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  Note-Taking in its Many Forms

  

  -little sleep, the friction and rhythm of pencil on paper helps me keep my eyes ... I have always love taking notes. In a sense, it's for the same reason ... . Outside of working through practice problems and exams, note

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 13, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  (7:17 AM) Sorry for the delay in updating but the rest of the day has ... 't know how other teams are doing, but I think the puzzles this year are ... sticks, and Gatorade, nothing seems to be working. Funny part of it is that

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  this summer, there's lots of Pats chat to catch up on. As for the ... students and millions of other people around the world, and Be ... find that people in the habit of blogging make the easiest transition to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive Early Action applicant pool, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was ... students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Calm Down and Breathe Heeeeeehooooooo

  

  predicting outcomes of NFL games. But seeing how this post-season has been going, I can't possibly be the only one...

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred in EA

  

  We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we ... the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: EA Deferred

  

  We had incredibly strong EA applicants this year, and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we ... the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  

  With a 17% increase in applications, this year was once again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting only 1 in 10 ... , many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here, but I think it's probably best if I share information that is of ... about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries.

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s alive! I built a little car.

  

  For better or worse, my 2.007 car actually drives. It's not quite as cool as Melis's, but it will do. Pictures and reflection about the ... . My car is sitting in front of me begging for some TLC. UPDATE Today

  • by Bryan
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  As you've probably read via the homepage, Friday, 3/11 is our goal. If that slips for any reason, I'll let you know. Less than a week until ... stressful time. I'm thinking lots about all of you. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can’t possibly cover every “what if” in an FAQ section. The MIT application allows plenty of room for you to tell us about any special circumstances regarding
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  website, you may follow the adventures of our student bloggers as they
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  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more ... share with us through the application process.
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• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  terms of what to do and what not to do, what works best for me and for the ... 's only .75% of your grade when you only need a 40% to pass the class? Should you really be striving for all 100%'s at the cost of your mental

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  of time to work at the lab -- I'm scheduled for 16 hours per week this ... .24, Diseases of the Nervous System. Adam '07, course 16 (aeronautical and ... Projects (the first part of a senior capstone class). 16.901, Computational

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  Mariia broke her leg the day of her last final last semester so she's been ... under the CLEVR team where we were studying the effects and impacts of VR ... Hi everyone! Apologies for being gone. I have a lot of blogs

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  astounding!! i'm currently living near the MIT Museum, which is a couple of ... cheese"]Roxy's[/annotation] because of the distance, or when i'd UBER to ... worth it. i lived in Burton-Conner, the fourth dorm down Dorm Row, so i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  robotics, which got buried down in my conscience by the stresses of adapting ... ="Introductory Biology. Fulfills one of the General Institute Requirements that students ... sets on my iPad though because that makes it easier to submit the pset on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023