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• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  In sixth grade, even if you had a crush on someone, you would never ... company (this has happened a few times when I didn't perform well in a ... that rejection can bother me: if I ask a question in a group chat and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  's probably not all that terribly different from the SAT II in biology, but I ... unless they are in my dinner.) Luckily, I don't think the test will be of too much consequence in my graduate school application, since I already

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  type of math. Maybe it’s the physicist in me. So when I heard that MIT ... the physics textbooks I would use next semester (my personal record is forty pages flipped in a minute). I prepared. I found some integrals

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or ... seemed *changed*, calmer. I guess going abroad changed me. Later in the ... miscellaneous assignments due. I put in solid training practices at the rink

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  discovered this morning in my scanner. I never took it out after making copies ... which classes you are able to take as a freshman. I took the test in June ... difference was between CI-H and CI-HW. Still don't, in fact. So I just filled

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  been fantastic in a lot of different ways. I'm back in Cambridge, I did a ... sunshine and roses would be lying. I've never been very good at identifying ... ="61573" image4="61574" /] I always have a destination or objective in mind for my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  that did not rank MIT, but you would like to apply for our Regular Action ... know in advance. Learn more about this process here. If you applied for
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  I believed in my abilities so much that I genuinely go around telling ... life"]26-100[/annotation], but I was in[annotation note = "A separate ... because I generally enjoy this class? I did debate in high school so I have

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... , when I did finally get home, I was in for a surprise. Although I was only ... from home, I didn't really think my parents would miss me (and I honestly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds ... otherwise, and my fraternity has played a huge role in my life ever since I ... would be one of the most important decisions I've made this year. Now that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  . It wasn't deliberate in the beginning but I wrote the third entry ... . Allen was my sailing partner in the Sailing PE class that I took during ... up and down in the water!). When I first arrived at MIT, I must admit

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  The first time I ever stepped on a skateboard was in 2015, which was ... Future Part II. I was in seventh grade. It was a week before Halloween, and ... I knew it, I’m in front of the Samuel Tak Lee balancing on the board

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  last but not least: sara Just going in, I knew this challenge would be a ... note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also ... was very consistent in the pace at which she was writing. i think this

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  [annotation note="a game that i'm independently developing in Unity ... bookstore in NYC and bought it for me on the spot. i finally got around to ... thinking about the CMS thesis that i am soon to write and how much i would

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  Jackson in the rainy closing scene of Step Up 2. I would walk around the ... Mocha Moves in Fall ‘19 and are members of Dance Troupe, but I’ve done it ... ) How did you start dancing?  I honestly can’t remember a time in my life

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... -Emily"]Everybody, meet Alison.[/annotation] With these three in mind, I ... ended up in my spam folder bc I guess my email decided that it doesn

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  've been dancing...unofficially...for much longer. as I've mentioned in ... of myself for my Instagram. I would learn a few dances a week since ... that I have at least 15 new dance videos in my subscriptions every day

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  ? A NERD? Why, I've never been called a nerd in my life! Good heavens ... writer ever since I wrote my first "book" in fourth grade, I take pictures, I sing, I dance, I'm in a sketch comedy group. I took all the AP

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out with friends in the 4AB lounge, eat dining hall food in Simdin, and ... ? That’s okay. I think I saw a sign with your picture on the way in. Let

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  March 22nd in Copley Square. "Hm," I thought, "wouldn't it be cool if ... stood behind the girl in the sweatshirt. Michelle and I just stood there ... thing. I'm the only new one in this picture, I'm sporting my new red

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008