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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , 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 ... this is going. Yes, I applied to MIT just to see if I could get in, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

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

  

  , officially. To quote their website: "Throughout the year students may also come ... to get a tour of the famous strobe lab myself (I'd never been inside ... Okay, so what I am about to recount for you happened like 2 whole

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  how to manage your time efficiently. Beat up anyone who gets in your way ... prodding, as long as he gets to bite back. Aside from class, there's a huge ... through in your essays and your interview. A really important thing to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  , there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your ... student gets to know Pappalardo very well over the years- they typically ... the class are required to create a website about it- you can check out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... about as close to winning the lottery as I'd ever get so I followed ... until your scheduled delivery date and upgrade to a 90kwh battery for $3

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  support your big ideas can become reality. On a side note, thanks to ... ’s cover. It was really interesting to get a glimpse into a world that is so ... , they were all venues of festivities to celebrate the Glamour Top 10

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  something like that), you're getting this instead. Yeah, I know - horrors ... one point referred to an ongoing Harvard study found at this website. I ... Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  then wind yourself through a bit of awkward hallway to get to the library ... tap your ID to reserve a room for hours. Although I like to work with ... to EC if you're into that kind of thing :0)   Hayden is what I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  last weekend just to get a Starbucks Green Tea Frappuccino. Well, I ... you want to see exactly what an MIT student does over the summer? There's no better way to do that than to look at my webmail inbox--to see

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  , typically a Google Doc, to a webpage that gets served on the hunt website ... time to talk about all my favorite puzzles before your attention span ... meeting was the overarching timeline to get the hunt written. We selected by

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... had the tact to resize their photos to something on the order of 10^2 by 10^2 pixels before emailing them to me. (Unfortunately, I have to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it ... DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  school - whether you get into MIT will ultimately come down to luck, so you're ... at really getting to know somebody. And you're right that there isn't a ... .  Sometimes, people send me: Links to fun websites or videos, "since you're

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  to clarify it. If there was a nicer way to get a certain conclusion ... them. With MO around, I could get answers to my questions from world ... Once upon a time, when you wanted to know something, you had to find

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  interview. First, it is your responsibility to arrange the interview. You should check your MyMIT account to see who your interviewer is and give him ... of your parents. While we appreciate that your parents want to help

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  you laugh and to keep you from crying. So just remember, when you're ... : Integrated Chemical Engineering 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch/Time to breathe 1:00 - 2 ... was awake. "Hey Boone, I went to office hours for ICE tonight." "Cool

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  easy to get distracted. Having the option to decide when to watch ... track of your major/minor requirements. Another useful website is Fire ... experiences that stand out to me. I present to you a brief highlight of the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  and 2-5 friends can ask any of your professors out for a feast, to any ... dinner with your organic chemistry professor-- which can be sponsored by ... isn't that bad. So therefore your outing will be inherently great. "HOW

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  had a lot worse happen to me. And now, for your moment of zen, a (young ...   Last night, Jon Stewart announced his plans to leave ... family because we hadn't yet been able to move into our new home. My world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  longer my cup of tea. Also we get to grow microorganisms in mud and water ... while. I love the style of videos she produces, so getting to play around ... weird to be a senior. It feels weird to be a senior while excited

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015