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  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  , please be sure to include your name, date of birth, your instrument, and ... 's coaches. Your athletic talents are something unique that you bring to this ... your recommender send this via US Mail to MIT Admissions, and be sure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• 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 / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on ... 'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  fraternity/sorority and don’t have big productions to put on for your ... beginning of the year, recruiting impressionable freshmen who want to get ... . No matter how much of a challenge your target audience may be to reach

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  formula that will unlock the secret to getting admitted to the college of your choice, taking my advice may not necessarily help you to get into ... which you are likely to interact with other members of your campus

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  an inferior engineering result simply because you're reluctant to hurt ... we went. Now we were getting somewhere!  The ADXL345 allowed us to ... can't exactly wear a naked Arduino on your foot.  We needed to build an

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  to get into our (or anyone else's) headspace for your essays. One tip ... way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your ... primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The new wave-y pop song "I Should Be Allowed To Think ... time to peel, and forget about it in a 350 degree oven for 90 minutes. As ... that, I headed over to the floor lounge to play Super Mario Kart with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  re-sodding a Kresge of your very own.   Step 1: Get rid of all ... arbitrary white flags to indicate your surrender to the will of Sod. [caption ... once it gets to be grass-killin' szn again. [caption id

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  , the next time you make this soup, it's gonna blow your mind. Seriously ... . Ignore the four-star ratings on the website--the people who posted that are ... to the onion mixture. And then I served it with a little sour cream on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  there's one thing I don't want to do after getting home late, it's study ... had given lip service to the idea that you could get a research job, if ... to have a favorable view of your intelligence as an undergraduate and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  the day - light during daytime and warm during nighttime - to keep your ... on everything you do. Use this app to track your day and see how much ... paragraphs adapt to your screen for a comfortable read. You can highlight in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  was thoughtfully written. I would especially draw your attention to ... to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the ... Supreme Court cases having to do with affirmative action, most recently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  emailed the president, Kathleen S. ‘19, to see how I could get involved. A ... competition where two teams try to answer science trivia before the other team can, [annotation note='speaking of buzzing in, RIP to Alex Trebek, who

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  get to know other members of your class - so if that means missing a ... /conversations. 5. GET FREE STUFF - Consider this your ultimate goal at CPW =P Get to ... 't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  a woman gets to experience many of the other universes that might ... T being Boston’s subway system, which he used to get from MIT to ... teachers, had tried to reinforce over and over to no avail: that we only get

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a ... [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist ... it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  class than it is after getting a full 8 hours of sleep. Your body has ... you’re working it’s a lot more difficult to start an assignment than it is to continue working on it when your pen has already started moving

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023