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  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  questions have the same answer. When I arrived as a freshman, I signed up for ... sinking. Actually, that’s how I felt for my first three and a half years at ... over four years ago, for example, he told me that he wanted to be a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  the importance of the idea of "holistic admissions." We have a holistic ... factor controlling the admissions process. Suppose, for a moment, we didn ... here for the sake of argument). We could build a working admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  they have not demonstrated a clear need for it (and often even when they ... Mashable is running a story today called New Facebook App Tells College Applicants What Their Chances Are. It's created quite a buzz on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... should make a point of getting on that train.* I get asked about hacking at MIT a lot, which is natural; I talk about it in my biography after all

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  love, I think is a very important goal, and something that can’t be done ... arrest somebody, hold them in a detention center or a jail for an ... are a lot more people who want to reach for that vision with me, because

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  know you’ve put in a lot. Here is my deep life advice, for the next week ... : my favorite Star Trek episode; for you, hopefully a gateway to more ... manifested itself academically. I had a close relationship with my parents, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  video,” he said, “I basically want to make a two-minute trailer for the ... (then) recently released new concept for the Iron Man comic series, a 15 ... the steadicam for the Lobby 7 footage. Lastly, we needed a cast

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  people what they like to do for fun is a fantastic window into their world ... —Ifemelu’s only here for a few more days (246 more pages). Ameer One word. Dance. I ... audiences of all ages for so many years, which is perfect for someone who is a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  screen among known drugs for necrosis against a potential drug to see if ... Israel forever. It's really neat now to have a mental image for many of the ... MISTI MIT-Israel students came together for a 5 day seminar learning about

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  most beautiful places to visit in England for a reason! The charming town ... Europe, I was still amazed every time I reached a new destination! For ... participate in a research project during term time. For me, such direct

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  .031,[/annotation]the class I'm currently working for as a Lab Assistant. This was ... my head that I've been thinking about, each separately, for a few weeks ... A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  will come as a relief to you. A realization of a goal you’ve had for half ... that you won’t come down from for several months. Interphase holds a ... ’d like. It’s been a difficult year for you. Unfortunately, next year won

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

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  and how to take risks. But the most important and fulfilling thing for ... building, and she was kind enough to offer me a few square feet for the ... cinder block oven for a disastrously large pie. I loaded up lots of lumber

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a ... application a month earlier and Decisions Day for me was on December 15th. But I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  people are often really scary, but important. I kept a list of new ... yes to most of them. Never say no, especially if it makes for a good ... UROPs. Don’t be stuck working for a lab you don’t want to work for or

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  he'd recommended me for a customer support job in what would become the ... for a PhD. I had spent two years researching programs and thought I had ... working to realize a future where I didn't work for MIT Admissions; where I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  them to make that a reality takes a lot of energy and thinking for me ... personalities. How to customize my practice for each trainee requires a lot of ... for my faculty job, I believed I had a really great research project in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  , thanks to Vassko, has a more complicated answer. For those of you just ... 't write about the drunken wildness parties in the blogs for a few reasons ... -party type. I, for instance, haven't been to a frat party since early

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  subjects.  So for a while now, many discussions have been going on within a number of communities for minorities here on campus about ways that we as a ... course or review for a course you’re concurrently taking.   Name

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  mentally equipped for about 4.5 classes a semester so I've been sticking to ... time for a fifth class (turns out I kind of did)"]4.110: Design Across ... American History[/annotation] 11.133/21A.302/WGS.271: Dilemmas in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019