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  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful ... . Check out JKim’s blog for tips on what to do while waiting. Speaking from ... motivated and diligent for even reading these blogs to find out more about MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  but first we are getting ready for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) which ... to offer some tips about how you can get the most of your time on ... their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year ... said NO to MIT: First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  that I would be going to India over IAP, working with AIM for Seva (a non ... Boston to New York, New York to Dubai (where I met up with my mom), and ... MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  was past the 'Sell By' date, Dad!" My dad then proceeded to explain ... to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little ... brought to you by the letter E! EEEE!") In a perfectly formed and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  classes, they count for little to nothing in your final course grade. You ... notorious for taking some people more than 10+ hours to do). If you ... 'll feel frustrated about getting a C when you have studied a ton for the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  watch for a touch of classiness and old traditions, as well as to remind ... , even subtly, for better or for worse, by the effects of IHTFP. "Punt" and ... and get it done while to "punt" a pset is to not do it or not hand it in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  've already said NO to MIT: Thank you for having applied; it was great getting ... the day by which admitted students need to let colleges know their ... 's okay, we know you're making the best choice for yourself), or to request

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  to him when he came by. We chatted at length about MIT, his current ... freshmen are taught to memorize phylum names and label parts of a plant for ... to be on-location in New York City with an independent movie directed

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  venue. (Photo by CST) The Central Square Theater, home to two theater ... stand has delicious cookies for only $1 each :) The show was followed by a ... TimeOut New York, but also been extended for an additional full week

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  morning to study for it, scrubbing the sleep from my half-conscious brain ... -winded sentences, making sure to use one of the 32 new grammar strategies we had ... reminded of my problem set for [annotation note="Introduction to Satellite

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  -from-behind win by the home team thanks to a Troy Glaus three-run home run. Yet I ... has composed a new concerto for a "hyperpiano" and orchestra. Machover ... And gather here once more to be renourished by thy side, And as we raise

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  offered to temper my usual Course VI nerditude by writing about her ... developing countries to improve their quality of life. One of our projects, for ... . To help combat this fear, Showergy delivers all that is needed for the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  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 / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  , because I was surrounded by people who wanted to see me fail. This dynamic ... ; initially I struggled to adjust, but by late 2020, I had gained more ... might be nice to my face, but I know they were secretly upset. They didn

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• 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 / 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 / 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