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  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  some things that you hear before you come to MIT, and even while you're ... Sleep. Eat. Exercise. It's easy to let your health slip, especially when ... not going to be able to work your best anyways. So if you're tired, don

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be ... , society and the environment. Thanks to the Nobel website for the description ... exciting time to be around MIT, because it is Nobel Prize week. For me, this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  advance. Get their phone number. Arrange to check in and coordinate your ... thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2020! Get excited!!! For the past ... . Campus feels festive. We get to meet new people. There’s free food. However

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  States. It will not tell the reader how to get into college or how to run a ... of print for decades, but for our new website, the College Board agreed to publish it as a free PDF for anyone who wants to read it. Now that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  or ask too many people (especially strangers) to read through your ... essays to passive voice. The most important part is your distinctive voice ... also be true if you use AI to write your essays. Give yourself time

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Wow, most exciting/eventful two days ever. I'm very sad to say that 2.007 has come to a close. If you're saying, "2.007, huh?" click here and read ... . Basically, this class was one of the reasons I came to MIT. Most (maybe all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  assassins. the premise is simple: everyone gets a randomized target, and your goal is to assassinate your target. you win when you're the last person ... your jeans to thread the bandana through. you're killed if your hunter

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  means we get to consider changes and additions to questions we include on ... of teens at his school. It is about gender and how kids are choosing to ... mostly it’s about diversity. (And as soon as he gets it back online again

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  retake 006 instead of taking 6.034 since I want to get credit for 6 ... comfortable making my own websites because I didn't think I knew how to make ... that. Pros: Get some real good honest to god design teaching. Cons

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you. We've spent the last year thinking about you, getting to know you, talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously competitive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  you again get a choice: where do you want to go? Remember that no matter ... your talents to go on to do wonderful things with the education and ... We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial aid news & more MIT announces costs & aid for the 2007-2008 school year.

  

  appling for financial aid) As you may have read on our website, we plan to ... budget to $68 million, President Susan Hockfield announced. "The world ... innovative ways to enhance our strong, entirely need-based financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  google sites website to house the forms Figuring out payment information ... to order some bracelets, crochet pins, earrings, or get a surprise ... This is, admittedly, a kind of quickly written post, but I wanted to

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  Registration, meetings with local MIT alums to congratulate you on your ... were part of your epic journey, and I'm sure they'll be very happy to ... easy for awhile. Spend some time with your parents, go out to a movie

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

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  Here goes another Omnibus... sorry if I didn't get to your question ... admission office explaining what happened. I expected to get a good score for ... students where posting and I began to get a little worried. People here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  fraternities would be trying to get your attention - and fast. You might be ... fraternity that you're rushing (basically, trying to get a "bid" from them ... Trivia: In Mandarin blogs, being first to comment is to get the "tou

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  to check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a MyMIT account and you will need to know your username and password ... you wish to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education ... established Davidson Academy, coming to Nevada residents courtesy of the folks ... the news of its opening gave the Times an excuse to write about gifted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  to 2 prefrosh, so I’d get at least 1. But then I got 2… I also realized ... ’s like a student holiday!” I said, “We all get to see MIT through the ... jokes get that positive a reception. I loved it. When it was my turn to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  enough to get in before you checked online, and your friends and family all ... to your interests. And share those! They're probably awesome! -Sleep ... it 5.03 these days) ever get shortened to "Inorgo"? I hope not, because

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008