreamed up in the Project Portfolio. For even more information ... isn't exactly something MIT is world-renowned for. Yet. But there's a ... three D's stand for Development, Design, and Dissemination. The classes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  floor is arranged into suites of 4-10 people each. This means that for a ... the former second-best Goldeneye player in the world if it weren't for a ... 's it. It's rare for any freshman to live in Burton-Conner for more than

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  've waited 30 minutes for a quesadilla that they ended up putting chicken in (I ... it, I do want these "superficial" things for comfort and vibe ... anything here. Quantity: ⭐ - This is the reason McCormick is so low for me

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  we’d wake up for something, we did not 😭. Finally, proposing ... "]right now![/annotation] As this post goes up, prefrosh are jumping right into ... good fit for yourself can feel high-stakes. I was super nervous about

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  caught up with that. I know people who have been on campus for years and ... entirely, I'm taking this time to recap what I did for the past several ... (Alysse didn't mind, since she worked in a lab on campus). I would wake up

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  Amazon and is also interested in working for a start-up, perhaps designing ... our football team is a true Division III team, and the players play for ... —rushing for 170 yards per game, attracting national attention—I just have to go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  it would make up for a lower CR score but I guess not. There is at ... certainly won't hurt you, but unfortunately it will not make up for a lower CR ... doesn't even offer AP courses. Are APs valued higher than IB courses for

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 1 in 10 ... , many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 ... , many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  Last week, I left the country for the first time! This was really important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was ... Midwest. So for four-ish days my girlfriend and I went to visit my cousin

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  apron and ruminated. Hair salons in particular are very good for this type ... long I had been dying my hair, and I faltered for a moment, realizing ... of care for my hair was pretty ironic, since my hair is incredibly

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of ... been just a little more recognized. everyone chalked it up to me losing a ... were going to be friends for life. i thought this was it. i thought you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for them ... 'd predicated a lot of my dreams for my future self on the premise of getting an ... up ignoring most of my research and following a heuristic you suggested

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  ' reassurance and my own empathy for the difficulty in finding balance didn ... to hang out. As finals wrapped up and people began transitioning into ... . Now I feel like I've known her for much longer than just a few weeks

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  the best). Things have been looking up since then, and being ... tea for that matter) is an absolute no for me, perhaps because I ... his assistants take us out for (free) bobas, and sadly I couldn’t make

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  back) for about 5 seconds before coming up with this theory. My teammate ... different. Granted, we’ve had this option for the past three semesters and ... .009 Fundamentals of Programming ES.1803 Differential Equations 21M.601 Drawing for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018