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• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  arrow goes from the nucleophile to the electrophile. Enantiomers can't be ... 've been blessed. Can't remember the reagents for the reaction you have in ... you don't. Recently, I'm dealing with a new kind of synthesis problem

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  last lyric. And then it’s over. You don’t know what to do with yourself ... -year Afeefah didn't think possible. It's become a routine of going to bed ... than I can keep up with. It feels like I don't have enough time to get

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  the privilege to interact with the new cool kids on the block. Can’t ... accommodations fully covered!). I won't name the company, but I still want to talk ... students, arranged by the MIT career office. I won’t say which company, but I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  : “Show the admissions committee who you are!”, “Be passionate!”, “Don’t ... didn’t help me at all when I was actually writing my essays. If you are ... GPA, your SAT/ACT scores, etc.—you can’t do anything about those, so

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  course I want to write. But that’s not why. I don’t know what the why is. I don’t know why the kidnapping on the news stuck with me the way it did ... written. I couldn’t say why, but it just had to be, and in the absence of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  MIT student didn't die! 2:06 -- Most of the students here are seniors ... in 1861 by William Barton Rogers who decided that people weren't being ... important to get your hands dirty and get stuff done. 2:13 -- At MIT you don't

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  I don't make schedules or use planners. In fact, I don't even use ... works the best for me is, "well, if I can't remember the event, then it ... justified my use of not using schedulers or planners. :P (don't worry - this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  all being that even if they were famous on the internet, I wouldn't recognize them at all in person. I grabbed my badge, bought a t-shirt and ... celebrity. I would have felt bad if I hadn't seen him, he was kind of hard to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . There are a few things I like about this schedule, and a few things I don't ... lecturers sometimes can't explain everything they would like to. If you don't know what's going on because you slept through a lecture or you didn't do

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Machine Shops, Part 2 In case you haven't read it: Machine Shops ... . Unfortunately, I still don't have all of the photos I would like, but honestly, if ... shops I haven't shown you photos of. Up first: the Lab for Manufacturing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry ... far as lecture goes, I don't see much of a difference because I

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  aren't supposed to be finished," she said. "They're partial. They're raw ... to which they don't enjoy their senior year, which is supposed to be ... . "Marilee is really getting at how these students feel." The issue hasn't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  families walking away with a good impression, but don't always go according ... their best student tour guide to show him around. "We weren't four steps ... transfer. "He spent the whole tour talking to me about what he didn't like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  hours, they've picked up and answered all of my questions. What if I don't ... dot edu. You haven't answered by question in any of the past few ... Engineering) to 20. But closing off majors really isn't part of MIT's culture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  being said, while I didn't lack passion when I arrived on campus freshman ... can't tell you many specifics about my Draper job because most of the ... ." Pretty much everybody feels that way. (And actually, the people who don't

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  doesn't even offer AP courses. Are APs valued higher than IB courses for ... senior staff (i.e. not me) so I can't give you an exact answer, but you ... admitted. ------------------------------------- Dan wrote: "'I don't have any

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  skills weren't good enough to figure out when Caltech adopted the beaver ... MIT has days off so that people don't commit suicide. Is that true ... aren't as involved with that as undergrad) how much weight that would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  GYLC(though i won't be attending due to financial constraints) but i have ... your essay would make the difference in a decision. I wouldn't worry ... decision letters]?" I can't provide estimates now, but when we mail, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  -script ends.  i didn’t know what to do next. when i don’t know what to do, i ... axolotl. lush caves weren’t around when i first started playing; it’s a ... , playing minecraft in utter secret while my mom wasn't looking. i walked and

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  . The artist represented most is fun., which again shouldn't be a surprise ... Snow From Little things. No Snow isn't even in my top three Reese ... don't speak a word of Mandarin, but I can sing along to the chorus. 7

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023