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  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  process is that we don’t as admissions officers get to meet each of you personally but instead only get to know you by what you and others write about ... time had to do with what the ECs look for, what questions they ask and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  .mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/blogger_application_2010.shtml">Blogger Application 2010 is due to me by email by Monday ... railway to save hundreds of miles of travel by taking more direct routes, it ... sustained anew) Leavenworth for so long: got back to Seattle, and boarded a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  mentality with regard to work?" is much more open to different strokes for ... join the group by learning how to push yourself and produce good work ... lab or get a paper published in a top journal. I have to admit this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of ... get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... ones. But I think the heightened ability to make choices for your life

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  . Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The ... I came to MIT with an ambitious goal: to sit everywhere on campus. Oh yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  and I decided to repay Ben for all his awesomeness by throwing a mini ... 's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or ... I would be the "distraction" and get Ben to leave 3-107, while

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of ... So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get ... only to show a different side of yourself but also to get to know us, and

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  up to something new. My eyelids were not burdened by sleep. The limbs ... emails to professors: “I have been ill for quite some time now, and it is incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  time, I don't want you to think we're just happy for the people who got ... 't get me wrong - I am *very* happy for the folks who made it in. They help ... decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  tardiness? I honestly did not think it was possible for me to get a second ... was so impossible for me to get a double major? Maybe it has to do with ... doing this: I'm working really hard to get better. And just by

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  AM to start sweating the onions for my award-winning apple cream of ... to present a total of 6 dishes for tasting and judgment. I was incensed ... should feel lucky that we even get to bake apples anymore." But I didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  perfect for allowing mobility without allowing the foot to get further ... Kayla E. '15 and I decided that it was a great idea to go out for a run ... spent a couple of hours in the morning waiting to be seen by the doctor

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  are looking for work to get a feel for industry, then planning to return ... option, detailed by Mitra, is to go for a five-year Master's of Engineering ... students, by the way), so hopefully you can get another entry to this effect

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  course, we said yes. Although it's hard for me to recreate the impression I ... might crash your browser. :) For even more photos, feel free to check out ... completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  get extra sleep over the weekend and head off to class. Do you ever ... -H classes, but the tutors for 24.09 were extremely nice and willing to help ... over to the tennis courts to swing my racket around for a bit. This

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  . Get ready for bed and sleep by 1am. Repeat. There are definitely ... at 9am Get ready for the day and eat a protein bar Leave the DPhi ... 10am-ish Work out from 10:30-12 Get lunch from 12-1 Go to class

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  commented on Laura's blog about getting cheat sheets for exams... you may ask ... back, for 5.07: Biological Chemistry. There's something to be said for ... I am done with finals and very excited about that; you may be able to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  think, and how to be a good friend, mostly by being good friends to me ... they all dispersed. i know i didn't get to spend time with nearly all the ... , someone gets up and talks about how much that senior means to the group

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  shots for free to students, employees, and dependents. Last month’s clinic ... community can get a free flu shot by appointment with MIT Medical. There will ... endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011