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  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 again. My head seemed eerily quiet, but not empty. It was as if my ... thought to speak. I checked my phone. 2 minutes left. Not yet. I was

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  fundamental premise of the sketch - "no, Zoe, you're not on the moon" - because ... sense of control over things. I'm not a "control freak." But I like to do ... character traits made it difficult for me not to negate. It's easy, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  accepted to MIT? No.   But it doesn't work that way. Because here ... , we did not admit a student who had created a fully-functional nuclear ... , liberated from the pressures of not having cured cancer by your 18th birthday

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  . Preferably Italian style. Panko didn't really work the time i tried them. Pan ... til browned. Note: I'd imagine they'd work deep-fried (possibly better ... pepper are the basics. Garlic always works, though you can also throw whole

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  highlight some of the awesome things that MIT students are working on, I can ... . My goal is not to scare or put down or invalidate anyone who has pursued summer internships in labs at universities, has been working on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  ... And then the committee does its work, however brutal. It's not pretty ... , either you're accepted or you're not. There is no grey area... so they ... applicant pool; of course it's not fair that there are so few spots for so

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  . I tell her this, and she says, “You have to be curious. If not, things ... needlepoint portraits of people’s dogs!  She then goes on to say, “But I’m not ... in the works that would include faculty talks from MIT’s cast of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  -watching, miles & piles of work, not actually playing sports Nature Agrees with ... at night This is Not a Picture || VEDA #2 – #askMIT, career fairs, Big ... Gregor (impromptu tour + MacCon trip might be necessary). Otherwise, work is ramping

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  !"]CPW[/annotation]committee. As a frosh,[annotation note="this was not strictly true, but I did want ... , but does not[annotation note="in particular, it is not immediately clear ... the whole student body knows. The cancellation of CPW is not very high

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I ... yet!). In all seriousness, I'm not really an astrologer, so take ... predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  3 seems pretty cool.” I guess for most people, it’s not such a hard ... exactly what they’re doing. :’’) Not me. I entered MIT with the vague ... definitely still want to help people, but I’m not finding it all quite as

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  minds: OH MY GOD AHHHH ADMISSIONS DECISIONS?! Well, no, not yet...there's a panel of hard-working, air-breathing, and food-eating humans still at work on that. Nevertheless, and quite understandably, you want to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
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  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  months before the first day of classes. Pre-registration is not as ... freshmen do not have to pre-register. I panicked a little about this after an ... ="aggghhhhh I want to take this so bad I've been working on DNA damage research

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  (it took a lot of effort not to resort to a clickbait-y title like ... ’s nothing particularly bad about these tests as long as we’re not using them ... as they wanted, so some bloggers chose not to take some of the tests

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  metaphors for energy Me on my best (work-related) all-nighter ever Paul on how ... is totally not worth it. You have to take eight HASSes anyways, it's not like you're going to run out of opportunities to take free

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
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  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  of MIT through my work, as well as participate in the wonderful, quirky ... (and no, I'm not at all Latina lol) by cooking with Spanish House which ... 's really true what people say--I'm not wishing I'd studied more, or that I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  internship/externship. I’m still working on this one. Hopefully, this will be ... -digit weather in just a sweatshirt and a hat is probably not the best idea ... part of my MIT experience). Some things are not going according to those

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
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  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  ). As we all worked together to bring our furniture and belongings out of ... why rich people buy everything custom.) After working on my loft, the ... not to screw up (like making sure the varnish doesn't pool along the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an undergrad begins with no major, being Undeclared. This is not a coincidence ... people were fine with that? This money came out-of-pocket; I'm not making

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  better. I was good in computers, and I actually liked working on it, so it ... tough, too much work load etc etc. I would still regularly follow Mit ... my classes (CGPA 9.2/10.0, not bad I guess) would always try my best to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016