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  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  Chicago. Every quality of that school is duplicated at MIT, from the sense ... oddity of the application. A coinflip would have been a worthy judge. At ... to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  they are laughing at me, and all around me is racket of these cats not ... I have a way of always picking really time-consuming HASS classes. This semester, with two of them, Roman History (21H.302) and Reading

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  pretty boring. After all, you see my face at the top of every entry ... -word gets thrown around a lot these days, which I think is sort of sad, since in the long run that only degrades the full impact and true value of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  's a hall) of East Campus called the Disco Dance Floor. Matt blogged ... that has some sort of entertainment value will get its 15 minutes of fame ... dance floor To the hip guys and gals at MIT, First off let me say, "Whoa

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  batteries in my camera. Rush - REX officially - is seriously one of the best times of the year. This will, of course, be my third - I've had one from the freshman point of view and one from the upperclassman point of view

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  be great at mirroring the dynamic of residential friendships. If of my ... 've had a rough day of classes, I know for sure that at least one person ... group of friends, I swear! Alternatively, mansplain manipulate man

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  started getting tired of competitive games because i was really bad at them ... hit the extra threshold at that point of the game. cj invited me to ... bit of sneak peeks at everything. we would talk about the stuff getting

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  attitude of “just do it”. “Why the hell are you psetting at 4am?” “Dunno, I ... American, Asian, and violently Italian flavors. One of my wild attempts at ... differential equations and op amp PSETs, I’ve learned how to take care of myself

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  summer job and at the end of every day I have amusing stories to tell my ... ended up applying to MIT was my sheer stubbornness. Most of the kids at my ... headaches listening to conversations at MIT but still love every minute of it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  . Without further ado, I present my expression of feelings for the first semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you ... wee hours of the night, With my 13.01 class in Procrastination

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  grain of salt/pepper/Adobo and a pinch of parsley. Don’t ask questions ... argument; that’s a sign of weakness that will immediately result in losing ... and judge all of the stupidity that ends up on your psets. Don’t admit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country program, MIT-Chile. With generous support from the Chilean Ministry of ... ,000,000 and one of the world’s highest economic growth rates, Chile is a

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  -length weekend, if you don't have Monday off). I know that fall of senior year can be a pretty hectic time. During the October of my senior year, way back in the forgotten mists of 2004, I was editing the newspaper, the lead

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  We’re all aware of climate change and the impact that it will have on ... Vehicle Team, and the Solar Decathlon (read more in the Spring 2007 issue of ... got national recognition when they won the grand prize of $25,000 in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton ... minute nap on one of the couches down there (during which time I dreamed about all of the things that needed to be done in the next x hours) and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... early action, 13% more than last year. We admitted 390 students, or 11% of the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT ... , and kept the rain off of me pretty well, although the ravages of time were becoming apparent after three years of use. But anyway, I left it on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a total of 8 Physical Education points. It was your responsibility to fulfill this requirement by the end of your sophomore year. (Mitra note

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  year, the first being this past IAP; I described it at the end of this ... On the topic of free benefits for MIT students... Tonight (Wednesday) on campus, there's a free sneak preview of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational ... about it. But I can assure those of you who applied to these programs that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005