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  I did not graduate on time

  

  official term.  In the fall of senior year, I got my first D in a mostly ... fortunate to get a D. In fact, I hadn’t been that happy about a grade since my ... , that is, until I fell in love with Nerd Paradise.  The Harvard elective

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  The site is back online and peace has been restored to my world. :-) The last two days have been somewhat insane, but I'm glad everything has ... that they will be finished! Have a great weekend y'all...

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  - religious school instructor. There is never a quiet moment in his life, and ... (when he last blogged for MIT Admissions) as a brief intro: Daniel is the ... start it with this line: “I was born in a place that doesn’t exist anymore

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  . This is me now:   I woke up today, to a similarly pleasant scene. The sun is shining over the Boston skyline. The river moves with a gentleness ... throughout the course of the day. All the things I’ve taken for granted in a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  /trailers without electricity and running water." In case you don't know, this is a ... sure you're in the right place?" Me: ... Proctor: "Is 8.012 even in this building?" Me (bristling): "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this building

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  're competing against 10,000 other people for spots in a class of 1000 tends to ... psyched about brains. When I was in 8th grade, my mom brought home a copy of How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, who used to be a professor here in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... Chris M. scooped me, but I just couldn't let a visit from the MV-22

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I ... [annotation note="Independent Activities Period is a four week period in January ... -opened restaurant called Lanner Noodles. One unifying factor in our group is a shared

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  always seem to happen when one person or another is in a Zoom call, by the way. I think Selena was in a sorority recruitment event.) So, like, don ... big fan of it. What I am not a fan of is bugs. So naturally, I was very

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  character in the picture is a modification of the 'Masked Rider' who was popular in a early 90's anime show. If you would like more information about ... @mit.edu. They're your best bet. Alex wrote, "In your opinion, is a 780 Math Level

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the ... Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit humanitarian project to put

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  the class who is very, very comfortable in Adobe Premiere Pro. I have a ... 3 paged comic script. Like I said in the post, this class is challenging and interesting because it is the perfect sweet spot between a novel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  moved in there was only a hexagonal frame in the courtyard, and by the ...  three storeys high. Imagine that: three storeys. And the deadline was in a couple ...  scary. And maybe another reason is that trying new things out, in general, is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  is to continue broadening that range with at least 4 albums/mixtapes a ... the first show I've binge watched in a while and it was absolutely ... a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  blogger is honoring them for their birthday, not to mention a little creeped ... friends. The important word to understand in that sentence is ‘celebrating ... her a cake. She was in one of the dorms in West Campus studying for most

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few times. "Is MIT really like CPW?" The answer is, yes and no. Yes, in the ... . You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... tell, this is a very expensive class for MIT to run and we're all really ... : Drawing and using CAD Sketching is a crucial part of product design. There

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  apologies. =( So here it is, a long overdue update about everyone's favorite ... good at math. I was practically a math prodigy back in the day. Like back ... just wanted to talk to my mom about putting me in a gifted program

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  housemaster will be chosen by a committee, which is comprised of other ... hall gets a single vote in HouseComm). Eventually, Conor '07 (of 2nd West ... . And the students also figure that they're going to be gone in a few

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  Doug Liman and this is my movie. These clips are from a week ago, which is like a year in Hollywood time, so it's like going back in time for ... because I was in the back row, but here is a pretty good picture of the top

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008