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• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT ... about. Then, it can potentially veer away from the idea of fit and tilt in ... beyond in order to qualify for most schools. I’ll give you that. The

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  mine and I decided to take advantage of free dance lessons offered at MIT ... , the Ballroom Dance Club offered lessons in Mambo. My friend Jackie and I ... be offering their lessons. I actually became intrigued in ballroom

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  career advice I've collected in my work notebook--a lot of it is less ... where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  catching a cold), and it’s usually in a state of disarray, since I often can ... … since I was a freshman in high school.” I’m a classic case of falling down ... enviably shiny. It was one of the few ways in which I felt like I was able to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  of the capstone options for the aeroastro degree. in true mens ... sense of the world." growing up in a very math/science-focused community ... of the cat lounging in my doorway. happy start-of-semester!

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in ... past students of RSM are now studying. I've never been in a program

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  personal issues that left me in a general state of "I don't know what's going ... 've been learning how to knit! I've gotten pretty far in terms of my crochet ... right now. Below is a little sample of fiber arts pieces I've made in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  of Curves & Surfaces i have really wanted to take a course in ... examiners, i registered for what i hope will be the equivalent of 48 units at ... . firstly, people mostly take classes in only their own major. i had the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the ... As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times ... number of requests for college recommendations in past years. He said that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  entry. Really, I can't think of any student organization at MIT that works ... menorahs. Oh no! I'm afraid of fire! Now, you're surely asking, "Can you ... , so I kind of told him how I thought it was done in theory and made him

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI ... might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right ... , where I'm giving a talk about maker portfolios in our admissions process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  I'll actually read, I still get kind of nervous when I can't check it ... Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  this: Bunnies can be found on Killian Court at midnight, and in front of ... inspired by Banti G. ‘17) Life 1.   In a stunning turn of events, I declared ... in Boston is awesome, and I must take advantage of it more next year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  , which we'll come back to in a followup piece, suppose I gave you a list of ... ,348,907 test subjects, I can pick 32,768 of them such that if they say “Yes”, and ... = 3 test subjects, I can pick 21 = 2 of them such that whatever they

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  only 2.5 weeks left here in Bend.  I have yet to experience a lot of what ... Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when ... of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the overlapping section- we should be best friends.  :) As of now, my existence can ... past 6. In the first portion, I spent some time creating my personal

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  took a lot of leaps in high school. But that doesn't mean I'm not afraid ... one of the other bloggers knows? Other than that, I can't think of much ... good at math. I was practically a math prodigy back in the day. Like back

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I ... was in the comments of these very blogs that I remember a poster saying ... , there's usually a table in the back of the room that's piled full of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  the other teams. I put in hundreds of hours writing and test ... together in front of the curtain. I had the best seat in the house to ... intellectual mancrushes of mine are as profound as the one I have for Professor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available at: decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and ... my job I am constantly amazed by the caliber of character, intellect, and achievement of these students. They are all superstars in one way or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012