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  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

  

  drizzle. I didn’t dream of applying to MIT my whole life. I only figured ... significant challenges in my life up to that point than getting an A in math ... life was difficult then, and you earned them. It happens all the time

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  Note: This post will be updated at irregular intervals today, Saturday, August 30 whenever the words decide to magically appear on my Word processor. Let’s call it a “Time Experiment”…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is transformed into a mix of adventures, innovation, and learning.  I am spending my IAP with my…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  , but I can’t. The blogs try to capture snippets of MIT life, but the ... because they’re quirky, friendly, full of life, deeply in love with

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  My high school academic life was by no means a cruise through ... situations are cutting their way through life, but the problem this past week ... . Problems aren’t always fluid or predictable, neither in MIT nor in real life

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  I know this is delayed, but I never got to write an end-of-school-year beginning-of-summer post, and it feels like so much has happened since classes ended, but I’d like to…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  Airport, and marginally expect my life to play out like a scene from Love

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  Michael Plasmeier, aka The Plaz, is a junior at MIT studying Course 6 (or EECS). His website – ThePlaz.com – also has a wiki, and on this wiki, he shares…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  Heads up: this post contains references (italicized) to the song “Help!” by the Beatles. Relevant verse reproduced at the bottom, for your convenience. – When I was younger, so much…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  ready for life after MIT. He has interviewed at Google, Microsoft and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  with them later in life." One way Garay hopes to do well is by being well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  I've done a couple of posts about life at MIT, so I figure it's time ... your life. Raw numbers of hours probably don't speak as much as the hours ... , and it serves as a nice cushion in the adjustment to college life. I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  the best way to talk about my life since I last wrote without publishing ... ) sung to Dean Benedict, our fairly popular dean for student life, to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  didn't want to delay what seemed like my entire life for a whole year

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  By Omar Abudayyeh ’12 While I’m not cool enough to enroll at MIT on an iTouch or to dedicate myself to MIT for four years weeks before CPW, I am…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  section of my life. Because MIT requires all students to take 8 classes in ... enjoying the finer things in life - especially good food, sleeping in, and ... schedule might look like next year! This comic pretty much sums up my life

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  , etc.) and a life sized version of the Monopoly car game piece. After

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  Sunday wasn’t productive. Seriously, you try working when you know that in less than 24 hours you’ll be in New York and playing with toys. Maddie and I planned on…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  Mystery Hunt ended just over a week ago and I think it’s safe to say that many people are still recovering from it. I’ve been trying really hard to work…

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  I’ve missed mystery hunt every year so far. Freshman year I found myself sick and just laid in bed the first two days of the hunt, feeling moldy. By Sunday…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008