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• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  , but it was at the time because I’d long considered myself a person who ... Important: Operation Calculus. The Plan: A. How It Went: B.) There were more ... scenes for ThesisNovel before I sent the first fifth of it off to my

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  Alternatively, how to build a cult! Only it’s not a cult, it’s just a ... ’s what I really want to talk about (although you’d never guess from how it ... …ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  actually picked it up. I didn’t even remember all of the names (much less the ... he (very patiently) coached me through a game. It took an hour - I ... I think my suckiness at Smash is interesting because it’s probably not

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  how well it is written, or how flowery the language is. The essays are ... -in-the-wall that a lot of people miss, but it has some great veggie options. I ... country. So, how would you judge/compare/evaluate applicants who had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  socially. My mom, knowing how difficult school was for me, started promising ... , when the doors opened. It was one of the first concerts I ever camped out ... myself for the chaos that would be the pit. I loved every second of it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  , it does only offer French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese - but ... day. You can pray for 36, but it isn't going to happen. One of the best ... the night before your exam [it's not high school anymore ;)]. MIT is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a ... that every practice felt like it was just hanging out, rather than a ... emailed the president, Kathleen S. ‘19, to see how I could get involved. A

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  At long last, I've finally reached a semester where at least half my ... coded key of how I classify the classes.Notice the relatively small ... waiting to take this class since freshman fall, and it's honestly one of the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  , your concern does not seem to be "will my child make it at MIT or how hard will it be or how will he/she adjust socially or grow as a better ... and is going to their open house to see how it will measure up to MIT in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  black hole of fiber arts. (It could happen to you! It could happen to ... cow from the artist on my behalf. Soon enough, it was sitting on my shelf in all its strawberry glory. [caption id="attachment_85727" align

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  : what are they, how do they work, and why might we use them? It’s taught ... about BeaverCube and how it convinced me to apply to grad school soon ... extracurricular activity, and I’m hoping to spend a lot of time on it, especially

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  about how pretty they are. It's just...incredible to just feel understood ... with 2024s and it's been an absolute joy. I somehow convinced the ... it reminds me a lot of my own CPW, though it may be taking place in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  At the beginning of September, I moved into a new house! It's 10 ... existence—and living spaces. It's pretty litty. My group started moving in on September 1st, which is the day classes started. Yeah, it was pretty unideal

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  had finally gotten it right. Until two of our friends dated and then ... talking. Then, my junior year I thought I had really gotten it right. The group was now smaller to about 6 of us and it felt solid. This is it, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  ? how to design human interactions with technical systems? the electoral ... Lightning Talks, but it was very much a collaborative effort. The faculty took ... from DUSP, which conducts its own talks once or twice a year to let

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  affected in the Gulf Coast in our minds and in our hearts. It's an emotional ... disaster, and it's just too early to tell what the best course of action will ... the damage and we realize that it will be months before any sense of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  ’t think I had a good reason to come as it is that I don’t know how to ... ’t focus on how much this semester isn’t what I imagined it would be. Maybe I ... ’s shopping mall, the deserted town square with its Kremlin-shaped playground

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  Donald's. This week sucks. Well, for everybody else it sucks, because they had ... breakfasts--every year, it's tradition that the seniors on Conner 2 make ... 't half-ass anything on Conner 2, unless it's every problem set I turned in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  fudge of my childhood. I've been really impressed by how easy it is to ... , considering i've been doing it for approximately two weeks! Parkour has been super fun and the two guys running it are very good teachers -- I love

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  comes from. And I don't know how to make it go away. This semester, I ... in the mirror and I see my accomplishments. I think of how far I ... it frustrates me that I still feel this way, but it's tiring being the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020