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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 ... selective colleges, is really tough. It's hard to know how to gauge your ... to selective schools - or, at the very least, if you're thinking of

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

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  an admissions blogger I only have 23 minutes left, so time to get ... , if not as, excited about that as I was to initially get into MIT. I had ... (MIT '17!!) is sitting to my right, underlining passages from her AP US

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  obnoxious biker about being seen. It can save your life. Get out to the city ... ’ll never get anywhere. Just accept that you’re going to be in many pictures ... . Learn about MIT mailing lists. Make your own. Make time to get off campus

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . “You can get a fee waiver once you give us a copy of your parent’s 1040 ... , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don ... when I decided to apply to MIT Early Action. Or precisely why. It was

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  to keep the fire burning when it’s 3 am and you’re pipetting instead of contributing to your 401K; a fire that’ll help you answer the existential “what ... think you’re supposed to. A PhD, in particular, does not always lead to a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  Officers of MIT™ who are responsible for reading your applications. We get to ... questions intentionally designed to help us get to know the student as a real person. But this isn’t a blog about how to write a college essay. If you’re

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  peace.  Make another appointment at another office to get your ... 7pm.  Figure out how to find a doctor when your ear gets ... go, pay some more money to get a piece of paper confirming with your

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  shaky it took two tries to get the password right. And text suddenly ... specific essays. But getting to consciously choose to apply to UW-Madison, I ... of your life, I daresay it’s necessary to be invested. But at the same

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  gets in the way of your work or school, you have to deal with it and ... there were steps I was taking, that we were going to get somewhere ... . Being happy, to a degree, is part of your health--in particular your

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  class of 2011, when you get to the rest of your life - there will be so ... you want to pull it in another direction. you're negating. This rule ... categorize. I thought it'd be cool to post them on a Google Map to visualize

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  if you're closed off. If you need to get a job, find something that ... half of your class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it ... 't get caught. Life is too short to stick with a course of study that you're

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

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  of 2012, you can and should get your copy of How To Get Around MIT this ... Harvard-Yale football game to many more. (2) An inelegant shortcut to get ... .) - Name given to MIT's beaver suit mascot (get it?) tool (v.) - To work very

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  young person. I get the sense from the essays that he has had to fight to get to take classes at this level. He's really impressive. Great ... hearts, and we are envious of the institutions that get to be a part of

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . There are times when I get asked, out of the blue, what made me decide to ... explaining this I then get asked “So why does your biography say that you came ... were they supposed to get a car off the dome? Helicopters flew by all day

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to ... you try to squeeze why you're doing this study, what you found out, and ... some context in the area you're researching, what you're going to be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  intersection by getting way into the first assignment for 16.83, which is to ... like to work on -- getting an orbiter to Venus is an interesting ... After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... nicely when he said you don't have to build, say, a nuclear reactor to get ... 's kind of a big deal. To illustrate that, I invite you to go to Google and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• 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 ... like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... a page and seeing cold numbers on a screen to getting attached to you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  - in conjunction with your pre-med course work. And if you get a B ... get to see you here in the fall! To those of you who didn't sleep at all ... The most frequent question I received during CPW was: "You're pre

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to ... . There are great regional bike maps - not to mention Google Maps Biking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010