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• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  past week- I think you’re incredible human beings. To everyone reading this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the ... this! Either you get the decision sooner, or you get extended time to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  most likely assigned reading for your classes that just add to the time ... down this one road that was awfully hilly. To get to the point of the ... get to Target and I ended up turning the other way to go along with my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  this time to get sick not only at the beginning of the semester, but at ... you crazy? There's no good time to get sick!" But there really is. Allow ... . so you're diseased. Being sick at MIT is no fun. Along with the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  get the reference? Until then, for those of you finishing off your ... farewell to my fifth semester at MIT. It's kinda creepy how time seems to be ... fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your ... learning from his past mistakes, he was able to get up nearly halfway, when ... truly wise will recognize that there are alternative ways to get to the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  storyline, in case you're curious - a freshman comes to MIT, keen to get ... To Life Than Tooling): "There's more to 8.01 Than getting p-sets done ... tour guide) for this statistic So, if you get the chance to be around

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... . I wasn't expecting that to happen...but through your comments, your emails, and even your random Facebook pokes, I genuinely became attached to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  fill in where you're used to hearing cars, or horns, or construction. It ... the strength to capitalize properly no more (nor the energy to invest in ... cannot get here fast enough. My brain is very fried. There's only a couple

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  most to you - and if those opportunities don't seem exist, just make your own opportunities. Dedicate yourself wholly, totally, completely to your ... your friends, on your professors, on the random people you sit next to in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  past ideas about these essays, because maybe they're similar to yours. 1 ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT ... -essays may not represent you in all your 1080p HD glory. 2. You don't need to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  appreciate inquisitiveness and curiosity. This way, you also get to know your ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you ... have two.) At a certain point it seems weirder to walk into your family

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  whether to submit it as it currently is, though. If your answer is so long ... self-reported grades form. If you need to update your application after ... changes in your coursework. You will also be able to provide information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  to get my license.  How it’s going so far: I failed my driving test at ... ? I sometimes get so anxious over whether they actually want to hang out ... your life together…I’m trying to clarify my values and truly figure out

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  here's a form you can fill out if you're willing to create a Pepsi ... all to glance about your community and see what you can do to make it ... mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  only need to send in your February Updates and Notes report, which will ... you'd like to provide (new awards, changes to your activities, etc ... , but the Admissions Committee will primarily look to this report for your

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... to get to know different aspects of each individual. Here are this year ... friend. Describe one way in which you have contributed to your community

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... power drill. Apparently one way to get out a stripped screw is to dremel a ... use a flathead screwdriver to get the screw out. The rationale is that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  the real You in your essays and in your apps as a whole. It's okay to ... I'm sure most of you are enjoying the holiday season with your ... college apps are likely still an irksome item on your mind. I'm in Southern

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach ... to get sucked into the MIT mindset (or as I like to think of it, the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012