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  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  of getting in based on your test scores ... social media. Lots of your classmates might be getting into various ... 's coming up real fast. Even if you end up getting into your top choice early

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  behind that is fairly simple. You get to write about yourself! You're not ... ? No matter what you write, your audience has to read it!* They get paid ... sometime tomorrow (check Matt's post for the details) to get your essays in

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done ... , discarded my plans to see the city. I wanted to get inside. My sense of safety ... , I get nervous, and I get a little angry. I want to be the kind of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be in touch ... your future classmates and get questions answered by current students ... wise: if you're flying in, book your plane tickets early (You may want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  , since you only get to submit this form ONCE, this causes problems. So what we really want is to get the MYR as soon as possible when your grades ... by you, the applicant. The MYR serves two purposes: to share your

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  , where you're taught to primarily regurgitate the information obtained from ... comfort of your home. you can even bring it on to the airplane without ... On Monday, I got to see a pacemaker insertion surgery, eat lunch in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  , including the famous Petronas Towers. Closer in, though, I was able to get ... trip brought me to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan over three great weeks. As this was purely a vacation, I decided to not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  MIT Tracking. The MIT Midyear Report serves two purposes: to get your ... your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other updates ... by your counselor and sent to Common Application schools. The MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  check the MIT directory to get a preliminary idea. If your first name or ... you to get yourself a Kerberos Identity/Athena username. What will this ... , you add me to your list of friends on Thefacebook ;) Your important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  ) and we walked through a narrow corridor to get to Clam, from where we ... MIT. I held fun, but brief, conversations with Mariia trying to get to ... Cat Zella and having her wildly run around kitchen to get rid of her

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  estimate. I sent those 28 shirts off to a nice Etsy store that turns your old ... , my goal up until that time in my life - to get into a good college ... 've loved my UROP so much - I get to make a thing, test it, and write a paper

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  you’re like 92% of kids who applied to MIT, then you probably didn’t get ... good afterwards…” “Look, yeah, I get you’re trying to make me feel ... , their decisions are real enough to be on your mind, but not all real

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  ’ve been on campus for just over three weeks, and, according to the Google ... to wander betwixt all the floors, get even more free food (with the ... side of Burton Conner, known as Conner 3, was fortunate enough to get

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... in your first year at MIT isn't how to integrate that particularly ... concept with which you're having trouble. Due to MIT's General Institute

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  assassins. the premise is simple: everyone gets a randomized target, and your goal is to assassinate your target. you win when you're the last person ... your jeans to thread the bandana through. you're killed if your hunter

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  at the time, so i learned a lot - every time i wanted to visit a new ... district is confusing to navigate because a silly surveyor decided to align ... was never cleaned up properly, how the government tried to relocate

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  then. I knew I wanted to get into a lab at some point, but I wasn't in a ... . There are other ways to get UROPs, too—one of my friends cold-emailed a ... connects to a rubber septum, which allows us to get samples by sticking a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  free, MIT-sponsored flight from Lufthansa. Get to Philadelphia at 4:20 PM ... , they would get a lot of money. No, really. This man had been teaching ... 'll be on the internet in Germany, unless I succumb to temptation and go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  Focus on getting educated. Learn to talk. models for thinking . Use your ... your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to recover. Trust me: You're better off learning to balance ambition and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  learned a lot the hard way lol. I also should've taped the sides to get ... speed. My ability to get away with not-so-healthy decisions without facing ... -day challenge they posed at the end of the documentary which was to get rid of one

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021