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  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  competition experience or etc. will pull me far behind my classmates and I ... . COME VISIT US BENNO!) You can just check out the link above, or read ... been to the IMO or at least the USAMO or have won some science

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  tales of how both of these trips came together: 2023: New York, NY and ... , I worked as a Community Organizing Fellow and, later on, Data Analyst ... was tasked with hitting two major cities of the East Coast.  Day 1 (3

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  ,[/annotation] but it was telling us two key things: 1. we can get free art from mit ... center offers a lottery to all students (grad or undergrad) for a chance to ... room or common area. if you're selected, you pick a time to visit the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  see as unanswered and/or conflicts they see as unsettled. Will they like ... should or will) do for the rest of my life. I told him it felt like I was ... Not long ago, I met with an admitted MIT student, whom I will call

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  early actioners, whether you get in or not, you did it. You applied, pat ... such a reputation to accept you or not. I remember when I applied ... someone who's not even the valedictorian or has never been in a science fair

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  agonizing over whether I could afford to buy orange juice. (The answer was ... to buy orange juice if I want to.  Removing the financial stress leaves ... ’t think anything ever will. The next thing I knew, I was handling all our

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  free stuff culture. Offices or people who are getting rid of things will ... is a Putzen. Two or more people who live on Putz are also Putzen ... possible, but it would take a greater man than I, or at least one with fewer

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

    N = Nat, K = Kirsten 1. Don't buy ANY food! N: One of the best ... since you guys will have a meal card! 2. Don't be afraid to randomly talk ... majority of attendees will be looking for friends, just like you! 3. Visit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  professors, whether it's in an academic context like office hours or running ... 't know what questions I would ask them, or the omnipresent fear of not ... pursuing a career in writing or the media industry. I'm hoping to interview

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  labor intensive. A lot of graders I know will do it late at night or when ... privacy or random side effects, though, approach cautiously? (except no data ... with the strength of a firehose, hydrant, or [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  work or results. The definition of the MIT experience, however, is not complete without the acknowledgment that it is a place where you will most ... things to do from 8am to 1am, all jam-packed into about seventy-five hours

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  sample. -- 1) People love Indian food and/or frozen ... Central Jersey, I can’t help but reminisce about 1st semester and MIT. I can’t say I truly miss the Lagrange multipliers or the gyroscopes (No – never

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  : how to not burn yourself Reach toward hot things (or potentially hot ... . This gave a degree of accuracy to 1mL, or 1g. I would be able to get ... . sheet metal can be cut and textured into leaves (or cacti, or, as a grad

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  think MIT will be a very high reach” “I think your best shot would be ... a good sense of how competitive of an applicant I was or what sort of ... (I did that a lot), refreshing the admissions site or reading bloggers

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  exception of one or two family trips to Las Vegas. So, when I went to the east ... stopped. Train going. Silence. Train coming.... https://youtu.be/1kyWYYSAy50 ... (as a first year or otherwise)? Or when, if nothing else, you're ready

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  a schedule now If you have absolutely no clue how to pick classes, or ... .01 Physics or 18.01 Calculus. Getting at least one technical GIR out of the way ... , like 6.0001 Intro to Programming in Python or 9.01 Intro to Neuroscience

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  something wrong if you buy all of your textbooks at the MIT Coop. One or two ... out! Academics: 1) Work on psets with friends, both weaker or stronger ... , especially. I don't actually have a plan for this, haha, so I will just draft

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  of it is that I failed. MIT Test #1: failed. Of all the possible classes: Math: [annotation note="Calculus 1 (5 on AP Calc AB/BC equivalent ... or just REALLY love math, like an obsessive amount, don't take this

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  , at this rate we'll be #1 in about 6 hours ... your voting rate over 5 minutes: Start: 1,288,966 Finish: 1,344,741 = 11 ... " " -f 1,4,6 18.238.1.200 [21/Oct/2008:20:46:43 "POST 18.248.0.106 [21/Oct

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... phone. 1 minute to go. The air around me was completely still. Instead of ... check. 1 minute. Something instantly changed within my head. My thoughts

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016