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  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  Today, MIT dedicated a memorial to Officer Sean Collier, who was killed in the line of duty by the Tsarnaev brothers on April 18th, 2013 ... , and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  a bad day, perhaps your EC had a bad day - but don't let it get to you ... dimension to your application and also chat with an ex-MIT student about his ... to know what you're like in real life. Come on, you are more than just

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  initially suspended our testing requirement due to the disruptions caused by ... students, particularly those most impacted by its attendant disruptions. To ... is also consistent with independent research compiled by education

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  reasonable pixel density compared to your phones. Yeah, text ... wasting your time; if you’ve read this far, who knows what else I can get you to read ;) -Cam *footnote: word on the street is that we’re getting

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  those entries. Instead, I want to focus on something much more grandiose ... poll on Doonesbury.com asking readers where Alex should go to college. As nerds procrastinating psets are want to do, MIT students hacked the poll

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  courage to go up and talk to people. They didn’t come over to the booths by ... me. But I’ll get to that in just a bit. In Closing, A Few Things From ... journey from the first uncertain scrawl of words to the final product was a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in ... awhile I do get that itch to come back and write something. And thus I ... an applicant - where you live, what your birthday is, where you go to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute ... ...whatever) just wait until you get to campus. There are always upperclassmen trying to sell books. Ask around your dorm, spam the email lists, and you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  applications, we get a lot of applications. We then need to read those ... . Its a long story. Ok, I need to get back to reading. I have a lot of apps to read - so do me a favor. Be yourself. I don't want to read your

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  up for games. i've been getting burnt out by many things, these days ... to live a year longer. if i could recruit other people, get them to run for officership, get them to see my vision, maybe it'd last a few more

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

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  directions; that’s what will happen when you get to college. Very few of us end ... shuttles - For your chance to become Internet-famous, e-mail your pictures ... even got to hear me read out loud in Middle English), the art of writing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  to your professors while surrounded by burbling chocolate fountains and ... . It’s always neat to explain your work to people who know so much more ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  North Wales. Unfortunately getting to South Wales would be 8 hours ... lonely towards the end of the month. But I did appreciate getting to see ... skeletal remains by tending to it as a garden.  The Welsh word for children

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the ... answer to this question. AP tests are mostly good for getting you out of ... ability to study smarter than your average freshman. No doubt that any of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  definitely reduce your chances of getting hired because of the risk that your employer would take on by spending a lot of time and money to training you ... amazing way to spend the maximum amount of time with your children and I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  reading your applications so much and it came to me about the time I walked ... 's why the interview report from your EC is valued so much by my colleagues ... getting to the end and realizing there is a piece missing. Now sometimes it

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  to get your rational mind with your emotional mind working together to ... Speech at Stanford, Steve Jobs said, “Have the courage to follow your heart ... right for you. That is why you must learn to trust your intuition, which

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  smarter. By not self-advocating. He was reluctant to ask for help. By ... looks for ways to get back on the horse. She tends to learn as much from ... future. By being willing to change in order to be successful. Never will

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... 'm frustrated by is that learning this lesson of commitment to your path is ... objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  : Is now a good time to talk? D: Ahhh, sure. Q: You’re down to 3 ... , but I would discourage you from choosing your college ONLY by the amount ... ’m trying to help them out too, you know? Q: I get that Danielle. I really do

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010