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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... humanities major, won't it be easier for me to get in? A. Nope. Wouldn't that ... ridiculous stereotypes about MIT and MIT students. I'm a little touchy about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  major) and a CI-H(communications intensive class in humanities) that ... blogs. My writing is far from a literary masterpiece, and I like pretty ... in business. a disconnect of sorts? Anika the blogger is kind of a

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and ... took a bit of time. laundry is in the basement, which is annoying since i ... as a former Burton Conner resident, i had a two options in dealing

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  pretty much in your shoes. I've identified a college that I was very ... doing the MIT application that I realized what was wrong in my Early ... applications that you might encounter is to just be yourself in whatever you do

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...

  

  rapidly! Here is a picture I took of the building, in progress, as of this ... is supposed to be a new kind of reality show, I guess I shouldn't be ... problems with social and interpersonal skills. I want to state that this is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 14, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students ... learn a lot, and we're going to think that when you come to MIT you ... in high school, for your sake and ours. That said, MIT does not
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  great. I am a little saddened to know that there are a lot of classes in ... : I find myself in 38-530, a lab space for electronics that I last ... Twitter for a few minutes. It is senior year, and I have gotten the art of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  … (in)tense. I haven’t experienced that much uncertainty in my life ... I even have a chance? How do I know if I should apply? The former of ... it was in your parents’ garage)? Did you do stuff that was useful

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  conversation-snippits that I caught as I passed by people. In high school I was ... . ***** Person 1: "That stuff is more polar than a bear," Person 2: "You realize that if I weren't holding a vial full of toxic solvent right now, I would

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of ... Jerusalem, I rode a train across the country, I tried doing humanities ... interview prep. All of this is silly. Do not be like me. I’m not saying you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  table that is now less cool in comparison[/caption] I live in Simmons ... [/annotation], and I heard from many people that they liked having a drumset in there ... in Indiana that we got from our neighbors and I adored it so…until it

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  of work to do. I maintained that the awesomeness of a sneak preview ... gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you ... , Akash asked, "Hey Laura, do you have any bread?" Now I'm a friendly kid

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  literature and learn how I can meld my interests to do something that will make ... . Slowly, I realized that writing didn’t serve just as a cathartic outlet; it ... completely obsolete in the media. In my opinion, this essay doesn't do a great

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  notes for new stories are just that, notes. I have not been consumed by a book in too long. I miss that. During summer, I spent a week going to ... their footing. I also spent a weekend writing a story about a vampire. In

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  paragraph, and ultimately that is not a tradeoff i'm willing to make i don ... every stranger i encountered, and it took me a long time to realize that ... internships i'm considering next summer is a 4-person company where the ceo

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  During first semester I published a nice little entry about my ... How else would I know about all the awesome hacking that happens at MIT? Uncle John's Bathroom Reader This is where I get all of my random

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these blogs ... : "I’m not going to tell you that it doesn’t hurt, but I will tell you ... want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that

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

  hello, after six years

  

  -flying) animals. the ones that can't fly are still this type of animal. this is a ... the thought a good home in my body. one of these thoughts is the idea ... still believe there is hope for us. the friends i have made and kept, in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  free time that I have. Here’s a picture of my bookshelf that has grown ... semester was kind of in a lull period in terms of work, I vowed to finish a ... physics discoveries, and I tend to get a tad sidetracked in the popular

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  and showed me that I was competent. I know a lot of this is in my head ... .042, despite doing poorly in the class. It's ironic, because I actually had a C ... for this area, that maybe this is a realm I shouldn't even be touching

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020