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  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  years and how MIT could be a stepping stone in that direction. And while I ... were you, and what were you up to? Gaurab: I lived most of my life in ... engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  grasping. I soaked it all in and confirmed that MIT was for me. I was ... engineering major. Given my interest in the major I was curious to hear about ... , “There’s this feeling that no matter how hard you work, you can always be

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  ’s eye, in front of which I unfortunately can’t make out my sights, even ... very good at replica plating. The first time I replica plated, in 7 ... our instincts and working with our breath. In rifle this IAP, I learned

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  Much is expected. I can't tell you how many times I have heard ... few weeks. I can tell you with a fair level of certainty that it is just ... opportunities and has made choices about how to use those opportunities. I won

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  can healthily manage in a semester, but I felt so fulfilled doing ... a lab in CSAIL. I could say a million great things about my mentors ... hectic, but I had complete faith in the paper getting written in time, as

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  occurence that it's not until I'm away from campus that it really sinks in how ... between. It's in these aloof conversations that I really appreciate one of ... That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  -blue voice. A man in a denim jacket plays a green violin. "I can't feel my ... in class. On Good Friday I have an exam. On Easter Vigil I am here. The ... cars patrol unassumingly in the street. I talk to a girl from Tanzania

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

  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 / 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

  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 / Best of the Blogs

  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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  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
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “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