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  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on ... : "I’m not going to tell you that it doesn’t hurt, but I will tell you

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2030. The comments on ... on his own Early Action rejection from a “dream” school: “I’m not going

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category,…

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  President Now it's not every day that you have such an opportunity, but I

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over-thought, over-analyzed, over-felt every moment of it // dyed my hair purple // watched Qala a…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  “It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you…

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  Hey folks! Let me tell you, this weekend has been WILD. Not only did I finish performing in my first MTG production (post about that coming soon), but right now I’m coming to you LIVE from from Tetazoo’s freshman

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  NOT conflict with Superbowl) semi-formal dress. Meet with your PRC at 10

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category,…

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  As some of you may know I am a big Patriots fan. Yesterday the Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all –…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  resolution." *Someone else runs in* "That's not the only difference!" "There's a different difference?" Saturday, 0:19 Oh my God I've been working ... solvers in Boulder. We're both working on a horrendous crossword, and we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  react to this by berating ourselves for “not working hard enough.”  When ... 'm referring to. Being the “dumb” friend also does NOT mean I am dumb. On the ... quantitatively true: I am not as smart as my friends. It’s evident even just with

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  test by studying the test format and past questions, not the material. I took a physics class in high school but it was more hands on and not AP ... will push you but not break you. They do this by administering a math

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  the freezer for a little bit, becaue sometimes this works. This was not one of those times. (Sometimes this does not work.) Unluckily for ... a particularly good entry, they happen to deviate from their work and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  is that a social circle is not something magical that you discover once and then sticks around forever. At least, not for me. A social circle is something that I've had to work to seek out and keep and occasionally

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  Lots of students make money during term by working in their UROPs ... . EDIT: Timur informs me that these pages are not accessible to non ... of interesting things you can work on. I have a pretty generous

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  some combination of remote work not being as tiring as actually physically going to work, and my pure love for my UROP. I do credit not having ... . These goals normally fall under the categories of work, self

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  Hey everybody. I must confess that if I were not a college admissions ... to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not ... addition to working in the admissions office and assisting with the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  bridge, and I’m starting to apply for jobs and work in tech and do those ... ” a bad thing--who wanted to be a girly girl??? Not me! I was rough and ... effects of not being stereotypically feminine, which in most cases was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  're working, then you're not, and then you have new ideas on which to work, and ... character Gogol and also, to some extent (and not without shame), the ... ; I'm there less than half the day, and even then, it's mostly to work

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015