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  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  bet that you guys are doing this with the "Why do you want to apply to ... for the big tech companies are usually on-site interviews, which means ... with on-sites tend to miss about two or three days of school, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  on hacking at MIT. Hacking at MIT has nothing to do with breaking into ... smiling variety, GoSox! a good example of the "how did they do that!?" while ... landing sites. Hacks generally appear overnight since actually putting a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  the site and my brain is a bit melty. So, as a bit of a break, in the ... pretty epic list! What will you do to make it on the MIT 200 retrospective?

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  email address, so I checked out the site. Turns out it's run by a ... in clubs and sports and whatever else you do... the essay is the one

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  I first saw the job posting, I checked out the MIT Admissions web site ... admissions site, well below the scroll, but in almost no time they were ... should build an entirely new admissions site that reflected those things

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  kind enough to do a Q&A for my blog, so enjoy! ---------- Did other ... have gotten to do some of the coolest stuff: go swimming in some of the ... better than that. Do you have post-graduation plans, or any particular

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  identified as Lutheran?” I’m going to just google the MIT site, and while I don’t mind doing that for you, it’s not a really exciting question. If you ask ... times we don’t know what to write, and even when we do, we don’t know if

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  a human doing by Caroline M. '18 In which I am somehow still an MIT ... [annotation note="*gestures broadly at the world*"]too tired[/annotation] to do ... social network sites as we know them today, and so a college admissions

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  site because it's hilarious - and it's also where I got the above two ... Rice (disclaimer: I *do* think the Rice-Baylor program is still awesome ... intimidating (so much to do!) and very helpful. I've visited the pre

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester ... Lidle's plane crash. Regis is not to far from the site of the crash, so ... was great. It is not always possible, as our alumni do work and have

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  major delays to the site that you guys are. Also, I just did a measure of ... warnings on their website, they had a good time protecting their site from us ... over to their website and vote for us! We can do it!

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  took me all day. It wasn't that I didn't want to do it. Organic ... . Lament over not having any time to do problem set. 7:35 PM: Teaching ... teaching approaches and what not to do while attempting to inhale dinner and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I ... do your best work late at night, embrace that. It may be the only time ... college career, do something fun and irresponsible when you should be

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  . '17.) I can only hope that you do read through parts of the site, and ... dorm: it turns out that quite a few of my fellow bloggers do live ... residents can do to the space, giving rise to murals and loft beds and crazy

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  terminal and the Apple GUI depending on what I need to do. I also like the ... and web sites that have been useful to me at MIT: F.lux. If sleep is ... research you’re doing for a paper, and almost anything else. Vim, a popular

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... feel about it. But I do hope it gives you some insight into what it ... story. Many times, my friends, family (and even I myself) ask why I do

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  to do this by the end of sophomore year. I'm running a little behind. 1 ... this site -- also check out the extremely sexy Flash movies of DNA ... project and what I need to do over the next week or so. 6:35 -- I arrive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  piece, although that’s what I’m trying to do today. It’s not that a blog ... running water (such as a river or spring). You can clean up the site (often ... ”--our family in Ethiopia, and how they were doing, who was doing what. My cousins

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  exactly what they’re doing. :’’) Not me. I entered MIT with the vague ... . Ever heard of CourseRoad? It’s this beautiful little web site (actually ... people, and the gist of what I would optimally do is to convert the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Do you have trouble writing? Does it feel like a daunting ... yourself when you do. This post burgeoned from my experience with 20.109, or ... you do, don’t stop reading until you’ve learned the complete history and

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015