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• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  around (meaning, spending quality time with my parents, because this last ... times did you take SAT?? Hi, Ankit. That would be my buddy Vijay, who ... goes for SAT IIs), and three times is a pretty safe maximum number of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  would visit MIT several more times for the Harvard-MIT Mathematics ... of the job prospects (or lack thereof) for an English major. And if I ... . I wanted to impress people around me and I wanted to get a job? And even now

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  . On Floor Pi, one of our traditions is this event called tea time. It ... communities do you most value being a part of?" But often, discussion strays ... into math, but we have a hard rule of "no math during tea time".) I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  very long time. It will be unsurprising to longtime readers, therefore ... 's curriculum, that's grades. But it's also, and this is the second part of the ... you can control. And so that part of letting go of the educational

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  power brokers. For some time now I've been intrigued by all forms of ... enjoyed that recruiting thing last week - too bad you can't do that as a job." His response was quite appropriate: "Well, Bryan, it's not a job; it's a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  -together time for this school and people who went to this school, but others can ... love it, which is an important part of understanding why the Big Game ... my life. It is my favorite break time of the entire year. But it is not

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  old image I just found online but you get the idea[/caption] 8. The 4AB ... crashes more often than I’d like to admit, but it still gets the job done

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  actually did a relatively good job with it this past spring. I found time to ... part, which is a lesson I feel like I am always learning. I haven't been ... semester, maybe three, which for me is probably an all-time low. Of course

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  her job is about analyzing the data behind user clicks on certain parts of the webpage. And it wasn't even the cool part of the webpage ... fangirling the entire time. And I’ll be working with a nonprofit devoted to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  time, and am leaving this post up because I still think the critique ... 's online format will provide an elite electronic education for those huddled ... as a reasonably meritocratic mission, at least for an online university

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I keep describing my dream job -- er, second dream job, the thing that ... would come in time. It was more intimidating, but more open-ended; the ... a pressure sensor to measure how much gas collects over time. It also

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  can save time and money in the grocery store. Know how much food costs ... time in between classes to buy groceries and go back to the dorm. If you ... times tend to be inaccurate. I sometimes take the grocery shuttle when

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  job??? The latter of which actively have a hard deadline??? But then ... ) San Francisco. It was part of an ongoing migration of most of my friends ... for more than a few weeks at a time. I don’t know if I ever felt like I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  of light up poi at the dance part. I now spend more time with my ... .   I’m 18 and a freshman. I don’t have time to waste on video games, there are “better things to do with my time”. I’m proud of the fact that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  'd check in again--I keep meaning to blog, but each time I think about it I ... talk at length about my personal life online because a lot of the greater ... /beauty) were so embarrassing to me at times. This was mostly thanks to CMS.307

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  crowdsourced online map where members of the community can add pins for different ... created a collaborative online map that any member of the community can add ... part of the maker community here! We’ll have to go visit some of these

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  down the white stuff that fell from the sky. It was my second time ever ... 's almost time to start the actual meeting. And I will be back soon. January ... 'll probably be a part of these new things this year. In the middle of dinner

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  during freshmen year, I had 3 part-time jobs to help pay for it all ... , as a full-time student as a full-time MIT student, there was the all-to-plausible possibility that I wouldn't have the time, energy, or resources to continue to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  early admitted classmates in our online community.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How much is the application fee?

  The first-year application fee is $75, payable online with a credit card when you submit your application. We understand that paying college application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are