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• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  the sailing class next semester, so maybe I'll get this to 50% before I ... percentage to like, 75% on its own. But I do feel shitty and sad about getting ... the qualifications to get those jobs. Cons: I will be a broke

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  school, we stressed about not being qualified enough to get into the ... qualified enough to get a job, and tried registering for extra classes only to ... [annotation note="feel free to vent about your application

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  process of applying to your institution. I just you to tell me about your ... cool blog, how do you get your own radio show? do you have your own ... When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  - that's what's being reflected back to your eye. If something is white ... than or equal to $5,500 per year) towards your own tutition. You should ... you may not to get exactly the position you want, but you should be able

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  , they will get your letter in to us. And we are much more flexible with ... your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... Bridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  Research Opportunities Program and allows MIT undergrads to get research ... lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional ... finally meet a lot of you. You are all awesome and I can't wait to see your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  the rest of your life goes and it is valid to want financial security ... jump out of your nightmare to dawn’s peace, resting on wounds like dew on roses. it waits for you to be eager, to let go of the meteor in your fist

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  closer you get to receiving your admissions decisions, the easier it ... . Regardless of your admissions decision, you will continue to be the good ... , and your primary responsibility is to enjoy every remaining minute of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  , sometimes to get [annotation note="Framingham has the largest Brazilian ... ) it's time for anyone who's interested in blogging to share your writing ... 's my turn to take up the mantle of "person who announces the admissions

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  get a bit more complicated but this is related to the idea that there ... of points a_n getting closer and closer to a point c, infinitesimally ... . Intro analysis teaches you to be really careful about: when you're proving

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for another of life's big rituals: getting married. Tomorrow, I will marry an ... day, I certainly find myself empathizing with your situation -- it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay!" I will tell ... using Python and MATLAB. The awesome description: We get to build virtual ... -mailing elizabizzle at mit dot edu). It's your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ask a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  (in which I get to play with the internet!), that zealous nature started ... felt like writing this story because it's easier to get the full picture ... Admissions blogs and primarily get to read about what people are *excited

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  Agent: So you teach people how to swim? Me: Oh, no. You get to teach ... wearing my purple MIT Splash t-shirt. TSA Agent: Why does your shirt say ... you could teach people to swim if you wanted to. TSA Agent: Oh. Huh. and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  getting to the drive-in window where the lady says, "Here's your Big Mac ... in the blogs about how important your living group is to your MIT ... .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  answers to some of the more general ones that might get asked again: Kate ... technically you have to wait until you're an admitted student to do that. It ... it's warmer, your host will be more likely to take you out into Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  need to do between now and tomorrow: "Don't Panic" (and remember your ... will be ecstatic to get their decision; many more will be disappointed ... thought, "I get it, I know why people wouldn't want to come here." It's not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  comments that entry received: "So, what can our students do to get your fair ... time, because parents think that's what they need to get into college ... To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  to the idea of carpe diem, seize the day, chase your dreams, and other ... you’ve always wanted to try, to experiment with your likes, dislikes ... career path. You’re supposed to be “finding yourself” (congrats if you

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015