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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  answer to this question. AP tests are mostly good for getting you out of ... .091, which is "chemistry for people who don't want to take chemistry anymore ... .014 for math majors. YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE IT IF YOU ARE NOT A MATH MAJOR

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  Yellow Team identified was that for guitarists, it's hard to write down ... remembers to brake for you. Whenever your hands are off the walker, the walker ... . Respirators are important for many reasons, reducing your risk to toxins being

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  lecture for worldbuilding, Junot Díaz talked about how people need to escape ... . I've been sitting in bed trying to read notes for 6.867--the class I ... 'm excited to see how our paths cross after college. But that can wait, and for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  find it difficult to put myself in that person's shoes, especially since ... essays. For the tl;dr, scroll to the bottom to get my general takeaways ... collision data to advocate for active transportation infrastructure introduced

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  child holding on to his toys for too long. But even so I would not say I ... waiting for you to look into them and there is no notion of control or you ... here to stand there. This is what he is made for. He is here to breathe

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  with several space coordinators last spring to evaluate our options for ... freshmen are probably less inclined to attend events for a dorm that will ... don't have a dorm, we held the event as an opportunity for freshmen to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  in response to Trump's immigration freeze on seven nations. MIT has 38 ... back to the United States. Students (including yours truly) joined Boston ... video, which I hope captures a bit of what it was like to actually be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  's not just all work and no play, so for the past six hours, we got to ride ... great place for them to find new people to work for them.) The real fun ... business from MIT that makes it easier to write up plans for building

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  that getting into MIT was for real, and not an accident. I didn't want to ... from Ramya '14! You might think that CPW stands for Campus Preview ... Wesomeness." (The C didn't want to join the little acronym party, because its still

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  this work entails is obviously understandable to at least one person ... your many fits of frustration. So you decide to punt the thing - for now ... someone clear that up for me here? Cut to the day after my last final, the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  was much easier to do exceptional things and be recognized for it. Now ... necessary resources and have to scrounge for them on their own. Lectures can ... out over bringing up my struggles and for what? It feels good to be seen

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  position the Institute for decades to come as a world hub of education ... to specifically amplify the following points, which are of personal ... seed-grant program for faculty, and a fellowship program to attract

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  for any prospective student to stand even a ghost of a chance of getting ... to an end - nor is it, for that matter, a question of finding how low ... holding a p-set party for myself that's lasted about 3 to 4 days. Sounds

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread For Those Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in ... unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. For those of you whom were not admitted, know

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  ; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... wanted to just sample a new song or album before you paid anything for it ... , curated by the bloggers, to provide motivational music for you, dear reader

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  -human animals? -- How are our personal choices, e.g., about what to eat, related ... ethical dilemmas. Bonus links to two of the earlier readings for the class ... using philosophy to address real-world issues; she has written for The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  = verb for using the lathe to machine something) a pin for the pedalbox of the FSAE car. So far for FSAE I've made minor contributions to the frame ... evaluations for us to fill out about him. I suggested that we work in small

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  you to show off your unique personality, because let's face it - you ... to think I’m mature for my 17 years. I like to think these things, but ... us it’s time to go inside. For a moment, my mind dwells on all the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  ideas. In fact for Christmas, some of the faculty used their own money to ... respected that. However, when I had to move high schools for my junior and ... students to “shoot for the top.” For many nothing would satisfy them more

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  aren't famous for how much spare time they have and nothing to fill it ... pretty disciplined person, I have no self control when it comes to books ... doesn't mean you can't also enjoy books for adults. A Wizard's Guide to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022