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• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  between things you can control and things you can't, and that where you'll go is not who you'll be. Most of all, try to enjoy your senior year; it ... ;   You know what to do. Be yourself. Be good to others. Take care of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  Unknown. Forget the brand-name universities and try to imagine where you ... that matter most to them (you might get a surprise). Ask them about their ... lecture in room 10-250, you can lean against the railing and think about how

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  't know where Clay got the idea he could fill out a pair of leather pants ... getting coffee before we started. He runs about 90 miles a week as a member of MIT's Cross Country team, so he can afford the calories, and he

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  test itself auto-grades as you submit code, so you can constantly monitor how you are doing. This is nice because you can keep trying until your ... . The Good: 6.0001 is immensely satisfying. The sheer dopamine I get

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  that you only really understand something if you can explain it to a five ... even smaller computers, but eventually you get down to small roads that ... , and (maybe) show that you can drive your thing better than everyone else

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  heating oil. Not only do you get rid of agricultural waste (without feeding it to other animals), but you get a clean biologically-derived fuel out ... grotesque biological slurry of turkey carcasses (left) to 250 C, you get the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  applying to, you can also get in touch with your direct regional ... application. You totally can write an essay about transness, or you can let us ... college admissions officers want to support you as much as we can during

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  get over a C-, your transcript will simply show a P and if you get less ... bad singing one"]episode.[/annotation] If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, it’s the episode where a character suddenly finds themselves stuck

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  . That makes me sad, but I can live with it, thanks to the rest of you ... for everyone - via the blog.) As for what you can do... Marilee has ... 's unfortunately not much you can do, as you were likely deferred for space reasons

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  across otherwise. You get to be the dude or dudette who provides the hook ... love MIT, you may not want MIT to be where your friends are, jumping in ... then. And though I still can't grow a decent beard, oh how the times have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  Office get a sense of what your passions are and how you have explored them ... -. For the mitochondrial genome notation a strain can be ρ+ or ρ- where the ... heat capacity of water is 4.1 J/gm/K. As you can see, problem sets are a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway ... around here and if you want to get around, you need a vehicle. I guess that ... greater-than-walkable distance... can you tell I'm rediscovering the joy of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  you get from 4am psets - they are not "fun" in the strictest sense ... that tools will appear if the idea is planted in you. Learn about poetry, and you will acquire literacy to write your own. At MIT, students are

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  , always cut it out. Never use the passive where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can ... encounter situations where crisp, compelling writing can express your feelings

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  counterparts...but now I'm really getting into territory where I can't continue ... can see how easily you can get into trouble if you don't know the ... know how when you can't think of the exact word you want to use to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  their future home on campus. For those of you who haven't already decided where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms and pick the place where you fit in best with the culture and residents

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  compounding, you should start while you’re still a student if you can.  Continue ... than you realize, can be achieved even with modest earnings, and puts you ... after you leave that common ground.  If you can keep one or two close to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  applied again and got in. Yes, sometimes if you try again you can get lucky ... little habits and New Year’s Resolutions you can promise yourself, but ... yourself too good to get imposter syndrome, because didn’t you work hard

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  early, you can check out Matt's earlier post on the subject, or ask him ... " to be accepted to MIT, and I can tell you for sure that the majority of ... will get you into MIT - otherwise why would we need a thousand freshmen

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  -cream flavor. You decide to give out samples to as many test subjects as you can ... result to the CEO (coded blue). As you can see from the diagram, “Yes” is ... flavor is not rolled out. Can you see why?Notice that the first figure has

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017