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• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  already here on the site -- for example, about standardized test ... include the MIT Supplemental Document Cover Sheet from MyMIT for any ... cover sheet will be fine, too, as long as there is enough information for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  you squeak by with an A- for a term in one class, but if you got, say, a ... class for me, so my attention was divided between a sort of limerence for ... year old - a concern for my future prospects of going to med school, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  site -- for example, about standardized test requirements or statistics ... may find that you can only fit, say, 247 words for a 250-word prompt. My ... them in time for our review. If you do not send them directly and plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  application cats. Also, last night we discovered a new qualification for ... the aforementioned Lucy to go for a drive. Driving by muscle memory led ... -slickers we apparently are, and decided to head for warmer climates for the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  -sounding idiom), I no longer have an excuse for putting off this blog entry until T ... ? How do students make time for research during the academic year, or do ... summer, for me to build and test batteries that wouldn't explode or melt or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  of granola flatbread, studied experimental bacon physics for six finger-scalding hours in preparation for an all-bacon dinner for 40 people, packed two ... summer that curves just short of preparations for the impending semester

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  the pre med office for more info. For my part, I'll say first that MIT ... -- the acceptance rate for MIT kids at the top several medical schools is ... MIT education is a strong positive for a medical school applicant, since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  wasteful for the vendor to give him a knife, since he was planning to eat it ... -minded (between us, we take only four showers a week), we made sure to ask for our ... able to recycle the knife into usable oil. Anyway, we meandered for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  fall, I suffered a brain injury and stepped back from my role for the ... was the right decision for my recovery. The good news is, I am on track for a full recovery! Since then, I have been pitching in where I can

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  of our favorite media. goodbye mit :’) for a fun challenge, try to ... I the one always packing up my stuff? For once, for once, for once I ... being, and you can be grateful for them, even if they were never meant to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  paid or earn credit for it."]UROPs[/annotation] from the Tangible Media ... than my peers, so I decided to make up for less experience with more time ... . I found out that I actually enjoy coding enough to do it for hours at

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  academic environment, you most often turn to the people around you for ... . after all, we’ve only barely known each other for two and a half months ... think, but you can’t force people to talk. so i wait for something to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  semester goes on sometimes the TA for the next recitation comes in and does ... ="x = any integer from 1-24, not to be mistaken for the ChemE Bunker ... good because lots of beanbags are there specifically for sleep. most

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  for the first few rehearsals)[/caption] Not the most exciting things in ... ; luckily, the bags did not stick around for long. It had been more than a ... . Admittedly, this may seem overkill for reading and annotating music, but hey, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  , and I shouldn't put down my past self for not knowing what I know now. I ... while. I think for the most part, my freshman year was spent dismantling the mindsets that I held for granted back in high school. I stopped

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  /ApplyingToCollege. I'm flattered for something I've written to get 211 upvotes, and I'm sad that I can't keep the karma for my main. I'd have loved to comment ... me for spending all day sitting down in front of my laptop, saying it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  Hi everybody! I was busy this [annotation note="IAP, for y ... , stands for Independent Activities Period, and takes place for all of ... accidentally connected the tungsten stick to the welding arc (for context, this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  . this is disconcerting for numerous reasons. firstly, i feel like i don ... community before our dorm went offline for renovations. naturally, the ... ="aka exec member"]floor chair,[/annotation] i'm responsible for helping guide

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  this, I failed to account for the fact that I am now in the most ... bad to just slow down for a while, to focus more on taking in the world ... write something, for myself, while staring out my window. I’ve already

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  suggested that we spice up our orders by asking for four of what the person in ... beach, we stopped by a Stop & Shop for some burger buns, patties, and ... hunting ground for sharks. but they're not common in June, apparently. the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020