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  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  floor, and I've noticed that there's definitely a cycle: from 2ish to 7 pm ... psets and a cappella harmonies, and from what the upperclassmen tell me ... the upcoming new year, a time when I'm even more reflective than usual

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  veggies, cheese, and fish. The sellers come from a variety of different ... Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have ... exploration. Armed with an all-powerful MBTA Pass (with unlimited trips for a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  hard to hear, especially when we seem to be coming from a position of ... way to start moving forward from a Pi Day that might not have gone the ... “work” in general. One of my clearest memories at MIT comes from a group

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  take a break from the constant movement of recruitment travel and sit in ... regional term you use for a major road that you drive relatively fast on"]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  for its 'hackathons'. What exactly is a hackathon? "At Facebook, we believe that every engineer has a great idea within them. We had a Hackathon last week, and it was a chance for each engineer to surface this idea and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  As someone whose idea of Friday night fun in high school involved (a) spending three hours with a bunch of other nerds and a stack of pizza boxes ... elbow grease, carcinogenic automotive lubricant, and a home-brewed mesh of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  out of. Second, there's a feeling that I'd somehow fallen from a star ... . Just seventeen and coming straight from a tiny all-girls prep school, I ... it is really like to spend your days here. Linked below are a few

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  from that moment that I knew, tonight was going to be a good one ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me ... it’s called in scary scientific terms), is a rare case in which a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick ... be confused with the homonymous dorm. this is instead referring to a ... up machine, a cable station, various leg and arm machines, and a good

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  tends to have a shorter timeline (still ~6 months from submission to ... conference we submitted to has a strict social media policy disallowing me from ... them to do things and almost immediately receive a bunch of replies from

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  a break from my 5.111 problem set. I had dinner a few hours ago with ... know, as well as a poignant and accomplished blogger. Enjoy! *** Precisely one year ago today I sat drinking coffee at a Dunkin Donuts with one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  less from itself by a culture that wants this to be so. I think it ... There is empirical evidence to support the idea that males have a higher capacity for spatial reasoning than females. A large-scale 1995 meta

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  Like most MIT students, I was aware when I applied that I was a highly competitive applicant. I had taken several AP classes, I had a perfect GPA, my interviewer loved me, I had founded a few clubs, and my test

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I feel that it's still a slogan that sounds cute, but it's also meaningful

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  different paths our lives can take. One of them was from a student whom we ... to take a gap year. It was strange, most of my friends from school had ... -ordinate my learning mostly from [a] Planetarium in New Delhi. Me & other

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself on choosing a college, and realizing one of many possible futures

  

  't think that means I made the wrong decision, because I learned a lot from ... Facebook. Someone I knew from a hanging out online was an early employee, and ... both-selves is actually a third-self, distinct from either of the two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  walk around and talk to reps from the companies in a desperate attempt to ... from all of them) Jobs acquired: currently, none :( I still have a few ... internships during the school year is quite nearly a full-time job. And just

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  I need a break from work"]windows[/annotation] large tables in the ... I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I'll soon be graduating from!! to try to get myself out of my room more, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  MIT for a long time, considering he's from Massachusetts. I guess maybe ... , Adam '07, and his admissions story. (Well, that and I took a thermo test ... , it was me). He's had a UROP in the Aerospace Controls Laboratory since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  baseball players ask for autographs from the people they're playing against ... kind of work with energy or that deans felt would benefit the most from Obama's address. Needless to say, the MechE student who doesn't have a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009