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• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  Note: all of my MIT essays can be found online so if you're curious as to what the other ones were, you can easily find them! When ... be Filipino. Word Count: 247 As you can see, this essay has come a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  ." Ian Dalbert, Terence's father: "Just because you live in Underwood Homes ... drugs, I have to use drugs, show them that you can be smart." Lynnor ... '13 (today) Christy '13 Augusta Student From Local Housing Project

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  Now that I've completed the FEE, it's time for the math diagnostic. I've got my freshman advising application in, as well as my MIT ID card photo and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  was kind of a bath of crap (my roommate, Sneha ’13, can attest to this ... at life outside of MIT every now and then. In any case, go Cards! And ... I’m typing this entry as I’m over 10,000 feet in the air, flying over

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  they can find out in a minute or so, before they pass you off to another ... each individual dorm in an attempt to showcase their culture. You get to rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  throughout the reading of the application), I'll dive right in. How do you ... competitions? etc. What do you write about in your short answer essays? in your ... recommendations. These can be extremely insightful. The teachers that you've chosen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  a dull, dirt-free sheen. In front of you is the Infinite Corridor: by ...  clack-clack-clack-clack coming from in front of the elevators. Curious, you peer into the antechamber ... floor in a quick-paced rhythm. He is juggling. "You know juggling is

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  the final or do the final project but you can make it up some time in ... online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... - “Failed” (⊙︿⊙) and if you’re a freshmen on Pass/No Record you can expect

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  get you down. Most importantly, revel in your work, and not your prize ... , the calmer you’ll be. Online systems break down. Mishaps happen. Don ... your time to remember all the cool things you did in school. It’s a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  assure you that MIT is stepping up for our DACA students." In it, she ... If you've been following the news, you may know that the Trump ... conditions to work and study in the United States. This reevaluation has been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  chipped in $35 and rented cars and a cabin (apparently, MIT students can ... you in, but it won't make you or break you. It's not your responsibility ... 's not your fault if you can't find people who are just as excited about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  slow down; if so, can you please become my life coach and tell me all of your secrets? I can pay you in almonds (my parents sent me a bag of ... companion list of caveats that I promised you in the beginning: 1*. I will

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  't anything else to this post. Minecraft is a fun silly game in which you can do fun silly things. Minecraft chat below; if you post something cool in ... Hi everyone. As you all know from Matt's post, decisions will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  card combinations, in case you were wondering). Also interesting was the ... -n-go pot-limit Texas Hold’em, in case you were wondering) against other teams ... university to offer this topic (in case you were wondering). Anyways, I’ve got

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  Scholarship. And he comes from a place where college just isn't in the cards for ... Institute of Technology offered a similar deal. So in less than a month Logan ... attain a 98.9 grade point average before graduating second in his class at

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  question you can ask me is, "Would you do it over again?" because I can't not ... from me, I can't believe you've made it through this rambling mess thus ... . I graduated more than a month ago with the double major in CMS & 7

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  to theorize about what you would do in certain situations or how your ... more, but i hope you can bear with me for a bit), as are many of my ... can also explain why i am slower in conversations? as in, i find it very

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  , but also in the knowledge tested on exams.  You can't expect to skate by ... can't help missing class because you're sleeping off that massive sugar ... have a sense of what direction you want to go in, but don't let that wall

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  Hi, hello. How are you doing? I haven't been in the writing mood as ... 're not stupid, you should get this." It feels like somewhere I can reach ... that you can't work on with other people. It's 100% against the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  on Friday, January 13, 2006. Team registration is now open. Like in the ... exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT ... ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005