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  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  Right before school started, I sent out a survey to all the dorms ... a new skill relevant to their intended career or major, was relevant ... ends with a final playsentation something very unique to any other class

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 3 Schools I Attend Harvard, High School, MIT

  

  be exhausting. I’m used to different college ways and interactions, a ... teenagers of ages fourteen to eighteen. This destination is a high school ... school in the MIT area to observe and assist with a STEM class for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in ... a year ago and it is equally true now. Specifically, I want to share

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  took a few days/weeks to settle in. I got some congratulations at school ... , which is sad because there are a lot of really cool people who apply to ... self-confidence in my ability to get into such a well-known and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  a Wonder Woman power pose. On the way from the bathroom to the classroom I passed a girl from among my soon-to-be audience. We made eye ... grandfather, who was very, very dear to me, emphasized to me that there is a lot

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... 6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get ... to take at least a few rest days a week, though, because that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  to my subcloning. I add some of the DNA mix to a tube of bacteria, heat ... tells me to wait a few more minutes, so I play the "what was I doing on ... . It's a pretty big transition to go from working in the lab 15 hours a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  .  Maybe, this is a better way to explain it: I am still trying to live up to ... will come as a relief to you. A realization of a goal you’ve had for half ... — making a difference. I’m starting to doubt that it’s possible. You would

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  . I now realize that I am probably going to go a lame local college and ... me feel like I should take the time to produce a good response! I ... , meaning that I was able to start math "a year" ahead in differential

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... that a snowboarding PE course existed over IAP, I jumped at the chance to throw myself from high places with just a piece of plastic attached to my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  fly. This is a place that is very conducive to taking these passions ... . To begin the cringe, the video opens with two students in a lab. They ... . Remembering that parents are watching, the focus changes to a short segment on

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been ... define admissions with a formula is like trying to define life with a ... who chose to commute an hour each way to attend a certain school, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  was a competition, in which the applicants strove to cast themselves in ... getting admitted, then to actually dream of getting admitted. Like a cheesy ... . I was scheduled to work that morning. I’m pretty sure I did a horrible

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  , who has taken her place. Dog 2 sheds a lot, so it's best not to keep him ... , Dog 3 only wants to eat food that a human is holding even though she ... turn my audio on to say something, a red exclamation point pops up and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  tenure at MIT with a vision to build a more diverse and inclusive Institute ... Chris Peterson launched a project to highlight MIT's committment to ... the MIT Archives. A special thanks to the Archives staff! MIDDLE EAST

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )

  

  After Graduation, I now have a lot of time to "reflect upon my MIT ... of the summer, so I hope to continue writing a few blogs discussing various aspects that I've come to gain a better understanding of after my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  Italy (which means I had a hard time getting myself to go every day) but ... the way we are, and to convince ourselves and everyone that—a nutria or ... the writing ends because I used the next page and a half to draw the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  you, you're stuck in a Catch-22. Because no one wants to help when you ... the hurricane will herald a turbulent fall semester to come. https ... languages have a rich vocabulary for rain. The lightest is probably ambon, a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  just happens to be a more interesting conversation partner than you are ... about our high schools. Malingap is someone offering to grill me a burger ... exhaustion you get when you spend a whole day bouncing from class to class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to ... pinned to a corkboard after only two hours of professional stalking. I ... a plaque out of red acrylic to go on the base. We were so close to

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 6, 2023