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  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  ) admissions officers have to do that. In fact, when you ask them what your ... beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle ... time had to do with what the ECs look for, what questions they ask and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Wednesday, 12/16/15, at 6:28PM ET

  

  ET). To check your decision on the 16th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password.   In order to ... ;ve forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  realize what it is you’re ...actually here to do. What it is you have to ... reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... would have no doubt felt indignant... as if your “best selves” went

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  fit various classes and how best to shape my time at MIT to fulfill ... . ;-) Some of you have asked for last-minute tips or advice on your regular ... the real You in your essays and in your apps as a whole. It's okay to

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

  unicorns big confusion

  

  . i don’t have much to show for my time in college other than a ... have the power to generalize, so i have a hard time believing that i ... unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  time I hear about something that relates to student organizations, I have ... bed, tell my mom I feel sick and wouldn't go to school today, and have ... replied. Not quite. It means you're supposed to take care of yourself

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  in your MyMIT account) then it is likely that we don't have an interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask ... 't have a foreign language requirement, so you don't really need to worry

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  eventually going to have to think about. All I really knew was that I liked to ... accepted or not. But every time I get to thinking this way, EVERY single time I start to worry about my future or begin to wonder why I’m here, I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  at the same time, it’s been a really amazing thing to have all these ... . What have you been up to the past year? Ladies and gentlegoobers, I had ... Admissions and have been doing my full-time gig for the Office of Digital

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  of the protocols so many times that I don't have to look at my notebook ... to go off of or do you know what you're doing like the back of your ... install a window AC in any dorm -- and you don't have to pay for electricity

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  granted -- it's a joy to have so much free time dedicated to learning, and ... 't get paid, but one day, you'll get paid and not have much time to learn ... , I see. Psh, stop wasting your time on that stupid game. Let me tell

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  hardest major, you HAVE to have a sense of what you're capable of and what ... you wouldn't have organic chemists) and you just needed some time to ... your chances at grad schools- they like to see that you have built a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  nothing special

  

  machine of the working world stops. If you're waiting for a meeting to be scheduled or for some bureaucratic development, it's like you have to wait for ... , it's Sunday. :-) It will be fun to spend the summer at MIT. Summer

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  do students do outside of classes? Do they have time to relax? (they do ... MIT Class of 2021 has been assembled, it’s time to welcome them to the ... you to attend them. If you’re an AdMITted Student: this spring’s event

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  times to take them. Don't stress too much over your exam scores, though ... undergraduate degree, you're qualified to apply. This does mean that if your mom didn't have a bachelor's degree, she could apply, get in, and come to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  know if you need to change the time or if you're going to be more than 10 ... an applicant - where you live, what your birthday is, where you go to ... interview report, I have no bigger bearing on your eventual decision as, say

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  them even have ovens!! I'm going to ask them to order some more...oh yeah ... about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn't have a sheet pan in any ... 'congratulations' at the end. i tried to make it a caption but yo no se. "]Note[/annotation].

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  cj: pushes feet apart wayne: no i mean you need to keep your center of ... physics when ice skating wayne: you can also bend your knees to keep your ... this so hard wayne: it took me weeks to learn how to skate, you're doing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  , others aren't me. To the 87% of you who have shared your lives with us and ... something to have good perspective, rely on your friends to help you. Eat ... time in your lives when your only real responsibility is to learn. Try to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  CPW. Trust me, athletics won't make or break your acceptance to MIT ... : To answer your question, Karen, their colors are red and grey. I ... group called "When I was your age, Pluto was a planet," which I found

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006