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  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  before I knew I was going to come to MIT. He is Godly At Physics In A Way I ... course, because radio astronomy is the best. As a radio astronomer-in ... , is a very rare and valuable commodity in the science world; he called

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a ... , on this date in 1936, a similar thought likely went through the minds ... ; Yes, that is a Ford Model T, hanging from the roof. The car, which

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  ever taken at MIT (the second lowest comes in at 54, which is four and a ... there are so many of you young 'uns coming in. This place is a magical ... where I will ultimately end up for med school (that comes in a few weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  fourteen students, were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas ... asked that, in this case, a disciplinary action associated with meaningful, peaceful participation in a protest will not negatively impact their

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  identification.  In reality, most of the confusion is about how to best leverage a ... in a highly selective process, is what an applicant makes of the ... in a highly selective college admissions process. Instinctively, I knew

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

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

  

  confusion as a feeling that comes in many different flavors. Some are sweet ... -sarcastic friend – made me think differently. Being lost in confusion was a good thing. In my senior year, I used a Google Doc as an agenda to keep track

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• 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 ... spend a night cranking away on it." In other words, organized, unpaid ... spirit of hacking, the office is bedecked with a variety of posters

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

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  As I'm sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run high, decisions are coming soon, and everyone is hella stressed. (In case

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  medical school in the world knows that MIT is a tough place, and that ... question repeatedly: after all, MIT is primarily a technology ... medical school in Fall '12 were asked to answer a series of questions to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  in a way that is measurable in a messy world that so often defies that ... This is a long belated blog post; it's been a busy summer. But I didn ... to continuously register the [annotation note="Cartesian dualism is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  rough patches Chris on time management Sam on how MIT's difficulty is a ... for Concourse, ESG is a really great program. You can also sign up for ... sure the class is actually interesting in practice. Seriously. Do

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• 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

  

  , it was me). He's had a UROP in the Aerospace Controls Laboratory since ... school class, and the first male valedictorian in 10 years -- he's not a ... time, his best combined score was a 710 in math and a 690 in verbal

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

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  in a way that ultimately is best for me? These are questions that I ... leader, of— Focus. This time, let's tell a smaller story. It is the end ... person to leave my wing of Next House. I rolled my possessions in a cart up

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  , the more helpful a group chat is in getting through the semester. III ... , share resources, ask questions (and post memes) in a forum, and keep track ... limited in function, the Facebook Messenger group chats were pretty fun. A

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

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

  

  capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that ... : although my "day in the life" was in fact a typical Tuesday or Thursday this semester (as in, every Tuesday/Thursday is like that), my Mondays, Wednesdays

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  isn't always predictable in a class with more than 200 students. I fell ... realized I wasn't enjoying it anymore. In a past life I would have taken the ... and didn't recognize her. I realize that the class took up a shelf in my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  This post is written by the beautiful and talented Christina '10 ... is quite possibly the funniest (and happiest) Baker biology genius I know, as well as a poignant and accomplished blogger. Enjoy

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

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  . "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all ask ourselves). "The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%" I've always ... participating in extracurricular activities. Years of attending a school that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of ... soloed a lot. In class, in concerts at school, in public squares in Malta ... my solo, I emerged a tin ybit more confident. Here is something I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  lot of a student who used to work in our office, who we'll call "Pink ... whose application I just read was like Pink in many ways. She came from a ... admissions [I] have seen in [my] time, both as a student and as an admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004