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  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I ... is beautiful: (1) Because I get to see this view every day walking ... Court... (4) ...or take a walk by the boathouse: (5) I'd show you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... how hard you work, you can always be better, and as long as you can be ... , getting to know you guys!) You will arrive at MIT at a time when the fight

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  to work for a school where I can honestly say that. There's a lot more ... horchata (yummy Mexican drink). I wanted to tell you a little about the last file I read. Yes, she had a sub-1400 SAT score, but you should have seen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  won't be doing laundry for a few weeks, though, so you can wait to get ... for FOREVER. I mean, a year. You can definitely get these around ... guaranteed to be safe. Moreover, if you get a MacBook Pro, you can have all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  visitors, although no one can tell you where you might procure one. Despite ... . You don’t know how to get back down. You finish a problem set. There ... opinion piece in The Tech to complain. You get your Brass Rat. You joke

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  and incredibly vague. A good fit is a place where you feel completely natural, where you can focus your efforts on achieving instead of diverting ... for everyone, but in the end you can't imagine yourself anywhere else

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  can also be exciting and get you through the slug of senioritis. ... institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years ... research and find schools where you'll be happy than just applying to a

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  parents came home and were all like, “hey so did you get in?” and I was like ... decisions came out. I could get 1 bar of wifi on my phone in one corner of the ... minutes before I could get the page to load. Oh yeah, my mother screamed. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you ... music room, where you can probably find me crying/angrily singing: The full results from last year’s poll can be found here, if you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I ... can read (and maybe learn from, too). Enjoy, and wince when you remember ... know how to do, instead of focusing on the ones you know you can’t do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  . Additionally, no matter where you live or what your major is, MIT students can ... hold weekly office hours where you can just walk into their office and ... , you can do research for all four years of college and who knows, maybe

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  decisions that can be instrumental in the steps to what you're doing with your ... really engaged in my education during high school. Yet you get to college ... where my advice to you, or my answer to this question, runs short - the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  a finished poem. Most of the time, it’s actually something you can be ... . Some of you brilliant prospective MIT students know exactly what I mean. Writing well often means “being in the flow” and if you are not there, it

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  't. ******************************************************************************************************************************************* As you can see by my post count, I'm new here. One of the things I ... applicants. I can't speak for other schools, but if you are making a pure ... . Stats don't get you acceptance into MIT, they get you consideration. Once

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  [/annotation] ready to give you their tips and tricks for surviving classes and getting ... months—but, eventually, you’ll get there. This piece of advice is a little ... get work done when you do not feel like you have opted for that work

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  not, you can observe and extrapolate. Watch what people do, and take ... undergrad, there is someone who has been where you are at some point in their lives. This means that when you're struggling with something, you can

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  ! if you prefer reading your information you can read the blog down below ... hopefully help you proceed and answer a big question: Where do we go from here ... difficult schools to get into and you have achieved something that is by no

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  in your life when you can. If you write your best papers the night ... . When your friends' parents visit, include them. You'll get free food, etc ... you and your classmates. Always be asking yourself, "what can I learn

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering, this semester, and you can ... like you sufficiently understand enzyme-DNA dynamics, you can move onto exploring all of DNA repair, or at least homologous repair which you can

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  . Second, you can observe their interactions with others, and whether they ... being awkward (im not) you can simply ask them. You should also pay ... you can do is be clear and sincere. I applaud anyone who tries to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018