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  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  publications and websites. During the Admissions season, it is difficult to focus ... of work to be done. So, you may ask, what are we up to right now ... . I'll do a series of entries quite soon about how to visit MIT this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  “What inspired you to draw your design” question in the submission form, I ... college, not knowing what to do after graduation, realizing that your ... 't really my goal. All I wanted was to make somebody on the judges' panel

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  , free-falling, squeezy feeling behind my eyes that used to make me cry ... to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an ... home. I’d come out to my parents. I’d failed my first MIT exam. Looking

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  15 minutes for some teenagers at Elkins High School to make it :) The ... /high-schooler, you should get your science administrator to check out this page, so we ... - Thanks to this class, I'm finally learning MATLAB. This class is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  looked at my page, but I have no one around to help me make a new banner ... lockers. All MIT students get Athena accounts, which allow you to have your ... as your Athena locker. So Ben sent me a link with info about how to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  , grumbling about having to make one of these posters in the first place and ... didn't want to make it seem like I was judging them personally by vaguely ... (e.g. the swoosh in the Nerf logo was changed to a 2 to make it more

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! The bloggers' holiday pic.

  

  Just a quick note to say happy holidays from all of us to all of you. We hope your vacations are fun and safe, and that your 2006 is super. :-) P.S. All questions to date have been answered in the previous entry...

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  close to the amount of brain-shocking work that your two math classes will ... Responses to Comments: A: Hey Laura,stupid question : I just wanted to know if you have to buy the TV, or do you rent it or... ? The TV is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  So Sam and Mollie have both introduced you to their interesting ... their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... possibly interesting to me. Not having much exposure to a lot of research

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  to be able to make their college decision (I know I needed every last day to make my decision...). I do think these likely letters, though, in ... in your mailbox. And for those of you applying to MIT, I wish you the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  in particular, and I do like making high-level plans to get things done ... "a leader," i.e., someone who has the people skills to make sure ... ability to make people respond honestly if things aren't going well; someone

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  , and along the way, I got to make lots and lots of plots. I spent my ... , you might even contemplate how to make a nice triangle in front of the ... [By Anjali T. '09] This summer, I didn't happen to pull off what

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  thing that at least makes you a little braver, it's throwing out your ... Happy International Left-Handers Day yesterday! I've never had to deal with righty desks before, so if you see me beating a chair to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  the blog banner), although of course I make no guarantees as to the ... have gone straight to PhD programs (or industry -- course 18 grads make ... wanted to make sure I could trust those material safety data sheets! ;) 5

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  to put the anxiety of prospective students to rest; knowing you're ... . I made the elite show choir as a junior -- the only girl to make it ... I solemnly swear that I am about to tell the truth, the whole truth

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

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  encourage you to tell us about the things that really float your boat, whether ... was this: people prefer to tell us about the things they think we ... ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  you decide to use your IAP to just exist, you feel like a stupid, weak ... decide to do something for pleasure for more than the two weeks that makes ... wish I could make sense of it both to myself and others. Someone got

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  trying to make it through the hell that is an online semester. So far, I ... things you'd find in your typical day to day household. Over the summer ... kept the cardboard because Mariia and Emma needed to make things out of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  final paper (due Thursday) is meant to be 2000 words; the idea was to make ... struggling to string it all together to make one coherent narrative. That said ... up, put them in the order that makes the most sense to read, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to testing requirements. For the most up-to-date information, please view the MIT Admissions home page] All []s represents edits to this entry made on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005