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• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  different social network sites, and been syndicated to CNN among a bunch of other sites. Here are some excerpts from the article, written by staff ... admission. So last summer, I posted a thread on CC entitled Reminder: No one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  ...I have no idea what that is. Oddly, as soon as I typed this, my sister ... (paraphrased): .....no. MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology. It ... the MIT admissions site, and I began reading the blogs. Mollie made a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  amazing happened. The website crashed. ZOMG THE SITE CRASHED If I recall ... only a few hours before the deadline (maybe the site won't crash again ... paying for their supplies, no one speaks up and an awkward silence ensues

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  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 ... get an offer (or don't) soon after your on-site. I can't speak too much

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• 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 ... point that it's no longer your work - or, even worse, your voice. So

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

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

  

  Snively!? Well thought out answer: No, I prefer to take an observatory role ... landing sites. Hacks generally appear overnight since actually putting a ... hack, postering the admissions site and the MIT homepage with them

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  admissions site, well below the scroll, but in almost no time they were ... I first saw the job posting, I checked out the MIT Admissions web site ... no road map to follow. I'll be forever grateful for Matt's willingness

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  the idea (nobody really likes them that much, right?). No worries though ... major delays to the site that you guys are. Also, I just did a measure of ... . Obviously, I had no way of knowing this, but kudos to y'all. MIT did help a

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• 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 ... meant no more having to lug buckets/backpacks/tote bags/suitcases (yes ... straight, with another 7 days of committee ahead (no - no breaks for weekends

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 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 ... always no. (You can direct that stuff to admissions at mit dot edu.) 5 ... to help the waiting suck less? No, probably not. If you ask this, we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 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.

  

  hugs from Nance). But if you were here, you'd see that there was no ... long: 9:30 AM: Wake up, particularly early because no class until 12 ... finished. Head home to crash immediately. 3:34 AM: Quick email check. No

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  admissions site has reiterated many times, there is no rote set of actions that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  Cardozo, is sadly no longer on the awning.) Educational Counselors (ECs ... Lidle's plane crash. Regis is not to far from the site of the crash, so ... day (except for the plane crash). Unfortunately, there is no way we can

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

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

  

  running water (such as a river or spring). You can clean up the site (often ... needed any help on-site. Somewhere in the midst of all this, Alberto and I ... wanted out of a water source. He showed us all the spring protection sites

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  This whole “is there a formula to get into MIT” thing that’s been dominating College Confidential and the blog comments makes me sad. I understand that people want answers and…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• 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 ... procrastinated... and always kicked ass (which annoyed my friends to no end ... these, even if they are painful. No matter what your political or

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

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  levels. The exact gripes no longer apply, but the camaraderie certainly ... a trend? Well, no, not just that. Turns out that absolutely nothing ... 'm having a hard time? No. Not at all. The motto really plays off of this

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

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  other topics. No questions on baseball, thank goodness. I walked out ... interviewees back at the site to wait. This was actually really cool because we

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  -so-warm) space heater. (Um, hopefully no one from Housing reads the blogs.) 8 ... this site -- also check out the extremely sexy Flash movies of DNA

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  question. This place certainly has no shortage of learned ... . Ever heard of CourseRoad? It’s this beautiful little web site (actually ... otherwise would have no power to do. That’s what engineers do, right? They fix

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015