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  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  living in Switzerland, I didn't really have a social life outside of work ... 't. ******************************************************************************************************************************************* As you can see by my post count, I'm new here. One of the things I ... interested in me. I was a very good young runner, but I wasn't one of the best

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  , I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... (which can also be read “what is the minimum that I need to do”) in order ... generated by pbnify.com[/caption] In a rant post many years ago, I referenced

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  ended up sitting through classes of material I knew, or review taught in ... can fall down my priorities list. In the spring semester, I want to ... Well, I'm 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  June, while in the heat of preparations of coming to school, I had to ... of my gap year when I literally had nothing to do. In addition to my ... dome-shaped reality in the smoldering heat of the summer. September

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
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  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... class of 2016 myself. After working for two years in Boston, I'm moving ... 're being, and people can see you. I don't have 50 pieces of advice; Ben

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  On Thursday, I sat in front of a camera for an hour (along with ... Friday. I had an icky week. I had four exams in four days, one of which ... international students. Near the end, someone asked: "Can you give an example of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  in software engineering. Although I didn’t realize it, this was, of ... introduced to [annotation note="fun fact: I am in fact one of the many many ... sometimes, and i admire people who create all of these things so i can benefit

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I bombed a couple of tests, watched a beautiful sunrise on nights when I ... freshman you, preserving five of those lessons in a blog post that the world

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  ’s eye, in front of which I unfortunately can’t make out my sights, even ... . MIT feels a lot better now that I have this kind of confidence in myself ... very good at replica plating. The first time I replica plated, in 7

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  chick flick, I fell accidentally in love with something insanely out of ... more than I can express - the precarious chain of events that happened to ... an AP test in my life. My GPA wasn’t perfect (still isn’t). I was

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
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  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in ... him, sure, but at the same time I couldn't help but take in some of the ... outside of "social networking," like the health care system, in which case I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  finished. I remember little of this now except a 12-hour rush in the ground ... parts of it held clearly in your mind, kept afloat by adrenaline. I want ... -to-last round, and the first of four major milestones in the class. For this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  exaggerated clarity and make a point of crisp, rapid pronunciation in everyday ... pronunciations are the least of your worries right now. Another can of lingual ... childtrebling, orphans in identical and uniform blue denim in and out of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  them in college >____< one of my friends that I respect ... there in 4 hours. There's no excuse. I made so many of these trips these ... of the $3.50 cups in Boston that don't even taste that good (I never

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  you aren't in a place where you can watch the video with sound. I didn ... this feeling. And it can be kind of terrifying. Even applying in the ... home (I have plenty of friends who were deferred and got in), or maybe

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• 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 ... wanted to study in college, and all of a sudden it was all very REAL. I chose all my schools (including MIT) on a whim. I picked a variety of in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
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  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  . Because in the end, I truly believe that MIT is what it is today because of ... ramble, I rant, I rave - because that's part of who I am in real life, and ... know, I've been able to rediscover myself - all in the company of four

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  crawled closer and closer. I had been sitting in my little call station ... ’m not interested in giving to MIT,” he told me. “I’m sorry to hear that ... is; firsthand information from students can change minds.) “Well, I

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  personally better than one in front of whom I spilled vanilla ice cream on a ... you will learn in college is The Value of Friendship. I have a friend ... the heart. I got by on 3-5 hours of sleep then. Soon, the lessons

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  ." Critters that scale the Stack in search of water or bugs to eat can be ... have a lot of freedom in adapting it, so I started with a literal sheet ... where we refine our own design skills in a series of increasingly complex

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020