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  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  posted here.  I was an interviewer myself for many years before leading ... some suggestions she has for you as you prepare for your interview: I can’t believe I graduated from MIT 10 years ago! Each time I am lucky

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  It's unfair, I admit: I've rhapsodized aplenty about Manhattan's food ... is that one year ago, I vowed to leave no restaurant within walking ... pre-folded in topologically confusing structures (not that I needed to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  This is a blogpost from my friend that is a boy, Raymond Tran '23. I ... website. I am incredibly proud of Raymond and have been so excited for this blogpost since I've been watching it grow and develop since the very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  nuance, and I noticed students in my periphery taking more ownership over ... soundtrack is even more challenging. Wes and Luke did a phenomenal job—I can't count the number of times I got chills, or that the room Regressions was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

  and competition. He's a really smart guy, and I found out about this cool post he put up on Medium and asked if I could reformat it and post ... in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I hope you enjoy

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  you is incredible, and I am so excited to see your happy faces light up ... schools. I want to lay out some basics about what you might want or need to know about your freshmen year.  I've learned a lot through my own

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  Between June 1st and today, I have: written 5 versions of my ... programs/internships and so on. Through all this, I've learned that writing ... thoughts/helped me out immensely. And so, I thought I'd share. I hope this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  While I was on vacation this past week, MIT Dean of Admissions ... ", meaning I recommend that at this point you focus on picking the best high ... small town in Alabama is one of the top in our state. (I know Alabama isn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  One thing about me is I love science fiction. Whether it be movies ... future technology and future societies can look like. I actually talked a ... -fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first delved into the MIT ... count over that weekend was in the single digits and I still remember a ... 's atmosphere of absolute energy. I remember a large bouncy castle and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  a variety of reasons, none of which I'm going to touch. The long and ... . What I will discuss is how the current dining system at MIT operates ... write about). To fix this issue, I present to you everything you need to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  expiring, so here I am. Per my previous post: the November Rule is ... for frosh and upperclassmen to start hooking up left and right, but I wasn’t born yesterday and I know that it’ll probably happen to some

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  This year, for spring break my friend Yida and I decided to head to ... Quebec City as well because I was really amped to practice some French and I wanted to see more of the francophone part of Canada. :D We flew

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  Background: I love writing. I love building on thoughts I can’t put words to, reading them back, and rewriting them until they feel true. I love knowing that I’ve said something I couldn’t say before and feeling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the Ivy ... conference, and very informative. I didn't know a lot about admissions before I began my job here at the office, and while I've learned a lot (a lot) over

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  Hey Mr. McArthur (I am him!) Tell me where have you been (Hangin’ out ... ’) Happy Holidays blogosphere. Some of you may be wondering where I have been for the past few months. Well, I’ve been in Cambridge, same place that I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  On May 18th I wrote a blog entry called “Ring Committee” which was about as popular as anything else I write amongst a prefrosh audience but ... short, I removed the entry, but I think it's time to explain why. Why was

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  Barkowitz and I have decided that today would be a good day to ... professors. "There are two main ways to leave a legacy," they say, "I could work 24 hours a day coming up with groundbreaking research or I could

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  did on soundproofing the building! I got to experience it first ... under construction since I started at MIT, and I’d often wonder what ... “art is created inside this space,” but after three long years, I can

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  the Grand Tetons[/caption] This spring, I had the chance to reconnect ... institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the ... Arkansas! (I know that looks like a big bat but it's me!)[/caption] This

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024