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  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  humanities are more fun. I was always one of the best writers in my English ... higher capacity for spatial reasoning than females. A large-scale 1995 meta ... testosterone and differences in brain wiring in capacity for spatial thought. It

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  really excited about this, as it’s been a dream of mine for at least ... discovered that satellites are extremely cool, aerospace research is fun and ... want to work on satellite and spacecraft controls for NASA, and I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  neither, in all honesty, do I. To recap, I’m here for MIT’s Four Weeks For ... the most. Each of us is paired up with a Teach For America teacher; my ... ’ve been out here for two and a half weeks now. I’ve seen seniors in Algebra

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  fellows came to the conclusion that the best thing was to burn it ... . Have fun!

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  nearly so. That means that I can focus on doing the best I can for myself ... wear once — over my running shorts. I'll sit and stretch for awhile, and ... look around for my mom and dad, who always try to see me off; last year

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  -off situation that did not necessarily set precedent for admitting more women ... STEM”. I see the arguments for women-specific programs being adverse to the movement as a whole; I also see the necessity for them to combat

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  teacher asked me to keep a journal as my assignment for missing school for ... classroom, all my writing involved my cousins or the farm or playing outside ... things, but finally, I decided to cut them away, for the sake of telling

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  money in application fees, counselors get mad at you for making them work ... essay for the differing prompts that each college required (there were some exceptions - I submitted my MIT essay for Columbia; I still applied

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  Tube. He searched for "Improv Everywhere Best Buy" and showed me a hilarious ... standing around in Best Buy, confusing every single customer and employee ... 2:15 we left the dorm and headed for the subway. I was dressed in a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  , advocating for policies to prevent such a shooting from happening again. They ... walkouts scheduled for March and April. In response, some high schools have ... rescinded if they are disciplined for joining the protests, while other

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  . Think carefully about what dining arrangement works best for you, and ... 't have your people. Sometimes, you’ll find your best living group on only ... tips to figure out where you’ll fit best: Ask multiple residents about

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the ... especially unpleasant for us. Those were the first time that some external ... , because the initial news still stings for us. But we will say that, after

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tell your friends you love them for we are but blips in a timeline

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 9, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  why i didn’t post over the summer (oops) late comic about my summer

  

        

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving Massachusetts is the hardest state to draw.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  grand visions for senioritis in college. i would go out all the time! do ... for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find a bit of personal direction. the moment i realized it was okay for my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  the strong case I made for her. Why? Partially because she reminded me a ... ." You may have seen Pink if you came for an on campus information session ... 's more rigorous majors, Aero/Astro, and now works for NASA. Goes to show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  New York Times about the college admissions process, it is hard for me ... am not discouraging them from applying for admission, but rather making ... not clear, applying for admission involves the submission of academic

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  but air? And then you kinda have to wobble for a bit before you lower ... the fall? We talked for half an hour. And then he left for the airport. I sat down in our room for a couple minutes, staring at his empty bed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  ’re friends with for the first few days of school before you meet an actually ... that was meant for babies “I'm just not feeling this game

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021