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• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... common app so they got the notification. She also got to me really far in ... letters, I can try to address them in the comments below. But my main point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... 't be able to catch up to these kids and as a result, coming in with no ... far behind my classmates and I'll struggle to get good grades (I know

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  think it's important to let the people in your life know that you ... hussling it took to get out of the house. Everything worked out fine. I ... 've been able to take in the beauty of Boston. Despite all the snow, it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  . Most everyone resolved to get some work done on these couple of days, but ... are realizing what it means to be in the center of all this vibrant ... to see the world and take in the fresh air and ride that bike and surf

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being ... their schools. Or, sit in the cafeteria and listen to people ... Admissions: In a kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  said "Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy." I'll add to that only ... speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia ... a week ago, I feel compelled to at least pretend I have some salient

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  week to get out 14 NEW BROTHERS (note the excitement). Anyhoo, for those ... think wild and crazy kids in togas. If by togas you mean suits and ties ... have been my choice in shirt and tie combination. Basically, each

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET

  

  checklist, which will now be turned off. In order to reduce any extra stress ... check now to make sure you can log in smoothly. If you need to reset your password, just go to apply.mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 12, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  season conference title, but to beat every single team in our conference ... win against Emerson, we are the first team to ever go 11-0 in our ... team so much. I can’t wait to see what the post-season has in store for

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  short hours after the official kickoff to get instruction in driving the ... questions. How long does IAP last? And do you only get to do one activity ... days to account for the way Christmas, New Years, etc fall in any given

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  exams. In a word, sophomore standing isn't very difficult to get, if that ... Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... , when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  had to get it done during IAP. Maybe in just one night. I went in to ... is bad). So I came in to D-Lab and did a lot of practice welds, and ... from caffeine, consumed in excess to make up for too little sleep. Then

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  found a level i wanted to beat in my remaining week at mit. it was grand ... to plan multiple beats in advance me: oh… i took the advice and ... for each beat, the decrease in screen clutter allowed me to read off the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  rest of this post is by someone who, in addition to being an in general ... here). This cut my design time in half, so I promptly decided to double ... . :) Like in high school, I was happy to receive course credit for something I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  In my dorm, East Campus, residents are allowed to paint the door to ... could get painting, so I resolved to paint the tree over spring break ... 't get started until winter break. My zeroth step was to clean my door

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  't need to get ready tomorrow morning. So what final details of my freshman ... 's pretty cool to look at a page I created and take pride in its ... to say. And it's still in the running for actually becoming my major

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  community was quite closeknit in many aspects. I was just so glad to see that ... student'. Sad to leave but eager to come back to Boston in the fall! And ... had come to MIT CPW with excitement but also deeply rooted stereotypes

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  I possibly can. It felt like a maze that was impossible to get lost in ... to Italy to do some light research and travelling, stayed in a castle ... . It was one of the most interesting classes I’ve ever had, getting to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  to major in course 4 and course 5, respectively. ... I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... 's probably not all that terribly different from the SAT II in biology, but I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  means that I get to wander around and run errands and do fun stuff (like ... curl my hair before class, but today I had to bust my rump to get into ... UROP. Basically, my lab is moving to a new building in a few weeks (more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005