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  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  , not a norm or expectation. 48 units is an appropriate load for most ... limit.  For their fall and spring semester, first-year students can ... shape wide-reaching policy and to advocate for undergraduates was a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  since I got here. For me, IAP has been a time of relaxation and ... pressure, in front of a large audience – a recipe for success! I'm planning ... [annotation note="Anyone with a bad idea can apply to receive the resources and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my bike coming home from cheerleading. If you disagree... don't tell me. I ... prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  consolation if I was rejected. K.C. ‘18   Well, I woke up from a three ... first floor. A few moments later I receive a text from a friend that she ... myself in. When I told her, she was super excited and jumped with me for a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  , but I'd still like to paraphrase a particularly excellent quote from Voo ... the early 20th century, Harvard used a substantial grant from George F. Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  Sooo I wrote about pouring my heart out into a research conference ... a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  can’t come out tonight i gotta sit alone in front of a muted tv opening ... that was meant for babies “I'm just not feeling this game ... list of games “You know, I just might be depressed.” “could a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  I read a recent NY Times piece, dealing with multiracial students and ... . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by what seemed to be widespread confusion. When I was a kid, I recall

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  graduating come June. I have had all A's throughout high school except for last ... perspective. I've seen MIT admissions from the perspective of the applicant, a ... they don't graduate. In fact, I can't think of a single one off the top

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  is; firsthand information from students can change minds.) “Well, I ... witty retort and a raised middle finger. Sometimes you can’t. I had to ... I’m spending this IAP doing, among other things, five shifts a week

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  , then at least for a while. i watched lady bird (excellent and emotional ... my things. a few days after christmas, i submitted my thesis from a ... i graduated! *confetti noises* i took a semester off back in 2015

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  answer review questions for a paper before my 1 PM 9.12 lecture. Because I ... band every week. As you can see from the weekly schedule, there's a ... sixteen when I discovered a very large, very live spider challenging me to a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative ... highlighted for me is that I just haven’t come across a lot of great resources

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  (n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about personality tests, in ... introspection never hurt anyone. Overall, I actually thought the quotes from ... Gryffindor INFJ O: 93%; C: 75%; E: 58%; A: 68%; N: 43% Type 1 wing 5 "I'm too

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  with machine learning. i am also a counselor for promys. it’s a math ... the other day working on puzzles from the latest p&a magazine. i ... and its tendrils for instilling this belief, i played a part in it too

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into ... .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met ... about one such awesome opportunity I snagged through being a superb nerd

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in Random Hall. Each dorm at MIT has a personality, and I think ours is at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... , I was lucky – if I hadn’t happened to stay late in a classroom near 10 ... writing this post. c. I was given a full-size Kit Kat just before the 8

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  MIT for a long time, considering he's from Massachusetts. I guess maybe ... young for TMNT?), I decided to profile my endlessly put-upon boyfriend, Adam '07, and his admissions story. (Well, that and I took a thermo test

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B ... 're here, now, carrying a Nerf gun looking for people to shoot. Worry ... . Ignore the deadlines for a week. Fret over which offer you'll take. Weigh

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021