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

  

  speak to an actual admissions counselor in person. It made me love MIT ... the president of the United States and pulled an all nighter chilling ... computer, opening up the MyMIT page that I hadn't visited in a few months. I

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

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  as an O, for not showing up, but someone over in Student Support ... feeling for me—feeling prepared to take an exam. In just three business days ... semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  , observing in a local high school classroom, interviewing for cool jobs ... in through L (an inductor) and then chooses whether to go through the C ... explains it so clearly. In the lit fluorescent lamp, "an increase in

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  analytical theory for a moment and ground what I'm saying in some concrete ... medalist, who also happened to get an 800! The same goes for people who are ... -800 range. It's a subtle distinction, but an important one in understanding

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  accidentally drove the lolriokart into an enormous bank of computers in front of ... So the other day I was reading an article on slashdot about ... just made these really cool things. In the same vein I posted Carlos, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I ... we have wacky (modern? postmodern?) buildings, the best river views in ... home after class: (2) Because even the Infinite (Corridor) has an

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  I recently opened my in-box to find an email from someone who "would love to interview an admissions officer from your prestigious university ... enough, so without thinking too much about it, I wrote the following in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  finger in both pictures? Iron Man with a Brass Rat! Having Iron Man, a.k.a. Tony Stark, be an MIT alum got me interested in the movie ... said to have graduated magna cum laude from MIT. In an MIT Viewbook

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  getting around to that. But in the midst of my magnet research, I stumbled upon (actually, not really. My professors for 20.363, Biomaterials Science and Engineering, assigned it as one our journal club readings.) an

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  looking for an edge in the admissions process, and the authentic applicants ... tests, long before I contemplated completing an application for college ... in a highly selective process, is what an applicant makes of the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  purgatory and get my degree just in time for the Class of 2012 π reunion. But ... makes skype calls much nicer, it’s good for narrating what’s going on in a ... spaghetti in my bag. Notebook - For big notes. USB Battery Pack

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  *, she works part-time at the New England Aquarium. In lieu of an interview ... beguiles me into poring for hours over topics like subtle differences in the ... being at MIT helped you in this regard? MIT has been really good for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  , in general. Where you end up for grad school has less to do with the ... career in academia, a higher salary, an ability to better help people, a ... , for the people in the back: This applies to undergrad admissions, too

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more ... received an email telling me that the final exam grade for one of my other ... now except study anyway. Or quit. But quitting is not an option for me

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

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  , decide whether or not you'd like to apply here for school). Since applying to college is an important process for many people, and I'm not quite ... Hello, world! (Sorry, I had to. It's the classic "first program" for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  numerous committees and won countless awards for his excellence in teaching ... Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department (or EECS for short (or '6' for shorter)) has been appointed as new Chancellor! This is no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  . It also was scheduled to be taken offline in June 2020 for renovations ... opt to cook for themselves and the drop off in who uses meal plans is so ... to maintain even while we're not living in BC; for example, my floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  School’s done a first-rate job on making me feel like an outcast for it ... paying for their supplies, no one speaks up and an awkward silence ensues ... Ahh, the application essay. Why is it so agonizing for students

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• 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.

  

  stood in front of the bathroom mirror similing to myself for 20 seconds in ... growth for me, and a big part of my goal in becoming a math major. My ... a translator between fields, to be an avenue for the ideas, tools, and

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

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  many "failures" served as catalysts for personal growth. In the wake of ... thing. In my senior year, I used a Google Doc as an agenda to keep track ... day for my entire senior year (beginning in November when I started

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018