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• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  you get in but your friend doesn't; or when you get in, but your arch ... nothing was happening. To be honest, sticking my head in the sand like an ... implications people seemed to give them whenever they came up in the context of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  an avocado that's getting a little ripe, it's much better to eat the ... hosed. Like fire hose. In my face. Get the picture? Oh right, pictures ... 's generally the same day they're passed out. That means you get one week to

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  ’t become not awkward, but I’ve learned how to use my awkwardness in a cool ... sometimes, but this semester proved to me that I can get it done. 2.009 pushed me hard. I had to build a model in seven hours in October, with barely

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  Square in Cambridge on the Red Line; you can get to the airport by subway ... live in the dorm assigned to you, a permanent room will be assigned once ... flavor. After deciding to confirm my choice to live in East Campus, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  't have much to show for it, except notably a fat C in 6.006, MIT's intro to ... 't afford to fail"]probably not[/annotation], and especially not in my fields ... while and i'm really excited to finally be in it. i was a bit irritated by

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... Programs, which you could listen to here). The final project in the class

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  . Everything seems to be falling into place. My birthday fell in early January ... access to really great live music in Boston and Cambridge. I definitely did ... bridge and being in Boston. Also, it's so expensive to pay for a concert

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  deferred, what is the deadline to send in supplemental materials? Get things ... applicants right now who will absolutely get in RA. So to answer your question ... want to thank all of you who had my back today and who wrote in with

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  some variation of “What did you do in high school to get into MIT ... definitely were not secretly fantasizing about getting into MIT in order to ... not being in a music department We went to an art school for 9th and 10

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  being able to shut the door and get a good night of sleep. (Or, point in ... 's nice to get in early, get everything done, and get home around 3 PM. And ... , which will take a lot more thought and I will get to at a later date

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  Lounge and talk around small tables, so prefrosh get to interact with us in ... !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much ... my floor pulling up to the event in our bright orange shirts; I'm glad

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  programs MIT sponsors that try to get high school students interested in ... in the United States are women, and that number drops to 17.9% by ... experiences. In short, Melissa, you don't have to worry about coming to MIT and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  and I'll get back to you when I get home from church. Ciao! ... "At 2:14am on Sunday January 14th Dr. Awkward managed to defeat the devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  getting rather long. My research experience will have to be represented in ... Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me ... that made all the difference in the world to me, or none at all

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  ensures that I'll be able to get to everything I want to cover, and it oddly ... friends, etc. Gives me things to look forward to, in between studying and a ... classes in a separate binder. Makes it easy to compartmentalize different

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  Morgan Sheng's lab in the Picower Center. I didn't get to see much of the ... 'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... carrying an umbrella in a snowstorm doesn't make immediate intuitive sense to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my studies and to continue sitting in places. The two goals are related

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend ... involved in research early. Some students wait until their senior year to get ... lab equipment). Importantly, you want to get really involved in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  to answer the many questions that have been showing up in my blog ... could attend it for that. now i got a problem in november test due to ... August 2007 will MIT make a conditional offer i.e. I will need to get three

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  , where I got to meet many fantastic students. After wonderful meetings in ... ://www.mit.edu/~yourusername. A username can also get you an MIT certificate, giving you access to ... cannot change it. Do you really want to answer to "hotdog88" in three years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007