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  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  deprived wasteland in my head. I checked my laptop again. 2 minutes. I ... idea how, I am not a bed scientist. My bed had been with me for 15 years ... circumstances that faced me. A promise that I felt could only be realized if in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  doodled in my journal everyday, and when I came back to our second grade ... in Kaffa. Yet, I never was able to tie it all together. But that was ... in Ethiopia, but I came home and still tried, in my own, hand

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  admissions. Why I Chose MIT  In all honesty, there are times (*cough* hell ... gifs) I visited MIT for the first time during CPW, and I came in ... can. The pre-med students that I met during my CPW were all down

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  admissions staff thinks that you can hack it, you're in. How can they do that ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the

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

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

  

  late, so I quickly checked in two of my luggage bags, hugged my uncle and ... ready to take off. I was keeping everyone waiting. Luckily, I made it in ... collapsed onto my seat, breathing out in exhaustion. “Classic Vincent,” I

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

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  the gym in the EC basement, how convenient! 8.37 - 9:00 pm: I get my ... 's supposed to start getting actually warm in a few days, which I hope comes ... other Asymptones, who are still popping off in the chat). 10.54 am: I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the ... [annotation note="Like many others, I didn’t know a lot about what being in a ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  grouped with seniors in the MIT people directory. Similarly, I can’t know ... ). Here is how I went about obtaining my data: I deleted spam and emptied ... ’t let me download such a large file, and I couldn’t figure out if or how I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  , I was lucky – if I hadn’t happened to stay late in a classroom near 10 ... describing the content, I’ll tell you about my classes in terms of the free ... production in some way, but I was so focused on solving the problem that I didn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  , but about how I can rise above a letter of rejection, I’d have handled ... me and said I had a package awaiting me in the secretary’s office. I ... it to Penn within days of their mail. I also sent in my SAT scores and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
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  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  -buhay, parang slow-mo, makulay. When people ask me “how’s MIT?” I answer ... name. Malingap is talking about what I’m interested in and feeling ... to meet with my friends, or I’m playing board games in the lounge, or I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  or 8 “Hmm. In my personal life, I can see myself as Type 2. I think ... , and I guess I can see how my certain aspects like resourcefulness and ... (n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about personality tests, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
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  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  friends, and political drama TV shows? I didn’t know any of this.  In fact ... endeavors. She is proud of MIT and how it can provide real solutions to ... row in the same direction. People and projects can be grouped into

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  put in the 12x 24 piece of acrylic, and I watched the laser cutter for ... pinned to a corkboard after only two hours of professional stalking. I ... long ethernet cables for the lights from the loading docks), but I did

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
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  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  intelligence research. I hope we can become as strong a leader in identifying and ... above I've explained how MIT's student body has seen an uptick in ... , ranging from 1994 all the way back to 1934! In this post, I've embedded the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  will probably be my downfall one day when I'm ninety-two in a backless hospital gown thinking, "eh, I'll breathe again in an hour or so. Inhaling is ... : Class. CLASS. Where - what - HOW DID THAT JUST HAPPEN 11:47 AM: Hop in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  much I'm interested in), and I really have to credit one class for giving ... Class In January, I made the last minute decision to sign up for 6 ... with the justification of "Fuck it, why not? I can just drop it if I don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
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  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  somewhere. I love that students can find a family in their living group and ... throughout their time at MIT. I live in the dorm Burton-Conner, which I have ... traditions, something that I fell in love with as soon as I arrived on campus

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
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  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  really loudly in my room. I can be introspective to the point of self ... too - because how can we not? - especially in situations where we might ... , and because I think those two go hand in hand anyway. I’ll largely put

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  , where I now work) because they're certain they can't afford it. Given how ... . I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. MIT alums often ... inspiring. I remember thinking: in 2004, the greatest technology school in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014