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• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  an applicant - where you live, what your birthday is, where you go to ... still a blogger about your "passion" - the thing that drives you to wake ... of things to consider prior to your interview. Although I just told you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  MIT.  The honest answer?  THE PEOPLE!  So I'm going to tell you stories about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with ... now after graduating from MIT. So today let me introduce you to Brian

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  to make.   March to June I'll admit it - when we first got ... deadline just to make sure I wouldn't change my mind. I put myself in a pod ... , not recommended to leave your room quarantine - and then we'll be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  and Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear grades ... recipient and we'll add them to your application. You may not rewrite your ... that. We deferred you because we want to reconsider your application (the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  make another decision, but hopefully it's a welcome problem to have. For ... you will bring your full focus to bear on completely crushing whatever college you attend next year, or whatever else you choose to do with your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Admissions Decisions Now Available Online News about the 2011 Regular Action cycle.

  

  use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging ... decisions are not easy to make. But we also know that those students to whom

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  to come... Silent music starts to play One test just today makes my ... DNA that makes C. elegans glow prettily in the lab. ---- 5/1 Update ... goodbye With one test, Adieu to five point oh I can study my heart out With

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  terrain makes it harder for larger molecules to travel, so they'll move ... you're likely to have a decent amount of separation in the bands you see ... myself: I'm being really ambitious about all the writing I have to do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  lamenting our lack of access to Pixar's render farm and kicking myself for not putting "build Admissions Beowulf cluster*" on the To Do list. I ♥ my MacBook, but let me tell you that HD video is not kind to CPUs. On the plus side

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  staff are allowed to take 1 course per term. Some professors may audit a course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is ... will probably have to pick up a lot more than your average student since

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  undergrads. Basically, it gives you a vertical timeline to plan out your ... . Not that you are somehow required to be involved with clubs and ... me to not be involved with much of anything, so I set out to fix that

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  oversimplifications to make it fit that format. “Okay,” you might ask “but what does ... struggle to make this equation work that I would lose sight of one of the ... perfect, and they don’t need to "make sense" to be taken seriously by you or

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  body to Mars" is "periareion." My dorm, Burton-Conner, is the best. Even ... Target refrigerator from Omaha, NE in the back of your parents' minivan ... alarms of any dorm on the MIT campus. Because just because you go to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  entity. Our Transcripts page has information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your transcript while we are waiting for your official transcript to be submitted
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  ?) before you can graduate. I am not advising you to finish your PE classes by ... As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to ... numerals -- On some forms and posters, people refer to their course (major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  and familiar, but college is a chance to pave your own way and make your ... Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  into a sprint, run from the student center with your lunch in hand to ... everything you’ve got. But you’re really struggling to run, and you’re friend ... question at your own pace. Sometimes, you’ll decide to take a break from

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  AM, I'm going to make a post (on the MIT Blogs) called "ASK US (the MIT ... randomly stumbled on this post, all are welcome. You’re able to comment ... /IAmA subreddit."]AMA ("Ask Me Anything")[/annotation] on April 18 (9 AM EST) to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  component of the car's velocity along your line of travel (make this the y ... you and the car is related to the force along y delivered to your bike ... immediately after my accident was all about trying to figure out the physics of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  ?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first ... wants to make a decision like that assuming that it would determine the ... . I'll leave it up to you to make the final decision. And I mean, there

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006