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  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  run by undergrads who can get paid for their efforts through UROP ... , officially. To quote their website: "Throughout the year students may also come ... Edgerton's collegues happened to drop by to say hi. I am so not kidding. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  ’t figure out how to get to them. I ended up finding a couple items by ... feels like a leading question. CJ: The correct response is “I’ll get to ... agreed to join the hunt with CJ, and we began our quest by creating a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  into them if you really want to. If you don't get your first choice HASS ... . Also, how did you manage to get your experimental procedures done within ... your bed to be, although the highest you can get it is about 3.5 or 4

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  shouldn't come - you'll still get to meet the alumni interviewers for your ... 'm there, but hate getting there. :-) No worries though - by the time I see ... that you're going to see MIT. When we're on the road, we can't make that

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  disheartening watching my friends easily get solutions to problems it takes me ... to make sure I get at least a 60% in the class. This is truly PNR in ... 'd really like to get physics out of the way this year. Thus, I need to pass 8

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  corner. You’re excited about getting to finally be your own person.You can’t wait to throw your cap up high at graduation. But you’re also a tad bit ... ’s okay to just sit, surrounded by your emotions. Because, that is also an

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  company) based on humans of new york. it's lucky to share uniquely intimate ... . Inspired by Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York. Interviews are 100% real ... to vicariously ride the ups and downs of MIT. they can't tell you if

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  : If you're not into this, don't worry—you don't have to be very good at ... This blog post is by Mike W. ‘19, epic speed integrator and Random ... , listening to songs about Alexander Hamilton on YouTube, and flipping through

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  New York to Boston thanks to this). But, that afternoon, several of us ... relied on Ethan’s (’12) phone GPS to get back to the house, but it didn ... getting to know their fellow Tech staffers. Some threatened to unplug the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application process and want you to be able to express yourself authentically. We understand that some information you may choose to share with us is information
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  designed the new SoS website and forthcoming new mit.edu. I like working with Upstatement, and I think their new website for us will be very good. Indeed, I ... want these to be your ideas, not mine, but to give you the kind of thing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  around. To be honest, I pretty much learn new techniques by watching how ... class every quarter. It’s a great way to meet new people and get some ... class by “stretching”—aka sitting on the floor pointing at your feet, or

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  , ranging from absolute flaming garbage to (at least in your opinion) pretty ... , amp and all, to annoy the neighbors that you now have because you’re not ... freestyle though, because sometimes you manage to get a line, or a verse, or a

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Tracking now available You can check the status of your application components now on MyMIT.

  

  no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our ... days for your MyMIT tracking system to reflect new documents faxed to us ... . MyMIT Application Tracking This is a good time for you to check up on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  meetings in New England: Jenny Rifken will be traveling to Portland, Maine ... to the Bay Area, followed by a trip to the Rocky Mountains and finally ... Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  . You don’t necessarily have to be getting straight As in all of your ... place to get everything done on time. But even before you begin to devise your plan, you need to take a DEEP BREATH and know that you CAN and WILL

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  get a full ride. The best way to get a full ride at OSU is by being a ... , precisely, one goes about getting into MIT. My first response is generally to ... to put the anxiety of prospective students to rest; knowing you're

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  ESG! 13. You really get to know your teachers on a more personal level ... experience to get to know your fellow ESGers and to see if teaching is for you ... , allow you to avoid the negative sides of GIRs and go through your whole

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  , with a delay really only to get the plane de-iced (nice work Jet ... , getting settled after a semester abroad, applying to jobs and the like, and ... November when I learned I might be able to get some funding to come from

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... aesthetic: a single “Spotlight” image surrounded by links to sites ... see here is just a beginning; we will be eager over time to find new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018