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• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... 's interview advice and Stu's Advice On How To Approach Your Interview.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  stores on top of other stores, and food can just be delivered to your door ... the bucket list. I never expected to jump on a bus to New York at 3 am ... of around twenty questions, and, after a few months, managed to get

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  place at MIT. What good is it to be at the best school in the world if you're ... studying something that will get people to think I'm smart, I'm disappointed ... and began following a YouTube video on how to draw fruit with pastels

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  to get into the only theater in Boston showing Brokeback Mountain on ... , when my mind's off finals. That way, I can focus totally on your ... Carter '07, we were able to get into the theatre with enough time to find

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  pretty much devoured our time, not to mention we were also trying to get to ... and decide which ones they may like to live on. Conner 2, my floor, went ... . I used my awesome new ladder to help me paint. It's telescopic

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  weeks, you are expected to have learned how to operate your first set of equipment, successfully conducted your first experiment on this equipment, learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  too late to do things on your own. With all due respect, not so much ... ? When I do get to MIT, I'm planning to declare Course 2 (Mechanical ... be the poster child for "people who get headaches listening to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  *. Plus, “high-school dropout” had a nice ring to it (and I would get loads ... ability to make reasonable judgments, however. So, whether or not you're considering MIT (if not, you might be on the wrong website), here's my advice

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  we really want is to get the MYR as soon as possible when your grades ... not available. We will reach out to these students with instructions on ... by you, the applicant. The MYR serves two purposes: to share your

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  Library takes on a whole new use for students. No longer is it a place to ... (especially during CPW) but sometimes it gets ridiculous. When I'm late to class ... start to get angry. Be smart, take a picture of the tree when people aren

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  (I know you’re tempted to stop reading after the video, but keep ... the lecture did happen to be a good time. We learned about how you get ... , you already had your college days. No applying to MIT!), and some of you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  football (soccer) fan eh? Your comments sounds like a girl's who is trying to ... in a book or a travel guide or something if I don't get around to ... waste or to retrofit the entire plant to meet new environmental standards

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  write about getting deferred for this blog and planned to talk about this ... interested in MIT freshman year when I got to be on campus during ESP's splash ... school"]was willing to bet my right kidney[/annotation] I would not get in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  As I’m starting to write this, I’m sitting on an airplane, my rear ... both. I’m still trying to find out where I stand on that blurry line ... before I adjusted to a new environment and began to enjoy everything that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  . After what seemed like forever, I arrived on the MIT campus, duly deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video-chat excessively with friends I’d already begun to miss. I haven’t had much time for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  ado... How do I meet know more people (To new friendships! A special ... is easy: go to more public events, make friends with your friends ... ’s easy to forget that people want to care. People want to hear about your

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be in touch ... your future classmates and get questions answered by current students ... ! It will be in the mail on Wednesday, and in your mailboxes soon after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  those you're hired to serve. I was really happy to hear that she plans to ... she'll be able to hear from us before it gets to the picket line point ... In case you haven't heard, MIT has a new president-elect! This

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  long enough to actually work on my Computation Systems lab due in two ... friends- and I go back to bed.  [video width="640" height="1136" mp4="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content ... are scared and we aren’t sure when things are going to get back to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  introspection on your values, personality, goals, skills, and deficits. This ... exams last semester because I set hard limits on how long I could wait to ... completely blanks. Unless I'm actively working on an assignment for that course

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025