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• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and entered them into our system. At this point, if we have your documents, they ... database. If you did not receive an email: your application is almost

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  information into your brain using these mediums that are not conducive to your ... classes is that in an environment where you're supposed to be learning ... disheartening, when it happens at school, a place where you're supposed to be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  contents, which is really really nice, but I was too lazy to make one for my ... formed an emotional attachment to your notebook, you’ll know that you ... Note: This is not a guide to keeping a notebook because everyone has

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  making decisions like what job to work at after college. i think we’d be in ... figure out how to make that happen ... they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  ’s beautifully written but it also makes me want to scream at the author - why aren ... arguments of the form you Should have a kid to do your part in continuing the ... each other, of a way to make the decades feel longer than the days. but

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  your major, but everyone in the major still has to take them, so the ... 't make it past October Time will tell! 11.041 - Introduction to Housing ... readings!! The final project is to design your own city and defend it to the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  if MIT students really make enough to pay off the MIT self-help portion ... you're funded through your UROP supervisor, you can make significantly ... I have a couple of unrelated things to relate today, so I'll put

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  't apply 500 times to MIT in a single year, or even in your lifetime, so it's pointless to try and stick a number on your chances at MIT. I guess the moral ... that make scientists -- including me -- want to bang their heads on hard

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it ... . I guess it's also to make us really really really thankful when we sit

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  (^how to make studying for finals in December cozy) I have had ADHD since ... . Sometimes, music is good to start my work, because it makes me feel less ... I should do first. Making a plan calms me down and allows me to focus

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  of times, when you're not frantically trying to say a too-early goodbye to your friends and pick up the pieces of your cancelled events, moving ... difficult for students to make plans). But even so, MIT is home to us, and I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  you go through adds to your being in some way or form. You essentially ... foundation for the confidence you carry. And your low points remind you to take ... inspired me to apply to MIT.) Dear Science Fair, Thanks for Making Me Who I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . You're young." Rob says the same thing. Also: "Commit to it." I ... -Nehisi's spark-making June cover story, The Case for Reparations, and Roxane Gay's Tumblr. Lifting weights, riding bikes, making things out of clay

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  's probably not in your best interest to use the comments to wonder about this ... III, which means, among other things, that you're not going to get an athletic scholarship to MIT, and that you're probably not going to get into

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Is it ok to go over the essay word count?

  We require applicants to follow the word limits provided on the application. Your information will not be saved if the responses are too long. You may have to "play" with your thoughts and sentences a bit to meet
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  then repeat. That's right, theoretically there's order to what you're ... 've talked to the CAD guys at Hasbro, and I've talked with other people. If you're ... write some crazy code to make it work (also not advised

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  continue to learn more as you finish up your application process! To help ... months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to [annotation ... in your college app process: good job! You're doing really good, keep

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  enormous pile of folders they have waiting to go out. So here's what I can tell you... 1) They're going to start mailing them in the next few days and will continue to do so over the next week or two. By the middle of

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , which is all I needed to "make" a few hacks of my own. Enjoy!     What ... day wait.   *static---commercial break* Be the life of your ... squirt ring (UPDATE: SOLD OUT!) If one of you makes this, I want ten

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  importance of your work to your local district. Make it a two ... anecdote and convey your dedication to your research. Back ... leaving to “go sign checks or something” (he makes us laugh at 9am, which is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014