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  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  . Salvador, I thought you were the one... (P.S. Questions from last entry have

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  application, you may be contacted by an Educational Counselor (EC) if there’s
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds: community colleges, the U.S. military, international universities, and other non
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT Bulletin (course and degree catalog). You'll find descriptions of MIT’s
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation provides grants and resources to help MIT faculty and students move their ideas from the lab to the marketplace. The center empowers some of MIT’s most talented
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  For one awesome weekend each November, thousands of high schoolers flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything and everything. From music theory to Hungarian history to aircraft
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U.S
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  in these lab hours, since there’s always someone right there to answer ... this class, and it’s been fun to learn and adopt a new way of thinking ... Professor Gilbert Strang’s textbook and [annotation note= "refers to Open

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  friends from the philippines died from suicide, and it’s been troubling me ... through some really bad stuff in my life. in the scale of things, it’s ... through too much. i decided to go to mental health’s walk-in hours. i found

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  ) was MIT’s graduation and I was looking at all the pictures on Facebook ... that’s near my family. I was accepted into a program at Zhejiang ... people are interested in increasing China’s soft power influence, or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  . I ask him how his life’s been lately. He pulls out his cellphone, and ... -hour red blocks, many of which overlap. He talks me through how this week he’s ... get excited about the Amharic class he’s taking at Harvard. On our way

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  hello from seattle! Also, another nerd circus. (re: Chris (M)’s post ... -off. And because I wish my desktop computer’s LCD screens would have a ... in my – err, my dad’s – day... Right. Moving on. Back in January

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  the ChemE building), I actually have time to shop at Trader Joe’s at ... school year, it’s really easy to forget that you actually go to school in ... out and other not-so-nerdy things). And truly, there’s so much to do in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  b.i.r.t.h.f.d.a.y.c.a.k.e because i really think having friends determines awesomeness you cherish and keep enjoying

  

  : October 5th. It’s always a fabulous time; I say time and not day because we ... they planned to host at Tina’s apartment. As two[annotation note ... whenever you need brown sugar"]a bottle of molasses.[/annotation]Because that’s

  • by Emily P. '28
  • October 13, 2026
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  it’s not worth it"]THIS WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA DON'T TRY THIS IT”S ... get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... . And that’s no shade to him at all! He told me that I say I’m going to do

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  tongues math gibberish. It’s almost inevitable in this little cauldron of ... wafting into the next room. It’s in the name, after all–the Mathachusetts ... quirks before. For example, many know that MIT’s buildings aren’t named

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  officers; it’s a catch-call term used by employers to encompass all the ... managing many of the weekend’s events. While we have a dedicated internal ... audience of over 1,000. On MIT’s urban campus, there are only a handful of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  tackled. I think it’s a nice book to read and relax while sitting by the ... one’s decision to give aid. Additionally, other people’s unwillingness ... the cost of a new pair of shoes. And I think it’s more than fair to say

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  the first time, and in academia no one teaches you how to do that; she’s ... years thinking about THAT?!” (That’s fair.) But I’ve been amazed and surprised by the fractal nature of life -- there’s the world in all its

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional ... something reminds me that I’m not in the Philippines anymore. Often, it’s the ... here’s a list of things that are different in the US.[annotation note="18

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019