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Early vs Regular
MIT has two application cycles: Early Action (EA) and Regular Action (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there -
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MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?
This past weekend was the 10-year reunion for the MIT Class of 2000 -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about ... will be helpful. In anticipation of our 10-year reunion, I emailed all -
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What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...
’ll be in Columbia, MO, hanging out with my little brother and his dog ... , both of which were yesterday. It’s funny how slowly three hours passes by ... structure elucidation problem… Anyway. The point is I’ve done a lot of work -
Blog / Advice
Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings
Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is ... of my favorite poems, all about looking toward the future and starting new journeys. But as I get ready to start a new journey of my own, I -
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Colors In every sense of the word
. The University of Missouri incidents over the month of November started ... incidents at University of Missouri, though arguably MU’s incidents were more ... particular, the hunger strike of a graduate student at University of Missouri -
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dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters
[annotation note="As of the time of this writing, “Missouri Institute of ... Missouri Taxidermy Institute..."]Missouri Institute of Taxidermy ... , the creator of the show, who gave us permission and offered us some -
Blog / About Decisions
WHY? for people who don't like "no"
internships, and of the 20+ gigs I applied to, I got one offer, six rejections ... . The time has gone by so quickly that I can't even think of a good metaphor for it. Instead enjoy this large photo of my very small dog, who is -
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The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.
those opportunities unfold in different directions to varying degrees of ... . What sort of depth does this place offer in those academic areas? Think ... year ago, and it was bizarre again this past summer, to see some of my -
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All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)
of an undergraduate college degree. My friend, who I love very dearly ... difficult to enjoy a higher quality of life without a diploma), and MIT is not ... this one. :)] The other day I was hanging out with one of my best -
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There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…
. Actually, I was never a huge fan of this band, but they produced some catchy tunes a couple years ago. (For fans of alt-rockers like Franz Ferdinand ... named “Kaiser.”) 5. Kaiser, Missouri. Actually, the only thing awesome -
Blog / Admissions
The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V
of flavors, you get to customize it, and experimenting with new flavors ... colleges - not such a good idea. it's tiring, it costs a ridiculous sum of ... some exceptions - I submitted my MIT essay for Columbia; I still applied -
Blog / Academics & Research
50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year
Dear Class of 2022, 12 years ago, Ben Jones, aka The Blogfather, shared 50 pieces of wisdom with the Class of 2010, which became 50 Things, the most-read blog on MIT Admissions. As a member of the Class of 2018 -
Blog / Academics & Research
Axes of Confusion ????
, one for the minimum amount of classes we need to finish the 21E degree ... a double major because, well, it equates to the units of one major ... offered in it). And our Engineering field is Course 6, or Computer Science -
Blog / About Decisions
context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?
antics of Nadya Okamoto. Here is a summary. At the time of writing this ... across the world and fights against the stigma of menstruation and period poverty. A quick google search of her name brings many articles listing the -
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Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.
unmanageable. A sign of first degree squalor could be that you might be ... out of hand. Signs that you have reached second degree would include ... in squalor, but Second Degree Squalor. Most times when people laugh I -
Blog / Advice
The Art of Juggling please take away my balls
probably won't make it, so you have to assign degrees of importance. Drop the ... summer, I'm usually a ball of anxious energy just waiting to be released ... string is everywhere, splayed out in front of me like...like...well, I was -
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A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures
I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it ... doing a bunch of things even though I don't have any classes. If you wanted a look into classes, I kind of summarized mine at the beginning of -
Blog / Academics & Research
I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.
for you. Actually this entry did end up being kind of long, but it's not quite 1,000 googol pages. All I can offer you by way of reconciliation is ... DID YOU KNOW? The state of Arizona does not celebrate daylight -
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A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next
every single cookie jar of majors that MIT has to offer in one way or ... necessarily go out of my way to pursue in my degree. This would be biomedical ... Back in October of 2019, just about a month into my fall semester, I