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  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  you are enrolled. You may find it useful to do so for your own learning ... to please follow your school policy if possible. However, your offer of ... news: we are starting to seriously roll out CP✱ activities, so make sure

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  Once upon an IAP, there were 5 externs* who were lucky enough to be selected to work at a magical company called 5 Wits Productions, where many ... tool to make their shield puzzle pieces and even a stained glass window

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  engineering curriculum at MIT, which is structured to hit you with most of your ... most undergraduate curriculums is such that you're probably going to need ... grail of "a nice company that will pay for you to go back to grad school

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  companies from tiny startups to Microsoft had brought in, to the Tesla coil ... want to be part of the team that makes it all happen, keep an eye out ... not only refusing to snow for more than a few days, but by having

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  or Senior year. The topic must be relevant to your major, but can be ... presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... doing homework. What do you have to show for it? What monumental task will

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  _grid images="99620,99621" /] Nine days of spring break: what to do with them? I ... 35-year run. So, we booked tickets and set on going to New York to catch the production in its final days. That was all we planned to do. But

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  to take photos, so besides the above Google images I have nothing to ... 21M.A12 Does. Good luck to all you EA applicants! I was in your ... process take over your life. Remember to spend time with your friends (or

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  doesn't love nerds?) but if you're miserable and struggling to keep up ... available to you; you mentioned that you're taking all the honors, accelerated ... officer to get a more official opinion! If you're interested in learning

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  Scrawlings We'll see how many of those I get to, but they'd all make good ... somebody to take over his job and while nobody permanent has been decided upon, Winnie has agreed to take over for now and help all of bloggers

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  verge of making a purchase that will someday cause your roommate to leave ... horizon. Dim Sum! If you're ever mind-numbingly bored enough to pop open a ... To be honest, my weekend mornings are probably less exciting than

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  really, really smart, accomplished people tell you that you’re about to be ... to compare yourself to people who’ve started 10 companies already and ... everything, from glassblowing to truffle-making to CPR training to working in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online ... to study), and I bet you’re really eager to come – not just for Campus Preview Weekend, but to start your academic and life voyage as a freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got ... day, honing his Roblox skills. Cast your mind back with me to 2016 ... lord, applying to jobs SUCKS. If you're not getting a referral or an "in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  Development) and Sean Gilbert (MISTI-China coordinator) to Beijing. Sean makes a ... dialect of Chinese), but this is what I found out: You're supposed to eat ... inflammations in your system. Thank goodness I asked her how to eat this, because

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  calculate the robot’s motions to make them more accurate, precise, and smooth ... Bose, a company started by an MIT alumn! I'm really excited to take on my ... , and all the fun stuff I’ll be up to the rest of this year! Hope you're

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  course, to sit down with the course catalogue, your intended degree ... requirements for your major(s), then check in the catalogue to see when the ... to decorate your room or anything because I personally am not a fan of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  second major. Also, if you stay a 5th year to get your M.Eng. degree in ... to other postsecondary institutions during the deferral year. If your ... -acceptance letter and is relative to the date on which you receive your financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  was a nerf gun war. They set up the couches to make forts so ten people ... by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  your time, to interact with people at different levels within a company ... to live in a house with a yard, and utilities, and your own kitchen ... When you are at school, the whole world seems to exist in its own

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  replied. Not quite. It means you're supposed to take care of yourself ... part of them? Who am I to make sure that these communities match whatever ... button that would sacrifice your life to save the lives of a billion people

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021