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• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  If you're deferred during Early Action consideration, you don't need to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application ... your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  because it's hard to get your brain together when you're in panic mode. So ... home to get food so I'd remember to eat. I then went home and put on real ... 3.081 (Industrial Ecology of Materials) - try to get done as soon as

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  difficult to get As in certain classes. However, in 8.02, you're told from the ... -you-can-eat, but instead of being able to leave after you're comfortably full, the food just keeps on coming and you're forced to stuff more and more down

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  - if you aren't the sh*t, you're not going to get into MIT. Having said ... having to suffer through others saying "you only got into MIT because you're ... your peers than you will from your classes - and for that to happen, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  supervision is largely dependent on the supervisor. And thus we get to the point ... the lectured material and would like to get a further understanding that ... checking his email. Hopefully you'll get through to them before exams roll

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  dropped my ice bucket. (Luckily it didn't spill, so I managed to get out of ... about my project. And to get mentioned at the end. But what was even ... the planet. Answers! Get your answers! 1. Lorelai asked, "what should i

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  Charter School, signing in to get a "VISITOR" sticker, and slipping into a ... to get students to talk to me, but this is understandable -- it took me ... "smart" and it would be a pity if I didn't get to use my brain as much as I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  ", because you have just enough room to extend your arms all the way. Coffin ... single.) First step to moving in: the room required a paint job. Getting to paint your room and walls is a pretty big upside to Burton

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  out. You're required to take 4 CI classes before you graduate. This ... forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the first thing I had to do was ... lists all of the forms that need to be filled out, along with their

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  started to get healthier, I finally accepted that there was no feasible way ... definitely reinforced what I learned in 3.012. I am excited, however, to get ... of East Campus to help people get through finals! Associate Advising

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  but unfortunately I think I'm going to be awful at answering your ... Responses to comments: Edward: Hey, thank you for answering my question...though you kinda took your time but all in all I really appreciate

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  , good luck and best wishes to your final choice. Like what Paul said ... teaching SAT (probably it was an opportunity to finally "get back" at ETS for ... meet with to register for your classes. As the name implies, the freshmen

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  myself and my circle. Relatedly, I want to get better at talking to those I ... to find a UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) where I get ... morning (so I'm forced to get out of bed early) has helped, but I still have

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles ... these topics. Check your CP* guide for the link! This year, to show off

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending ... circus comes to town, and the only way to get the elephants from the train ... else I know just emailed me to tell me that. EVERYONE I KNOW: That's not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8 ... something clean, you're gonna have to clean it yourself. I occasionally go on ... magazines to look at the pictures... 3. Don't get scurvy! It's not a good idea

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  Better So People Listen More We gave a lot of talks to get better at ... loud and clear, not talking too quickly, can all add to your story. I ... even smaller computers, but eventually you get down to small roads that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  : "Hey, what question did your friend want us to ask him again?" Me: "'What ... person affect your life?" To which Bill Gates responded, in complete ... my excitement long enough to get a brief video interview with her

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ;What do you want to do after school?” “I’m going to set ... ’s going to sink fastest because of it?” I couldn’t argue ... ), who could sell you your own shirt and convince you that he’s going

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  lot of attention from your host if you get here tomorrow, there are A ... to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is growing, and the sun is shining. MIT is getting ready for CPW as fast as it

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010