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  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  university has to offer are unparalleled relative to anything I’ve seen before ... application, we are unfortunately unable to offer you admission into Penn ... ’t accepted me, I could probably find some other institution that would. Shade

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  past two years, yet was still in love with the Institute. “I felt like ... of mine who lived in Lauren’s dorm, offered to walk me back. He had ... moment, of going to the Institute, and of caring for others. On a day

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  Things took a turn for the worse. Quickly. Very quickly. — August 17th was a Saturday, and it started out as a good one. I was awoken by the indignant…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  the stage and get their diplomas. We got pictures together and ate

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  prospective 6-3 diploma. My initial attitude was something like, you got this

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  The fall semester has just started, and the 2025s have poured onto campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of ... ="depending on how you frame the situation, the General Institute Requirements

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  changing mental blog post that signified my goodbye from the Institute I ... rain to shoot even when I had nothing to offer but my company, and for

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  says something like "It is my pleasure to offer you..." Oh. OOH. OOOH ... raised in a world in which ‘institutions’ or governing bodies have a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  communicate just how distressing it was to realize I couldn’t wake up, no matter ... ended up convincing me to do [annotation note=" Real analysis is offered ... nudge, the “even if you don’t…,” and the offer to help me write an email

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  priorities vary from one institution to the next. The methods employed to achieve those priorities vary just as much. At one institution, the sole ... than the application pool provides. At another institution the priority

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  activities. I remember the form I had to fill out to accept my offer of ... our institutions. I remember wanting to not be changed, wanting to hold ... my offer of admission. It's been too long ago that I know I'm inventing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  my job offer at the finance company I worked at last summer — is very ... another institution. If I decide to work now, the door to a Ph.D. closes somewhat (including the offer that I have in front of me right now). Not

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  most new to me in 3.096 were the power hammer, the hydraulic press, oxy ... hydraulic press squeezes down with a pressure from 1000-3000 psi. It makes hot ... the hydraulic press to lengthen out the blade evenly. I learned that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  and beloved professors at the institution. 8.01L met in the basement ... channel, where Ceri R. was offering to give away her old laptop that she

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  this article, one of the most requested lecture halls in the institute ... demographic present at MIT and a field of study that we offer is a person we can

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  does not communicate the degree to which you are a vibrant member of the community, does not communicate what your coaches or teachers or mentors will ... a forums post cannot communicate the complexity of an applicant's life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
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  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  internships. Get an offer for an internship. Get another offer for an ... . Tell social media about it. Put the offer deadlines on your calendar. Ignore the deadlines for a week. Fret over which offer you'll take. Weigh

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  ranging from academic preparation to institutional priorities, the factor ... institution is going to choose to pass on their application. Most institutions ... most selective institutions scrutinize applications with sufficient rigor

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
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  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  't know, and no one else seemed to know, either. He had a random press

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  played it well when alone, but in class my hands shook and I pressed my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011