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  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

  …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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  I prefer that extra mile. Plus, it's just so convienant to get around ... existed. These schools all get to offer their students privledges at MIT ... this particular book is only at Harvard. Once getting to Harvard and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  , there's an official, MIT-specific definition). When you get to Campus ... 10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and I also really need to do 2.005 but I only have time to do one, which

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• 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
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted An open thread 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
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  now... In any case, it's easy to get lost in the details of MIT as a ... aiming to get tonight? Do you have enough food to survive?  With whom will ... have a flexible plan A, B, and C It's hard to get anywhere without some

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... they'll say they would love to be your lab partner or roommate if they ... that you "have to play, to win". ECs can't tell you your chances because

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 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 / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  application process that should be at the top of your To Do list: the interview ... , hopefully two-way, where the EC gets to know you: what drives you, interests ... ’t told us about your EA plans, or for those who haven’t visited MyMIT to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  us at this time to check on the status of your application or to see if ... to process all of your documents so that we can begin to read your ... three minutes (shouldn't you be in class?), we're trying our best to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  general. A lot of you talk about getting into MIT as though it is your goal ... have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of ... school, you think "I just need to get into [top college]. Once I get into

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  , sorry, but I have one quick question..How do you get to be a blogger on ... bloggers, which you'll have to get to go through next year as well if you ... posted here.) I'm not exactly sure how you get to become a guest blogger

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  “trick way” or “back door” to get into MIT. Your application is not a game ... enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... cooler you could be doing with your time that will do far more to help your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006