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  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  the most important things a good college applicant can actually do to ... as the last few years, to wit: We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is ... lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to ... Life has drastically changed in the past few months. You’re in a ... ’t wait to throw your cap up high at graduation. But you’re also a tad bit

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  they’re paying attention when in reality all they’re doing is scribbling ... night before. It's a well-kept secret. But I have proof. Behold the two ... 7, 2011 : Take note (ahaha) of a few things: 1.) The reason you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  nearly a thousand different high schools. Though their interests and ... , birding and ballet — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  50 states, 62 countries, and nearly a thousand different high schools ... , quantum and quilting, agriculture and archery — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  what we do is more than a job: it is a privilege and an honor. We are ... MIT. They hail from all 50 states, 58 countries, and nearly a thousand ... orienteering — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  autonomously with each other. Pretty freaking cool! I struggled a lot with the ... . It wasn't until a few months ago that I rediscovered an interest in ... . Coding (almost) every day I wrote a 1.8k-word post about how tough

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things ... students have the whole month of January to do anything they want - from ... classes and were so excited to see that there was a mugs class - MUGS!! I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  ="alignnone" width="1000"] A peek into my week of October 1st to 5th, categorized by ... — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or ... FPOP. We caught up for a bit, reminisced about how quickly time has flown

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  a pre-lifting state. But, I’m doing it. Again. My first day back, in ... ’d[annotation note="a near impossible task to ask of two 19 year old college students ... down to the great exercise that is [annotation note="which involves a lot

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  you do the same for them. Here at MIT, we hold each other up in a ... breakfast, nearly fell asleep in every lecture as a result, rushed from my ... speaking a word to anyone (no time for words), rushed back out to my next

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  a Supermoon! (The picture really doesn't do it justice.) We just ... day for almost a year now. (Freshman fall was a different, more virtuous ... an effort this break to try to move a little. Since we don’t like most

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

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  GEL 2-Year students). The assessors fill out a "blue card" with feedback on the student's performance as a leader. The assessed students then fill out a "yellow card" on their own time. Yes! The blue and yellow

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the ... July, you get sent a temporary housing assignment (this year, everyone got one of their top three choices). When you arrive on campus, a period

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  -packed to make up for it! This will be easy to do, since I had a pretty jam ... them there are. Merudh again: anyway, how do i get a blog like this? Do ... on a 7.012 pset. Alex '08 (recently elected Burton Conner treasurer

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  'm exploring the role of a bacterial communication system called quorum sensing ... build a phylogenetic tree that helps me analyze how similar the protein ... supervisor. me: i've been running it for A While now and it's on iteration 700

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  , bundled in three layers of pajamas resembling a plaid-colored icicle, on the fourth floor of next house, overlooking the frozen Charles River, viewing a skyline of a city I call genuinely like calling home. In a quick recap of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  instead of having recitations they have supervisions . A supervision consists of 1-3 students and a supervisor that is either a graduate student, who has some background with the course, or a professor/fellow. These

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  want to pivot from doing software and pursue music instead, perhaps in a couple years. i saw myself becoming a musician, and i still do, but after ... you currently own a nintendo switch, are willing to spend $60, and think

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020