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  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  were you, and what were you up to? Gaurab: I lived most of my life in ... engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time ... strong interest in and love for economics. Janet: Before I decided to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can ... ’ll do some data mining and see if I can find updated numbers. Now, anyone ... . “Otherwise I’d go in a heartbeat.” Hang on. I paused. Christopher Nolan makes

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
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  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that ... , less frustrating, and more fun. But I don't know that many people in the ... in the dorms. I think that's probably something that varies dorm

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
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  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  again in the evening. I like oatmeal. You can add walnuts and bananas and ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... that I can’t always control the things that matter to me. This year I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
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  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... here in Israel) is something that forces you to stop. It can be ... I was at least three times. I live in the university dorms which are

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  this. They can't do it for all of the reasons I mentioned in the CC ... , not even me, can give you an accurate chance at MIT! What I said then ... ? Because the factors of admissions that can be readily apprehended in a forum

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  motto in the Avengers: Civil War movie :P) Chris and I had a couple more ... used in the video, photographed by fellow student Chheangkea I. '17 Now ... where I UROP in real life and Chris was once a research assistant. I had

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
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  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  !"]sophomore[/annotation]and as I drive to MIT for Year 2 (I'm writing this in the car :D), I can ... KNOW nothing I say will change that. But trust me, in four years, you ... .) In that vein, I think that one REX-specific piece of advice is that it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  as well relish in it.  To quote the above almond can that I snacked ... , which comes out to around once a month. In times when things were tough, I ... other. It’s neat having things in life that you can always count on to

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... my own story of how unnecessary all that stress can be. Back when I ... that were in my eyes, I counted every possible point against me: a 690 on

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

  

  classes I wanted to take in the fall. Then, as has happened the last few times I have submitted my pre-reg without an ounce of doubt in my mind, I ... .72 Vision in Art and Neuroscience. The last one is sort of the reason why I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
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  reject modern web design return to 2006

  

  can’t come out tonight i gotta sit alone in front of a muted tv opening and closing the same 4 social media apps until 3am i’m that kid you ... decent person the last time i went to urgent care i checked off “excessive

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  , in true form, what the term "bleary-eyed" really means. Mind you, I was ... sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair ... side, this meant that in addition to the ~12 hours a day I already spend

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
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  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  grouped with seniors in the MIT people directory. Similarly, I can’t know ... content of the mailing list (I’ve never been on it), but because of the ... undergraduates, even those who have never lived in Burton-Conner, have a wealth of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  -blue voice. A man in a denim jacket plays a green violin. "I can't feel my ... in class. On Good Friday I have an exam. On Easter Vigil I am here. The ... cars patrol unassumingly in the street. I talk to a girl from Tanzania

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  I have a personal blog that I write about my teenagers and I haven’t updated it lately. It’s not because I’m tired of writing- I’m not. And it certainly isn’t because of a lack of material. I have more material than ever

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  admissions. Why I Chose MIT  In all honesty, there are times (*cough* hell ... gifs) I visited MIT for the first time during CPW, and I came in ... can. The pre-med students that I met during my CPW were all down

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
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  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a ... where my college ranks on any of these lists, I'm pretty lucky. In the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
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  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  excuse is that I forgot to sign up in the previous years. But that isn ... , especially when I’m under pressure. Getting jumpscared in front of friends is ... playing in the background was also a part of the puzzle. At first, I tried

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024