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• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  anything else that you need to make your decision -- please let us know your ... as you need to make your decision (and if we can help, please let us ... as much specific information as you can; this will help us make your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• 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 / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  Mexican?” Yes – these are the perks to being over-committed. You’re never ... -hour, etc...) because you never know when you're going to be surprised by ... can’t find it on the website, they don’t show you on the tours and you

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  .007 has come to a close. If you're saying, "2.007, huh?" click here and read ... ) other schools do not have the time and resources to make such a class ... strategy to choose (should I go for the humanities balls? should I make use

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  one to do when one discovers an un-blogged aspect of MIT??? BLOG IT! As awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat until 4 pm, sometimes a college student has to take some responsibility

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  If you've been to a high school math class recently, you probably ... observed students entering anything from 999*999 to sin(π/6) to 7 ... +7 (=12) warrants machine help. And habits die hard. To combat our

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  supposed to write a little cover letter/essay about your qualifications ... freshman year. It's sort of another "how to do everything wrong" story... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  to make an attempt...every (government) wants to act in their own ... companies can use to raise the quality of their employee experiences. At the ... responded to his offer first and would therefore be receiving the Dalai Lama

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  advice, no matter your experience and how different it was from mine. To ... heart, and I didn't want to make things worse by allowing myself to get ... friendship to fall apart. If someone is giving you guff for making it into

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  everything; simply limit those parts of your profile to people you approve as ... been the reaction of your colleagues and of students to your actions? It ... creativity of its student body - the more likely the applicant will be to make

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  this fall. I was lucky enough to get an offer from a company called ... and what I'm doing this summer. I'm doing this because a) I need to ... 've ever been, and I'm sure they'll only get harder. :( But I got to spend

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  .012 problem set to see if I could make some sense of it. I was happy to see they ... wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... ever had any intention of making MIT brand gear anyhow. lol. They

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  source: http://web.mit.edu/registrar/stats/yrpts/index.html (fall '09-'10). O is "undeclared sophomores". Forgot to list CMS though (16 students). =/ Hahaha it's actually a pretty hard to read graph, but it's sequential by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  completely, making you live every high and low as if they were your own.   ... MIT Activities Committee has a whole website dedicated to this."]you can ... 🫵🏼 (if you want to dip your toes into musical theatre or simply just

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  being a freshman is learning how to balance your time commitment to ... advisors still see your grades, and besides, it doesn't feel very good to be ... -year MIT classes demanding your time, you might tend to study for one more

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  ’s that at certain times, you’ll have to make yourself heard (and seen) or ... night in Boston). He had to make a phone call over to the gate, since they ... what about your other customers who can’t afford to stand and wait so

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... plagiarize your essay, we expect that you will not misrepresent your ability to ... to pay" and "I'd rather not pay." If you're not sure, we recommend

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  language of MIT, you’re probably in utter confusion, something to look ... I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  noticing you went to MIT undergrad to a lady at a coat check. So getting your ... The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... 'm proud to be blogging the debut of this year's Brass Rat to the rest of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  59-minute walk according to Google Maps, but 40 minutes at a New York ... to take the next bus with Gloria who also didn’t make it with the first ... weekend to see the latest updates!). Background Slack Messages Earlier

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023