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• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  lot more time on my hands than I was used to. I went to one of those ... enough to have good friends and a strong community to support me during that time. When the opportunity came to spend a semester away from MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  world gather for the first time together in one spot to go up to random ... have to be honest to the prefrosh - many of you were stalked on facebook ... about you to maximize your experience when you come here. For example, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This is not required nor ... , or all new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your application ... because your application was already strong enough to make you a contender

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  , you used to have to download copies illegally, from sketchy filesharing ... a high schooler to have on hand in the September period of the ... 't listen to all of them them or censor anything, so y'know, use your judgment

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus weekends for some crazy consulting company, you're probably going to end up having a little bit of down time in your typical day. Especially if years

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  application. You're competing against thousands of other students who have the ... destroying) cool things, crazy but strangely compelling stuff like the Time Traveler Convention. Got to love the wonderfully hideous modern architecture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  high school might have been anywhere from easy sailing to a fairly time ... , challenges I found myself learning to deal with as time fled. I was part of the ... most difficult of problem sets will consume your time, sometimes without

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  a self-analysis, now is the perfect time to match your thoughts of ... it to falling in love.] Make the decision with both your head and your ... -analysis - what is important to you?: You may have done one before, or avoided it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  have him/her submit a letter on your behalf. It does not need to be ... do athletics have anything to do with the undergrad admissions process? It's always a good idea to contact the coach for your sport if you are

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  the Office and ask to see notes in your file…Time to do some thinking ... probably focused on getting into college, and much of your life may have been ... the realization that I have 0 chance to go to my early school, I was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  is the weekend to meet other enthusiastic hackers, push your boundaries, and realize the projects of your dreams!" Head on over to hackmit ... 've opened up their website, then you already started it! To continue, you have

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  has nothing to do with the above. I have been spending too much time on ... extended period of time, causing my 6 AM flight to leave an hour late, and ... want to throw a heavy glass object every time I see it, which is often

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  've left around 10 and gotten to class in time!! what about the infamous 15 ... ? also, locking your bike seems time-consuming and annoying. this is just ... , and if you lock your bike correctly, you should not have any problems. i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  have been screened carefully by yours truly. :-) My first interviewee is ... the sh*&$ out of you, telling you that you have to work a lot to finish ... visit. How has your MIT education influenced/helped you in regard to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  , since you have to cook for around 20-30 people, and not all recipes are ... , you're the one I would expect to know how." This is one of the highest ... be now!) 1. Take your time. Walk around. Observe all the differ

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I ... had to finally empty out my locker for the first time in four years, it ... getting serious and deciding what to keep.  It also means unearthing things

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  working all the time, I'm going to get back to reading your folders. Have a ... Boston, the ability to have so many colleges right nearby is a really great ... folders are your complete admissions files; the green cards associated with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  build a solar farm to help offset MIT’s carbon emissions! Half the time we ... went to the ski resort again but this time went snow tubing. Set a record ... cohort. I have to admit – GELcamp has definitely made me closer with my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  night is slowly wasting away into day, but surely i still have time to ... I appreciated having a non-judgemental environment to experiment with ... time to properly support me, getting woken up at 5am every morning by my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  have friends... This, I think, is the primary reason to take dorm choice ... put me back in my bed. These are the kinds of people you need to have ... Boston by T. I used to have this problem in the city -- I had never had to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006