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  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  of the applicant pool, this time considering your mid year report. And ... end of the world. Even if you don't get into MIT, there is some place

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... than the application pool provides. At another institution the priority

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  Program (CUP). Two weeks ago, MIT faculty passed a motion to change ... Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP) in the 2020–2021 school year ... selected for CUP, we applied for the positions and were interviewed by

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  that wanted to do good in the world. The past few years, I've been ... : "Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  knowing how to swim. —anonymous learning to swim from a swimming pool. "You can swim in a pool, but you don't have the skills to be able to swim as ... Shulman. —Robo-CJ getting thrown into the deep end of a pool after learning

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  other words, in a world that humans have built for themselves, the roach ... Harley batting away at a roach, I cupped its remains and took it away as

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  red Solo cup (again, I'll let you fill in the dots about what that ... the extremely competitive world of academic biology. That's more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  .): Anywhere else in the civilized world, “unstructural” means “potentially ... laps, but the coach regarded my discretization of the pool's length into

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  schoolwork, and as my roommates come down to grab cups of water or make ... underside of my nose, to grabbing the cup on my desk that’s been empty for ... following it. Even in a perfect world where I do conform to the rules of my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.

  

  . To even be in the applicant pool means that you are among the best of ... this world that you are meant to do. For those of you on the waitlist

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  up and down in the water. My classmates and I were in a pool shallow ... from back when I was five or so has me at some pool somewhere - I don ... including diving into a pool measuring nearly 14 feet at its deepest end. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  the wider world — benefits that have been recognized in the Court ... context. We believe it is crucial for the successful future of our world to ... applicant pool — to the point where MIT obtains a critical mass sufficient to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  a wading pool full of soup, forks become dinglehoppers. (They also ... turn the world right side up again. It has not been a good week, but

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ![/annotation] You are required to swim 4 laps in the pool without stopping, with 3 ... -shirt for showing up! In 2020, when the world shut down and MIT went virtual ... community pool, which worked well. But then I got older, and I got tall.  I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  brain scientists under one roof in the world. The new 411,000-square ... , stands on what must already be one of the brainiest corners in the world ... grown out of medical schools, where researchers could tap a ready pool of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  with tomato, coffee, yoghurt and granola, a cup of all kinds of fresh ... Ecuador, and in 1978 its Old Town was declared the first UNESCO World ... Feyi are playing pool but I declined in order to record my adventures

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  from Starbucks and just putting the noodles in the cup while I drove, and ... and new to the world, and she would always nibble my [annotation note ... cup) for 1.90 euros and write for several hours. I wrote a story about

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  that line my portfolio, and the world renowned professors who will vouch ... tossing it aside, immediately removing me from the pool of applicants? Even ... career. I’m really trying though, to at least let the rest of the world

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  . The early pool this year was very strong. On the topic of the strength of the early pool, I must say just how difficult it was to narrow it ... entire applicant pool fairly. Finally, I'd like to leave you with the words

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  of the $3.50 cups in Boston that don't even taste that good (I never ... dozen of them around the world, the New England Aquarium is actually

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011