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• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  final before the class begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade ... opportunities. If you're using your resources in high school, you're going to ... MIT doesn't require applicants to take advanced courses beyond what
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  , and still didn't get through all the companies I wanted to talk to. Also ... The past few weeks have been quite the welcome-back-to-MIT-and-the-firehose-oh-havent-you-missed-me-dearly kind of back-to-school welcome. Before having much time to recharge from

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  !"]FPOP applications[/annotation], advisor forms… You thought the get-to ... culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... . “Oh no! How dare they ask a simple get-to-know-you question instead of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  likes to say, your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went. The last time I ... to stop doing, which I'll get to in a bit). One thing I've learned ... this publicly, to your benefit, dear reader."]even to myself

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  people travel to western Europe to see cultural or historic sites, my ... the team get on its feet and walk, I’m excited to see the next ... wrote about his awesome experience traveling to Europe with the team! You

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  , you won't get the result you want on your first try, but you have to ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent ... , mmmk?), you're steeling yourself to leave all your cameras and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  ? Senior spring is supposed to be the best semester of college, where we get ... submitting to the harsh campus restrictions and getting to live on campus with ... never getting to live on campus again otherwise, forced my hand. Since I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  highest suicide rate? The answer to that question is: No, this is not true ... . Most people who come to MIT are happy, well-adjusted people, and leave MIT as happy, well-adjusted people. That's not to say that MIT is never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  calling your school to get them. For other students whose grades have been ... that we need to make a decision on your case. The Application Tracking ... processing of midyear grades, calling to check on the status of your midyear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  maintain a balance between the two groups. The best way to get to know us is ... , you'll get to interact with a sampling of the most active groups on ... offered at MIT will be there to address your questions. There's always been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  So I technically wasn’t supposed to blog – but my fellow prefrosh, Fangfei, has willingly given up her ‘opportunity to blog’ to me since she has decided that there are better and productive

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  have been to a few of Boston’s popular tourist sites. It’s been so ... When I had no motivation to go to Starbucks, I’d get hot chocolate from ... .   Building 12 I would take the elevator across these stairs to get to my UROP

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  apartment gym has closed again, but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of ... work on it. Get a summer 2022 internship. - It would be great to be ... Hello and happy new year (kind of)! I was really bummed out to make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  lies the curse: if you're not comparing your performance to something ... ?) getting better grades than you? It's enough to make you feel like maybe ... gonna need a lot of help to get to where you ought to be." It was more

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  Google Calendar or other similar online planning apps/websites, but we just like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... plastic pocket to put in any design you want. So, I printed out one of my

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... , your UROP. MIT tells you that you have a chance to show off these groups ... to take that opportunity? Of course! You love everything you're

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  nurse? No, she doesn't want to get near your blood, God knows what kind of ... , too wiped to even get up to go to the bathroom, your mind wanders and ... , impose curfews, tell you to clean your room, do your homework, empty the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  a mini mill in your dorm at MIT? And do you get time to work on your ... .008 is a manufacturing class where you're required to make a large batch of ... . It took me almost a full semester to get into the class, which is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because, no matter how smoothly you try to form your sentences, they invariably ... situation in which obfuscation is to your advantage. You will frequently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Admitted Students

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2013! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009