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• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  discovered this morning in my scanner. I never took it out after making copies ... which classes you are able to take as a freshman. I took the test in June ... difference was between CI-H and CI-HW. Still don't, in fact. So I just filled

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a ... . For the first time in a long time, I let a friend see me cry - not ... often. Believing in one’s own infallibility is a dangerous drug. I’m far

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in ... ^Pi would kick both their asses. And I guess his argument was somewhat ... has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  shaped how I move through the world, as you may have seen in my blog posts ... compass in their pockets. While I didn't get as involved as I would have ... graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  gaps in my mathematical background, and I'm way better off for it." How ... ! etc, but in the end I think it was a feeling that I would be happy here ... science in general since I was small, and I think I would probably like to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  ’s nighttime when my eyes open, and the middle of the day when I go to bed. In ... something about snow. Now, I saw snow for the first time in November 2013 ... in snow, thick white snow that looked like they would be so much fun to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  , which I least expected to have anything to do with the humanities in any ... causing chaos in society. Excerpt from Jerusalem by William Blake I turn my ... been wondering how this fits into the content of the class itself, and I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  . I want to speak up more and learn how to speak up better--in other ... -year-old college student at MIT, typed quickly in Hayden Library. Today, I got up to ... thinking that it was in February; I don’t know why, I didn’t even “get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  wanted an A in that class. I would have liked recognition of all the work I ... the effort I've poured into everything in my life thus far." I sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  Hey folks, it's been a while. I've been very focused and not in a ... here. I stayed in Boston for June-July and then traveled and saw family ... optimization in language models. I met people and took in new media: I met

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  perspective in life (i.e. a lot) you can make it through the day and in fact an ... 're thinking, "But, why would you have to save anyone's life? I mean, why would ... nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  . everything that i expected it would be before coming in wasn't at all what it ... effort in getting me to commit. i knew that whichever one i picked, i would ... zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Best from staff

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  in every math class I took. Although my high school was incredibly ... for the prestige), and would often belittle me and make me feel dumb in ... say, I stopped taking honors STEM courses. In fact, in my senior year, I

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  . Additionally, I would recommend sending us a letter in mid-late April with an ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... our 8% international quota. I'm still very interested in attending MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... you had asked me why I was writing the book, I probably would have ... written. I couldn’t say why, but it just had to be, and in the absence of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  sparring steps. I still am not sure how one would be able to use this in ... ’t attack me. In the fall, I would routinely get spammed by the Sport ... would just die on the inside, outside, in every dimension. I never hit

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... and 680! writing). I was wondering if it would help my application if I ... won't be in place until 2006 at the earliest. "Also I know you stated

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  're definitely getting in!" just increased the pressure. With how and where I grew ... what MIT had for me. I never thought I would get in, but I went down You ... true. This is how I got rejected from my "dream school", and how I got

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  ready for you next time If I could grow up in a day, I would Come back ... spend another year or two in MIT and get another degree, or should I leave Boston and work in industry? Never mind the question of what industry I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  Background, Cover Letter, or some comparable title.) I would guess virtually ... in speech therapy. When I asked her why, Jennifer said she had taken a class in it for fun and really loved it. But then I pressed her: was there

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012