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  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... occasion when I get to a story that has special significance to me. I believe ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  record. I passed all my classes, and had fun learning and getting to know ... You know what I thought I was good at after getting into MIT? You know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me ... gained from going to college and getting my first paid (on-campus) job ... lobe piercings. For a while, I had wanted to get more piercings, but

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  military, but there are opportunities for international students to get ... this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC, it's my pleasure to introduce a new guest-author blog that will help

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date ... Michigan, which gets some of the most snow in the US, right? Our standards for getting school off were really high- and even WE would have had a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this ... biological technique that helps you detect a protein and get information about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  are two ways to get to New York from Boston, both departing from South ... make you happy when you win them? Well, I wanted to get a picture of ... Q was actually the perfect way to get rid of it and transition into

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  rest stayed black. I went to get the screen repaired. This took going to ... chatted with another customer while waiting for him to get back.    ... cement below. I scrambled down to salvage it, only to find the screen

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Should Go To Canada In which Kayla E. '15 and I took a spontaneous adventure to the great land…

  

  . She asked me if I wanted to go to Canada, and I said yes. About 24 hours ... adventure to Montreal in the great land of Canada. Neither of us had been to ... docile and everyone gets so excited about them and they just sit there all

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  's application, no matter how strong, isn't enough to get one accepted. We deferred ... you need to do to get into MIT." Sorry if I confused anyone! -B ... Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  , and as such have to cross the bridge every day to get to campus. A lot ... having breakfast. As usual, I missed the Boston Daytime shuttle to campus. Like any other morning, it looked like I was walking to campus. But as I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... 're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over ... also taught the freshmen about the best ways to get around when it

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... ). And it took under 10 minutes to get there. It takes less time to get ice ... OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  'm trying to get over this feeling). The feeling that I shouldn't blog until ... best to get you psyched about MIT. But anxiety runs high, as you ... regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  , to which I retaliated by going out and getting Daily Paperfolding or ... ; 700 are not going to destroy you. You're getting into some pretty major ... score, no matter how high it is, is not enough to get you into MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off ... college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly ... ordered for myself online, I really do love getting mail. At this point

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  administrative things to get done, so we were pretty pleased with ourselves. The ... again to the MassArt registration office to turn in your new form, get it ... registration office (and get greeted “Oh hello again.”) to turn in a copy of your

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  , come visit me. They're probably the closest people I had to best friends ... able to constantly stride around the city like I knew it so well. Hopping ... lounging in my work office as I finished work. When it came to a close, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  LOLZ CATS In which he creates one of his own to explain his extended absence.

  

  'll get to your questions soon - although most of them are about missing ... .) (Thanks to Christina for finding the picture for me.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8 ... Tuesdays and Thursdays) after a term of never having to get up before ten is not fun. Don't even start with your "wah wah wah I have to get up at 5

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007