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  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  - broadly defined - for college to matter.   I hope that this quote is ... mean? Why do we have it? And what does it do for our class? When we say ... factor controlling the admissions process. Suppose, for a moment, we didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  really well—sometimes people just stop picking up their phones. When I ... said, "don’t you think you had a leg up getting into MIT because you ... within the media industry, an atypical choice for an MIT student, my

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

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  for all those personality tests! None of this, the tests themselves nor ... know it’s stupid”, which sums up my own opinion pretty well too. There ... bloggers) for yourself! Tests Included The structure of my survey was more or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  action on the issues that are important to us. We all need to step up for ... Department and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland ... . This resonated with me – from when I first arrived on campus for my FPOP

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  the strong case I made for her. Why? Partially because she reminded me a ... ." You may have seen Pink if you came for an on campus information session ... 's more rigorous majors, Aero/Astro, and now works for NASA. Goes to show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  There's something I've been mulling over in my head for a long time ... Context and Anna's Being "Qualified" For MIT, as well as conversations (good ... are assuming this: that MIT, for some students, values something called

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

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  - so we read them very carefully. Quite simply, we are looking for the ... counselor, service, parent, etc - I can't speak for all schools, but here at MIT, that's what we're looking for. Best wishes, Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  banner says "Live at EC." EC is short for East Campus. I do not know if ... meant feeling the heat of the sun, hearing Jesus gasping for air and ... is the only food I eat all day. I am asked to emcee for part of the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  , no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general, not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a ... ? Because on April 5, 1936, something profoundly strange was being hauled up ... pulled up the side of the dorm where I lived during my sophomore year. It

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  limits here. For example Massachusetts has some pretty lame rules about ... engineering. But he's probably best known around campus for being the King of ... for things he's made at MITERS. For example, lolriokart:  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  seek ways to unlock the secret formula to secure admission. For starters, I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... is typically not what we are going for when selecting students for our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  group chats for most of my classes. These group chats are somewhat helpful for: Resolving confusion about class policies. Getting hints about ... inspired by "Stellar," which is MIT's platform for learning management. On

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the ... opportunities available at MIT for students at many levels of mastery. But given that I didn't even know what the rules were for a lot of the sports I was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  . For those of you that don’t know S.A.T is a page for Asian people to ... the same for black people at MIT   It seemed to be something ... person in general. I wouldn’t trade my experience at MIT for anything and I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  The reading continues, almost non-stop here... for another ... technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... at age 17, we don't expect that you've discovered a cure for Alzheimer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  twinstagram lol We're bad at goodbye's so, for realsies now, bye!

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  ’ve been going to the same school for most of our lives, so I wanted to ... plagued my thoughts for a while, but when I thrust myself into the world of ... ’t have time for high school-esque drama or petty judgments of others

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i ... with joy and curiosity and energy, which, for me, is so much harder than

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences ... opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013