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  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  's how I was in high school. I procrastinated like you wouldn't believe, I ... never had to work that hard. I was getting results I was happy with, and ... pull off the kinds of academic feats you're used to. Working full-tilt in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
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  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  -height octagonal prism that is soon to be a waterfall of wooden blocks. Meanwhile in ... .” Behind the caution tape two people are having a heart-to-heart in the dip ... convert’s hair. I get to ride the Big Flipper at Next House and sharpie my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
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  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  activities in Zoom rooms. It's a lot of fun, and getting to meet and talk to so ... remains to be seen about how our subcommunities will actually function in ... I: Exposition. To be able to tell this story in full, we must start

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  notably in learning how to think about problems from my peers, approaching ... students hail from every corner of the globe: New Zealand to New York City ... -traditional” route (for example, opting to put their education on pause to compete in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
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  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  never get to hang out with Beyonce? Ugh, it's all terrible. Back in the ... 't get to suspend disbelief anymore, when we live in an era where planes go ... that long ago that I was 17 and applying to college, the truth is that in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
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  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  In order to increase our chances of getting a good referral, we ... .279, and hopefully getting in touch with more 15-1's to talk to them about ... . I've been thinking a lot about the many steps I took to get here, as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  think about what you'd want them to include in your letters and gauge how ... successful in college is learning how and when to rely on your support system ... programs to explore different universities in new settings, don't cross off

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
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  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  told him how grateful I was. In response, he sent the following meme to ... year, and my new plans are sketching how I'm going to build a ... pernicious myth."]connection between body and mind[/annotation] to keep both in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  so we don’t really know how to do it). In other years at MIT, I would ... masters degree. I’ve learned how to keep learning--how to adopt new skills ... lecture at 11, so I rush to get ready at 9:45, going through the motions of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if ... who get in vs. the ones who don ... list of their stats, and demand to know how they could possibly have been

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  Actual Problems. Now, in May, as things started to get progressively worse ... you get something like this to happen? Final exams and projects are ... control can make getting out of bed to complete your final really hard, or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  confused, because he was you not too long ago, and how to get you out of that ... advertising how sweet it is that I get to pick my instructor). And it ... : being brilliant in a subject does, by no means, translate to being a good

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
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  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in ... . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B ... silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
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  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  a tree. in my freshman year, i aimed to get my [annotation note ... grad students in research projects. with urop, we get to learn more about ... where my mom had me wash my hair in vinegar to get rid of lice. to me

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
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  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  University, to name a few. To get from Cambridge to [annotation note ... enjoy using math and science to construct new things. It is safe to say ... that somewhere in me is the power to analyze these bridges and tell you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
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  ten reflections on mit

  

  , I didn’t want to get my hopes up about getting in. In hindsight, I ... -experiencing the awe of “how in the world did I get in”, the hope that I had for what ... time to sit back and reflect and then put it all into words in a way that

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
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  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  and get to know the new class. I vividly remember the first time I ... . Note that a “party” is where you get to meet and chat with a new sorority ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
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  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  always believe in you…and take a minute to think about how much effort and ... neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For ... country during IAP, to try and make a difference in communities that need it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  trying to get across, then you need to fix something. If you don’t like the ... that it is not in my job description to deal with. 3) Read over your ... ’re trying to get across? Would you want to admit yourself? Do you have typos

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
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  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  that. How did we let it get to that point? It’s not just the corporations ... live, and how to live ethically, and how to live in a way that is very ... asked him what he’d like to say to students in his situation, undocumented

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014