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  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  . I switched to a math major (from a humanities major) in fall 2019 ... confidence in the area. Some cool opportunities came my way: I was invited to ... (out of sixty students) in my research program. If they were trying to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  want to do. We were in this boat as prefrosh, and then in our freshman ... to us, and maybe something we’d even want to major in. Fast forward to getting accepted to MIT. We were beyond shocked and ecstatic. We Felt All

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... , it is your choice to decide what to include in your application

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  Spanish, I want to write a novel, I want to get a PhD in media studies, I ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid ... feelings on what I want the future to look like. Had you asked me in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  many new abilities our hero Link gains in his quest to defeat Ganondorf ... failed me! But why? Linear algebra to the… rescue? TL;DR, rotations in 3D ... way to describe a rotation in 3D is with a matrix – a 3x3 grid of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  . Admissions officers should get involved in these communities if they want to ... inform decisions, either in regard to admission or in regard to the ... applicants are in danger of getting rejected because of an internet profile

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... Fenway Park, home to the Red Sox. In front of me is more of the Back Bay ... get a cannoli And if you get a cannoli, you must find a nearby park to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  . According to CMS/W: The curriculum in science writing is designed to enable ... designed to work as a complementary major for students majoring in science ... is it like to major in science writing at MIT? In addition to Anna

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So ... wanted to through that in there to prove that MIT students do in fact date ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  each get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay! Schedules ... is where I continue to work on ElectroPlushies and get them up and running. We're meeting with a manufacturer in a couple of weeks to discuss

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  in the US[/annotation] and to get to know each other before all of the ... amazing to get to know that we had so much in common despite us all coming ... ’d get to know each other outside of the academic setting. In spring, we

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  bikini. You see Stephanie get the message, clap her hand to her face in panic, yell something back to her friend, and drive off, just as you get ... show you that MIT students have tremendous creative gifts in addition to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  and Big Hero 6, and in the spring he teaches "How To Make Something That ... neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract-land without anything to tether me down to things that actually exist. So to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  take pictures of the machines (: In the meantime, in order to orient ... coordinates. However in order to establish your coordinates, you need to edge ... After 8 months, I was finally in. In the Edgerton Center Student Shop

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  Back in October of 2022, I flew from Boston to LA and drove two hours ... stuff, what have you -- I try to always keep a tab on what's going on in ... content creator of color, or being disabled in the gaming space and how to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  , the theater was packed. The last empty seat in the house went to MIT ... 't get a chance to talk with him, but as he was leaving I heard his one ... to get a turbine to generate electricity for the village -- can it get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  ! I'm still getting used to filming important things in my life, as I ... 'm trying to get used to the new interface. I am at no means super entertaining. Nor are these meant to be super entertaining. In fact, I kinda hope

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  a slightly different permutation in order to get a nice figure for our ... get to MIT) to major in something entirely different from what you wrote ... whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  , Adam and I headed to the Museum of Science -- MIT students get in free! The museum, besides being a great place to immerse oneself in biology ... -track minds), had two exhibits to thrill the animal geek in me: a new baby

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  returning to East Campus time and time again, and since I was temped here in the first place, I decided to stay. I lived in East Campus for a year ... like an artificial race to get the most experience you can as early as

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018