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• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  get my degree and get out. I also wanted to learn how to make cool ... So it's hard to imagine I just participated in my FIFTH CPW but yea, I'm getting a little old, but it's cool. It's really crazy awesome to

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  lab or get a paper published in a top journal. I have to admit this ... message might get lost in the deluge. Lizzy also asked how early housing ... pressure to work hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  have already sent in a form detailing how much of that you plan to earn ... chlorine in the water might have something to do with it. Now, I know Mollie ... ) anywhere in the Boston/ Cambridge area? Hopefully (crosses fingers)I'll get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  buttons that allow you to zoom in or out, get background information and ... , sustainable difference in how well and quickly students learn, how much they remember, and how fast they can shift from absorbing facts and concepts to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  things to do, doing well in them, getting leadership activities, volunteer ... . But I didn't want to be the guy who was estimating my position in the class, relative to how other friends were doing on exams and p-sets. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  get back to my p-set. First, as the title of this entry suggests ... unfair to leave you hanging like that - but in the long run, it's really ... Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  alums happy to talk about what they majored in, where they lived, and what ... students throw their hat in the ring because they have nothing to lose! Students can apply to up to three externships in the middle of Fall semester

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  turn in to Admissions. While writing my essays (oh how time flies), I ... because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all ... certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

    ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire ... Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... credit limit of 57 units. I used that opportunity to explore Course 1 in a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  were told to write a 12 page paper on a topic covered earlier in class ... at how the role of the onlooker has changed over time in different ... a topic covered earlier in class in a documentary style. We decided to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

    I learned some valuable life skills in Denmark, from how to turn on an induction stove to how to balance on a bicycle in unfavorable ... summer, a slow period in countries where people get sizable vacations and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  , you have to put the work in. It's hard, yes... You have to just get up ... about how important it was to do well in school." [...] McGee recalls ... head off to college. I'll often get emailed them, though this summer I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  disabilities services to talk about how I can get around and get caught up in my ... could barely make it up the stairs I was in so much pain. I promised to go ... spent a couple of hours in the morning waiting to be seen by the doctor

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant ... words or fewer) Although you may not yet know what you want to major in ... . MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a ... 'm making it out to be, but it had a nice ring to it.) You'll have to get ... people said to me, but having fun anyway. I'll talk about this more in

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  from my floor showed up to parties in one screaming orange horde and ... integrate the freshmen girls onto the floor is getting dressed up and going to ... dance floors and had to wait outside in the cold more than once, but they

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ... : it's actually possible to get full credit on something at MIT. Even if

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  indicator of just how hosed you're going to be. To put this in perspective ... basic signals analysis, how to build filters, and analyzing things in the ... trudge through the rain to Sunny's, the greatest breakfast joint in

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  've decided to go there, shove resumes in people's faces, and generally just do ... consulting to real estate to firms. Now I'm laying in bed sleepy and somewhat unmotivated. Career Fair lasts for three more hours -- all I'd have to go is get

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  meant to him and how much the people in there did but simultaneously ... personality was interesting and the people were interesting. I chose to live in ... specific space. To be with this specific guy in this specific frat in a house

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021