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  On Greatness

  

  . So for those of you in high school, wide-eyed and unsure of how to get ... I get a ton* of emails from both applicants, newly accepted frosh ... can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  competitions in order to get into MIT!) I remember standing on the field with the ... before finally converging on the correct method to saw in a straight line ... an entire post to itself. In a nutshell: our team was made up of kids

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  want to get you in, have some explosions, show Hugh Jackman half ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite ... credits if you happen to see it. Which isn't a bad idea; you get what you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  reading their parts in French when it was their turn to read from the book ... number, and the time they have to be up in the morning. Usually there is ... always claim that Juicy Juice is what gets me through finals in the end

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  who I could get in touch with to make this happen. He had no information ... pulsar research. In my case, there were four major fears to get over - and ... medicine was supposed to do, but I remember that I put it in one of those

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  new experiences may come later, but for now, let's not get lost in ... were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance ... First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  whopping 168 acres – which is 1.5x bigger than Vatican City! To get from one ... had to come up with some ways of getting around campus a bit faster ... be your partner in a group project. You probably like to hike or do

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... longer term than, say, to the first-time visitor. Bearing that in mind ... obligations always tended to cross paths. And yes, now MIT is in a different

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  thought to myself: easy! If I was able to get 5s on my APs and As in my ... orientation, each MIT freshman has the option to take part in a freshman pre ... living before you get to campus. Personally, I had taken a special liking

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  fortunate to get a D. In fact, I hadn’t been that happy about a grade since my ... 't fit in the other me, the one who had trouble getting both in and out of ... still wouldn't get me out of bed in the morning or stop me from engaging

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  landed in Philly around 10PM. After getting my luggage, I took the shuttle ... in Philly so I'm staying with her to save MIT some money (and sleep in ... . My mom came to see her kid in action and really enjoyed herself. She

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  able to get done. Sunday is also Bread Day around here!!!! In addition ... bother to lie to myself that I'll get ahead on work; I just bask in the ... just on the horizon. I wanted to share what my daily life looks like, in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers ... in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At ... information session was a stellar opportunity to "spend time with my friend in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  things to do, doing well in them, getting leadership activities, volunteer ... . But I didn't want to be the guy who was estimating my position in the ... pertinent to what was going on in my mind: is it right to feel like any less

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  part of CPW for me was talking to other prefrosh getting to know the ... prefrosh is like an open door to visit labs, classes, and get exposed to everything that MIT has to offer. Relish in it. Rule #5: Don't knock it 'til

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  : Playwrights’ Lab in the spring, where I’ll get to collaborate with a ... , where I suddenly had an infinite amount of time to respond in a way that ... in a while, I’d open my eyes and check the clock, just to see that only

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  class to make all eight plays and musicals held during my four years in ... as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school ... pick the direction it goes in. It might not even get published if I don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  language, Scratch was an invaluable stepping stone in my journey to pursuing computer science. I first learned to use Scratch in high school in order to ... Program (ESP) in which 7th and 8th graders come to MIT to take a variety of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  , getting tickets to a last-minute concert, etc.  Being present. I keep ... in new and old ways, and basically just living it up. Happy LFDOC to my ... . Namely:  It’s my very last semester (still trying to wrap my head around

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  MIT homepage today, I've been getting lots of traffic interested in summer programs. To that end, here is a further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006