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• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  close to the deadline and everyone signs up for their interview, interview ... up for it. I feel like I can definitely do better on the SAT were I to ... , probably. You can sign up for that on the MyMIT website. A summer visit can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  'll explain the reasoning for these rankings below in my four-year class roadmap ... remember really well: staying up until 3 am finishing a PSET with 15 other ... community for students with an interest in the blend of STEM and humanities

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  Slay the Spire Bundle for Palestinian Aid I'm the kind of person who ... for months and not reach the end of it, and new content is still being ... for days upon end with little intervention. Large community as well

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  I've been gone for a while, but I'm coming back! Withdrawing from MIT to work for Amazon for a semester meant that quite suddenly, I had a ... hugs.) and talk about why you're withdrawing, what your plan is for the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago ... and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student ... was the eldest child, so I was making things up as I went along. I knew

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  finished studying and went to bed. I woke up this morning at 8 for a 9 o ... building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day). After working for 3 hours I decided to study for my 18.03 test that I had

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  Now that term has geared up a bit, most classes have given some sort ... component of sphingomyelin, is part of the cellular lipid bilayer. For ... connectivity. 5. a) Draw Newman projects for the six energy maxima and minima

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  Hello everyone! I thought up this title as a metaphor for how the week a few weeks ago hit me, but apparently said week hit too hard for me ... ’s a discussion for a different blog."]five[/annotation] classes this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  of delight for some, and anger and confusion for others. Guidance ... respectful, thoughtful, and in many cases difficult to answer. Especially for ... 'll take." It seemed a little bold for this quiet introverted type guy. But

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  RingComm email advertising Ring Premiere[/caption] For each class, a ... ="stainless steel"]ultrium[/annotation] ring for daily use and one gold ring for ... , 2020, just two days after I had packed up my dorm room and left campus

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  /vegetable, and bacon/chicken/sausage for breakfast. Then I follow that up with ... applications (and a few months for many others), and I know right now you may be ... about where I'd end up in just a few months. The only way to give each and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  and a circular saw. I found it fun enough that I signed up for Maker ... answered this safety quiz online, signed up for a training slot (which was ... , nor rough, they’re just bumpy and smooth. I signing up for a second

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  asked Ayo if she'd write up how it came to be so I could post it. She did ... mother’s shoe closet and beelined for these crimson-colored wonders that I’d been eyeing for a while. I strutted around for a bit before my ankles

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  FAV ), impala so abundant that we ended up eating it for dinner one ... post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the ... wanted to be when I grew up and I would tell her about my plans to traverse

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  wanted to do for the fun of it, and I gratefully showed up, listened to the ... in the wrong direction, I saw Random Hall for the first time. As I ... community, primarily freshmen, to know them. Always on the lookout for free

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  popped up and started speaking to my friend in Chinese. I hardly even got ... homework, sometimes asking me for help. When I see Chinese-language updates ... . The next time I took a Chinese class would be at MIT - and I ended up

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  I made. UPDATE: Here's the 2022 post. Things I read for class I took ... ). Content warning for domestic violence. This isn't a short story, but I think ... (3381 words). Content warning for violence. This one's cheating because

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  got switched to hard mode for me after November started (and no, this ... before I sat in Bates Hall for about two hours and made progress on my ... [/caption] Monday: I woke up with cramps. On top of my 3-week old ankle sprain, the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  corner of the Internet, to sum up all my feelings from the past four years ... . I'm a full-time employee writing and editing scripts for the You ... of school for a loooong time. And I do, and I did, and I took a break

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  away. I recommend giving them all of the recommendation forms for every ... yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find these conversations very helpful. If a teacher asks you to write the recommendation for them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010