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• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  book and the Math II prep book, from start to finish, on top of my ... on who you are, but either way, it involves a lot of time reviewing ... Course on YouTube saved my life in AP Biology--I even watched a couple of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  with Ed, one of the instructors, a transfer student was getting advice on ... signal the start of the fall term. But, even more than their sounds, I ... asked by prospective students. What kinds of clubs do we have?  Usually

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  click on "How to accept or decline our offer of admission", and complete ... courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify ... , and do all kinds of outreach--traveling the country, visiting high

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  afternoon, T-House is always on the list of potential restaurants.   ... there's no doubt they make some of the best sesame chicken I've ever had (a friend Matt O. on the other hand would swear by their chicken and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  entirely out of the desire to hardcore om nom nom on these suckers to prove ... the last 26 days in my hometown – Columbia, MO. Located in the heart of ... . Here’s what’s been going on in my life: I had a conversation with a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  (I have a lot more unfinished posts on their way - as well as answers ... name for a last name - essentially, my name consists of three first names - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  touch sensors embedded inside. Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface. On the ... their immediate environment. There are many paint/drawing programs on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  Lots of people thanked me for my application advice, for which you ... whole thing. There will be plenty of time to go crazy and lose sleep once ... graduate students? Have you or any of your friends started researching for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Overall, a good first day on the road. Woke up early, packed for the first leg of the trip, left Boston. (Note to self: pack the night before ... 're the director of a math/science academy? I know the spelling's not a

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  Yesterday was the day that is usually my favorite day of the semester ... favorite day of the semester is actually the day they put up the full ... 't think it counts as my favorite day of term.) I know for sure that I'll be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed. A description of the current interview process is ... . "Your interview gives us a vivid sense of you as a person and how you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  relaxing break of some sort. Apparently my schedule hasn't gotten the memo. Although I have been watching a great deal of Law and Order this summer (it's addictive, I swear), I haven't done much else in the way of vegetating. First

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  mirror off of somebody's car on the way down. Still, he was determined to ... important. As the scarlet V of lipstick on her forehead symbolizes, Ruth was ... midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Loew's in Harvard

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  on sports teams are part of some pretty phenomenal programs with a long ... famously nerdy culture. But also: the MIT where 25% of the undergraduates participate in one of the 33 varsity sports. The MIT where, underneath all the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  of the way by taking two CI-Ms (communication intensive class in the ... resulted in way too many essays for my liking. On the bright side, I didn ... taking hardcore technicals, so I’m going back to farting on the internet

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  bedroom, but a classroom. The camera pans over tens of student's heads bent ... "I love that feeling when" or "I hate that--". It's a bit of a catch ... (more often) that I hate it. This is how I talked about my first day of my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  take on the color of sunlight and fire, blue skies blow friendly breezes ... climate-change-aggravated heat of summer and the depressingly long winter that numbs both fingers and souls alike, we only get a few short weeks of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  virtues of procrastination, as long as you meet the deadline, it really doesn’t matter (e.g. has no impact on our decision) when you choose to ... adversely impact our review. I have highlighted a handful of my least

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  always give the student the benefit of the doubt, so we usually err on the ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now ... admission to MIT. This is an unprecedented increase of approximately 62% from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  money as possible.   out of curiosity, i click on my November bullet ... .   on a happier note, one positive aspect of my otherwise hellish ... one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019