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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  fill in where you're used to hearing cars, or horns, or construction. It ... the strength to capitalize properly no more (nor the energy to invest in ... cannot get here fast enough. My brain is very fried. There's only a couple

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  most to you - and if those opportunities don't seem exist, just make your own opportunities. Dedicate yourself wholly, totally, completely to your ... your friends, on your professors, on the random people you sit next to in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  storyline, in case you're curious - a freshman comes to MIT, keen to get ... To Life Than Tooling): "There's more to 8.01 Than getting p-sets done ... tour guide) for this statistic So, if you get the chance to be around

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  past ideas about these essays, because maybe they're similar to yours. 1 ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT ... -essays may not represent you in all your 1080p HD glory. 2. You don't need to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  appreciate inquisitiveness and curiosity. This way, you also get to know your ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you ... have two.) At a certain point it seems weirder to walk into your family

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  dinner. I used nearly all of my guest passes, but we managed to get all ... kidding! I still called my mom whenever I was sick. I still talked to my ... to do laundry by myself or to know which medicine I should take for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  whether to submit it as it currently is, though. If your answer is so long ... self-reported grades form. If you need to update your application after ... changes in your coursework. You will also be able to provide information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  here's a form you can fill out if you're willing to create a Pepsi ... all to glance about your community and see what you can do to make it ... mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... to get to know different aspects of each individual. Here are this year ... friend. Describe one way in which you have contributed to your community

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  only need to send in your February Updates and Notes report, which will ... you'd like to provide (new awards, changes to your activities, etc ... , but the Admissions Committee will primarily look to this report for your

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach ... to get sucked into the MIT mindset (or as I like to think of it, the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  the real You in your essays and in your apps as a whole. It's okay to ... I'm sure most of you are enjoying the holiday season with your ... college apps are likely still an irksome item on your mind. I'm in Southern

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... power drill. Apparently one way to get out a stripped screw is to dremel a ... use a flathead screwdriver to get the screw out. The rationale is that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  fraternity, so I spent a lot of time at our house, getting to know my brothers ... , establish my place, and figure out what I really wanted to get out of this ... going to gain a better and better understanding of how to prepare for your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  weren't in your file, we'd contact your school directly to get them.] ... Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a ... too late in the process to submit additional or missing application

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  . That’s why we have CourseRoad – a website for planning what classes to ... on your planned roadmap. Want to schedule 200 classes in your sophomore ... [/annotation] classes you’d need to take to major in 6-2 and get an MEng

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  them all to read this blog. The point is, you should always make your ... , you shouldn't lie to your friends, despite the fact that I do it every ... rush of inspiration mixed with Google calendar.) Exactly one year ago

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  By now many of you have seen our new promo video on the website. And ... video to be featured right on the homepage. Its part of our overall communication strategy to showcase a constantly changing mix of videos -- from old

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  'll be your first MIT math class but you have to start somewhere. And trust ... 's taking the same classes, and you're bound to find pset partners without even leaving your floor. The bottom line is that it's up to you- if you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006