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• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ... the last one: "Who should I ask to write letters on my behalf? And the ... below, nor should you feel compelled to defend your choice as much as to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  showing on MyMIT yet AM I DOOMED?") Let me respond to this series of questions. First: no, you're not in trouble if your materials haven' ... information on that when the time comes. Feel free to fill out the Conducted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  Please 🙏please 🙏please 🙏please 🙏please    Regina: "Get in loser, we're going shopping." *Drives to career fair*👕   Push through the large crowds Stand in long lines for your turn But this ain't Disney

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  semester -- numerous for-credit classes are on offer. The full first semester ... a day, five days a week, but the benefit is that you get an intensive immersion that allows you to take the second level during the spring semester

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  fries and you flag down a waitress to get your anticipatory doggie bag ... , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  important to you. That said, you're probably wondering why I would expose ... who you are. If you're a senior right now, getting through your ... what you've done to get to where you are. Answer the question, and it

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  :30 AM (cough. Next House, Monday morning). Your backpack: not as waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when it's half-hidden under a thin layer of it. Stupid: when rain falls on

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  fraternity (for example, because you have too many extracurriculars on your ... 've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know ... heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  , munching on macarons. The following summer I obtained a PSC Fellowship to ... to see them going on to college and pursue that love. It's the MIT ... as getting open water and night time swimming experience on the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  in on time, you get full credit. If you turn it in late, you get half ... the 10 AM test (also worth 12.5% of grade) to work on this, and that if I didn't get it on time I would lose half credit for the lab and do

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  , and I get off the bus to find a seat on coach. I'll be here until ... ’t seen most of the United States. My cousin’s getting married on June 30th ... blue: I’ll be on the Lake Shore Limited from Boston to Chicago, then

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  chance before early applications to get my best possible score on each, so ... standardized test on your own--this worked well for many people. If you want to ... to pretty much anything, so if you’re still doing some last

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  tend to get much more done for yourself. Some people spend IAP home, or ... , blacksmithing, pistol, etc. That said, I'm finally getting back to the alleged ... I did get to spend the other half pondering my project and customizing

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  involved when you're clicking between Zoom meetings, but students are able to ... Lounge and talk around small tables, so prefrosh get to interact with us in ... better way to validate your acceptance to tech school than to read and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  Lunar New Year!!! I finally made it around to making this video about my time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this video in Chinese ... figure out what was the best way to make this video, and settled on doing

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  regret. i've been trying to tackle my classes with a new perspective ... with the fact that i need to build new foundations. i'm currently taking ... i don't quite catch on to material as fast as everyone else. the way

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22 ... swelling's not nearly as bad as it was on Monday. Oh, I'm getting a phone

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  put those new skills to work just last night, when I helped turn (turn ... wanted to suck up to a professor, I wouldn't write comments on something that only gets seen by some poor undergrad grader. I was tempted to write

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions: Thursday 12/16, 9pm EST On Thursday evening, our admissions decisions will be online.

  

  password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online ... 've forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to reset it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions: Wednesday 12/16 Decisions will be available online; be sure to verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online ... 've forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to reset it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2009