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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  experience if you want to and if you work for it. Out of fear of sounding ... . The fact that I don't have to study for exams this weekend Without ... -in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  was still not what they wanted, and left again for good. So there's something I want to convey to you. MIT is not for everyone!! It's not that ... impossible to satisfy everyone, you know? For example, if you really wanted to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  MIT, all smushed up into one tiny weekend package for you to sample and ... Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... sense that, I believe, for the most part, the MIT culture is well conveyed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our ... "yield"), we admitted 1474 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  for thirty years, and how helpful it had been to science, and then I was ... you crazy kids ever get any sleep? Of course we do. I mean, for one thing, you're talking to someone who loves sleep. Sleep and food are two

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  power brokers. For some time now I've been intrigued by all forms of ... populations. I've come to see the Internet (and now blogs) with a strong ... you a backstage pass to the theater of the absurd, better known as

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions 2007 A quick look at this year's admissions.

  

  for MIT, and most were extremely qualified. Our task is to choose from ... year. We'll have more to say about the process for the admitted students ... weeks to come. In the meantime, we'll provide open threads today for all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  for fun! What made you want to come to the MIT fly-in? “I live in a ... school looks for. I want to become an engineer, so finding a good school ... my personal projects. I’ve wanted to attend MIT for years and I was

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  , there was no possible way for me to pass 6.009 unless I did extremely well on the quiz -- for reference, I got a 0 on last quiz. I began to ... for the class). I am planning to complete my Spanish project over the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  an admissions blogger to watching a movie every night for PNR. College ... Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology. Tried to experiment around with chemical ... UROP! ...learned how to weightlift. I took Intro to Weightlifting for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  to start working there all the time, just for the view!) but here's the ... (including an 11.30 trip to Verde's for more packing tape) and was absolutely ... some rays together. I am extremely happy to be home for the summer. ^-^

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double ... graduate, a symbol of our experiences, a reason for alumni to stop and chat

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  , asking me to take a moment to vote for the idea that she and Divya '13 came ... opportunity to take their projects further. If you have any questions for these ... today, I received an email from Sivakami '11, asking me to do the same

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really!) and busting my butt off at my JOB. I chose to get an internship in

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  doors for a second chance to participate in this extraordinarily popular ... Loan Art Program allows MIT students (and only MIT students) to borrow for the entire academic year one of more than 400 noted pieces of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  better suited your personality? To be honest, during my interview for MIT ... applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being ... Posted on August 13 on TIME.com: Who Needs Harvard? "Competition for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  this part of the project. Well, I need to leave for work in about 10 ... . Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the original blog for us, it has a "default banner" that says "replace this ASAP

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  for me to understand while multitasking and good for my general state of ... listening to these books for the 7th time. I should also not be listening to ... Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for <

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  an hour. The rehearsal stretched on for so long that we didn’t get to ... for the first time in a week, I also thought about how lucky I was to be ... “playing exam” doubling as an opportunity for him to check on how we’re doing

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  decided, would have to be easier. I had a twelve-week internship secured for ... House. I did get some time to do things solely for myself though, which ... blogger, I was [annotation note="REX stands for Residence EXploration, where

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021