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• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  go where culture is  mom, did you feel emotional the first time you drove in sacramento? tracy, where i grew up, is known as a cow town. a ... want to go to the east coast, where culture is!” and throws a fit when

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  . And there is one really, really cool thing you can do on chalkboards that you can’t on whiteboards: make dotted lines. [caption id ... .999% of the time. But alas, I cannot teach you in person, so here is a how

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  . Q. I'll provide a country and its largest city by population. You ... With 5 days until the May 2 postmark deadline, is anyone still making a decision? If so, what are your remaining questions? What factors are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  during the weekend, there is a huge support system here at MIT to help you ... better have a good idea of what each dorm is like so that you can rank them ... the bloggers? Connie H. '15 has a blog post regarding where you can

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  staying up till 3:30 like EVERY NIGHT), but there's always a first time, so ... with a B-! And since freshman year is pass/no record, I was in paradise ... of class a week... so since the deadline for our project is coming up

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  . The first season is just the prologue of a longer story, so I can't wait ... written for CI-H (across 3 essays) Essay writing is a mixed bag for me usually. If the topic is one I enjoy, I can't shut up. But if it's one I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  ://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can ... ://www.youtube.com/thedavosquestion and post a video response of no more than three minutes to the following question: "What one thing do you think that countries, companies or

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  brother, Ryan (who insists on being called a pre-teen). There are very few ... the Oregon Ducks. He is hilarious. He is a ham. He owns me at ... from that weekend so more of you guys can recognize him the next time he

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  part of our community, for wanting to live in a place where we can forget ... handing in on time, there are no more days where I have to worry about ... freshman into a community that I cherished so much. Now picture me, it is the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  think I often forget that the world is a lot bigger than my intimate ten ... before and this is the first one I've experienced where it's amicable and ... is discernible to a near agonizing point. Couples on campus are just so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  this, can you give us a thumbs up or snap us out of our fantasy? We ... train ...please let them know that there is a free bus from Pen station to ... awesome little class that I like to call Toy Design. Also, if you can wrack

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  a beautiful city with a lot of history. There is no language ... GTLs is a great way to explore teaching – you get to try teaching very ... MIT – and specifically, you teaching at MIT. What? There are many

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  negatives on your application as you can. But don't decide that your life is ... Confidential when I was applying to colleges, and this is probably a good thing ... angry or sad. A bunch of the parents were very skeptical that you don

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW)! Over a thousand students will be on campus and there will be hundreds of activities going on throughout your stay. There is ... introduce you to a couple of them here. Enjoy! Quynh Nguyen '15    Hello

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  there is class you’re only somewhat late for, where you are spoon-fed Mat ... street, where a massive CNC machine chatters and hums. You’re breathing ... of the fantasy novels you both used to read, is showing a student

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  being, which means this is a pretty lonely time for you. I want you to ... can belong at MIT, so can you. I’m good at all of that! Over the years I ... wish there was an in-person CPW, but can still navigate CP* pretty easily

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  'd you get your band name?" "Is that your real first name?" "Can you text and can you follow back 'cause it's my birthday?" No one cares what I ... follow. but is there really a point to saying that? i feel like there

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  is not really an amino acid...you know, the acid part was confusing ... to see your ID. "Uh...." "You need to be over 18 to buy Tylenol." "So ... He looked the devil in the eye, and said "You're looking well" The

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and ... of annotations, it is a monster to read... let alone understand. But enough complaining. I am in a superb lit class that is tackling this book

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  quickly here at MIT is no matter what you think, you still get 24 hours in a ... is that you should not attempt to learn everything there is to biology ... for me, that's quite enough!). There is a lot of language

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007