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  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  definitely reduce your chances of getting hired because of the risk that your ... amazing way to spend the maximum amount of time with your children and I ... science or engineering. Do you plan to put aside your career once you have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  ! If you're not, well, to quote Phyo '10, "GET PUMPED!" I didn't get to ... chance. Wouldn't want them to get jealous or anything! So tomorrow, while ... get institute holidays and have to still get our problem sets done), I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  get it into your head that it's going to be hard, but everyone else will ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a ... to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  'd compromise my morals for a job because frankly, I needed to take what I can get ... because any job is a good job. I do not expect to get a job out of ... work to maybe get to where he is one day, and at the end of the day, no

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  to bounce off ideas and formulate a method to approach your question. Once you’ve gotten started, submit your Intent to Participate by December 30, 2015 and get ready to submit your final research abstract, report

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all ... -based, so you will only pay as much as your circumstances allow you to ... your own personality and voice, then that’s not the essay you want to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  and ready to mail. And again, you will have to wait to get your letter in the mail to find out your decision, as it will not be online, in ... which students to admit since everyone is so talented. Thank you for your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  Morgan Sheng's lab in the Picower Center. I didn't get to see much of the ... excellent, and slightly less difficult to get into. Basically, you want to go ... uncommon to major in something else; medical schools don't care what your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  have yet been exposed to. Don't blame me if you fail your classes. Dr ... it is, of course, not what you're supposed to be accomplishing ... countdown clock gets closer to zero, our thoughts are all with you.

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  's snack, if you're interested). In my infinite kindheartedness to this year ... . Fantastic frozen risotto. Fantastic granola bars. The temptation to spend your ... warning before you get on the MIT Weekend Grocery Shuttle (loops around to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  hard, but you ain't gonna need it. you're not focusing on what matters to get this feature written. you're planning for futures that won't happen ... i'm going to make, like whether to go to mit or choosing what to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  Mollie has decided that she doesn't want to write any more "this is how my interview weekend went" entries. So seeing all she has to talk about these days are said weekends she's asked me to write something about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  . The idea is to get as many of these balls into the highest scoring bins so you can get more points than your opponent and win and get to go to ... So in hopes to show you more about what classes are like, over the

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  picture the world my phone's storage space hates me

  

  to MIT. my photo album conveniently lists them in chronological order ... moments spread over months at a time. thankfully for us, google photos not ... where you took your photos, in the form of a heat map: [carousel image1

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  , March 14, at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you ... you need to reset your password, just go to apply

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  's incredibly hard to live on your away from home, especially with your friends ... define your budget and expected costs. You can't expect people to live with ... considering it. what i wish they told me You're going to have skirmishes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  somehow unable to deliver what’s expected, find whatever works to get your ... important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was ... expected 12 drawings of our 3D models, but I couldn’t get the program to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  The blogs are back in town

  

  managed to blog. Use his feedback page to send him get well wishes! Daniel ... answering many of your financial aid questions. You (or whoever is filling out your financial aid forms) should definitely check it out. Mitra is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  able to advocate most compellingly on your behalf and have them send ... . If your teachers want to use the Common App cover sheets, that's fine ... applying to MIT for Early Action, don’t worry. We’ll extend your Early Action

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015