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  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  reviewers have limited time to dedicate to each application.) We want to be as ... to you? Does the work in your portfolio help us better understand ... MIT? If the answer to these questions is yes, then your work

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  it into an Excel spreadsheet, I have also converted it to Adobe PDF and ... as the times of any naps I may have taken; every few weeks, I add that ... I was reading back over the last two entries and realized I may have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  Just as you all have been preparing for one of life's biggest rituals -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for ... day, I certainly find myself empathizing with your situation -- it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  have those times where everything just feels right. There might not be ... nevertheless every piece of your life seems to fit into the right spot. You ... feeling MIT students actually have limitless opportunity. To me MIT was

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  happier. Replace the words “I have to” with “I get to” in your vocabulary ... the opposite of what your pride tells you to do. If you have the self ... . That you could have even one more chance to hug your parents and tell

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  , which is a numeric string that allows us to keep track of your scores so ... working on a fix.If you have another, different bug to report, or if you ... anything through here - but if you want to become a Fan of us, then you're

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  . You may also want to keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This ... and insight into your particular situation. They're more than welcome to ... ) would love to have in their student body. Honestly. A frequent line to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• 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 / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  being confused - i thought at the time that art was supposed to ... mind a second time. for example, people at mit sometimes decide to switch ... rejoin even when their peers would be happy to have them back in my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  's INCREDIBLE have all your support! Voting's open until the 28th, so be sure to ... wondered: Do students ever have time to leave MIT? Like see Boston, Cambridge ... haircuts have shortened.) We do in fact have time to be social, but it's up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  took a bunch of classes at a local college, you're going to have to get ... even took it. That means it's impossible to have an F on your first ... , nobody likes to hear about your "Perfect GPA" when everybody knows full

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  to spend your next 21 minutes, then you're in luck. Boy, oh boy, do I have the video for you. Our goal was to make an accessible, virtual tour ... they were at the time. It's not meant to be a professional tour of MIT

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  graduation here. At this time, you should use your cellular phones to call and ... Graduation. I have managed to make it through. And it feels absolutely surreal ... , welcome to the *Virtual* Killian Court Airport. Local time is 12 PM ET and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  .)   Wait under the big cement Silver Line T posts. Bring a book.   To your ... racks to store your luggage and a scrolling neon sign announcing the next ... you don’t have to go there. A charitable and durable bus took you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  study all the time. Maybe your friends are all going to school X and want ... Congratulations! You have finally been accepted to college! 4 ... Weekend (CPW), you will have the opportunity to experience what life at MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  through my time at the 'tute. Two years down, and two more to go. Since then, another year has passed, and I have another one to go. Oh my god time is ... experience leads to a smaller proportion of the time it took to gain that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  Alan: Hi! You have words— Fatima: and we want your words— Alan: for our poetry. Fatima: For the past semester, Alan and I have been reading ... have started gradually converting the rest of 4W to the cult of poetry

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  popular at MIT." Hi Farai, So to respond to your first question, I think I ... have a schedule that I stick to. I'm not one to sleep in really, so I spend some of my free time trying to get ahead in classes, etc. I try to

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  pool, and all have your own very special accomplishments to be proud of ... all post-CPW, to share what you've experienced this CPW from YOUR point ... now regret that I even bothered to spend money on that, haha. I really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  those personal essays. I recall really having to dig down deep into what ... continue to learn more as you finish up your application process! To help ... A lot of the people reading this have probably spent the past two

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019