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  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the ... getting in and not getting in, but you'd rather look your best throughout

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  to say that I work for her, and despite her achievements, she's really ... incredible distinction, and one of the best things I've enjoyed at MIT is that

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  week to get out 14 NEW BROTHERS (note the excitement). Anyhoo, for those of you who can't imagine what some of the best desserts on this side of

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  Every year, for as long as the blogs have been around, we post open threads for applicants to celebrate or commiserate about this decisions. Since we've been doing this for so long, we sometimes now get comments

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  Well, tomorrow is May 1st, the postmark deadline for reply forms. The ... hand for help. 2. Read Melis' most recent entry on how she made her ... heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." 3. Daniel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  semester, maybe three, which for me is probably an all-time low. Of course ... format for blogs, and that I would resort to them often.  The reason I like lists so much is that they are perfect for dumping all of your thoughts

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  , tickets for the commuter rail bought, and our laptops ready for blogging, we begin. (Also deep thanks to Kano for the planning and brilliant execution ... . Fun fact: starting today, the train going to our destination isn

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  that this is supposed to be an art class for fun and nobody else was ... at MIT. These classes aren't for credit and if you're an undergraduate student, you can become an Art Scholar and receive a scholarship for a class

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  lot of fun. but it's still weird. my freshman year did so much for me ... situation especially bittersweet. for me, it's my former dorm, Burton Conner ... to think about it, after all—but it shapes how I've been planning for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for ... figured that I'd inevitably gotten it from him. That night, I danced for ... 't ready for it. Sure enough, I woke up on Saturday morning with awful muscle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  and/or exams the last two weeks of classes.   Hardware for my group's 6.S08 final project   Classwork for all my courses: 6.S08 ... — literally just — in time for my flight to Denver and 2 hour-long midnight uber

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me ... declaring writing as my second major. Well, applying for the second major ... for it being late. Also, I thought it was hilarious that I had to write

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  . Something feels different for me—among the usual buzz of activity, reconnection to friends, and eagerness for a fresh academic term is a permeating ... fair happenings. But I’m not going this year. Tomorrow I’m off for an

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... homework once every two weeks for each class), ate fancy three-course meals ... Potter (Cliche, I know...). Although leaving MIT for even a semester seemed

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  fun in the fall and I’m grateful for the stress relief you provided. The ... there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... can't seem to do that here. I had to settle for these floating stars

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  huge plus. When studying for exams, it's NOT agony to flip through my old class notebooks. I've also found that it's a lot more fun when there are ... class and providing motivation for learning the material (Peter Fisher

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  went off to distant lands for the summer are finally coming home, and ... orientation (safe travels for the rest of you arriving over the weekend!).  It'll be a time for some new adventure before classes start.  Boston is to be

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  -school senior, I enrolled in Harvard's Secondary School Program for four weeks during the summer. Unfortunately, the science options for the summer were sort of lacking...so, instead, I signed up for an art history class

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I ... for the holidays. I had other plans for break, but they fell through, so ... 's still pretty much a rectangle. Have fun figuring that one out), I quite

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  : Mechanical Raymond took 15.S20 Design for 3D Printing as his first foray into ... designing the model, Raymond knew he wanted a turntable for easily maneuvering ... lot of torque due to its size. The Nerf Gun In order for this to work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022