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  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  little research on the web, and think of some questions to ask. Remember ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  of! Going on vaca Adam and I are going to the Bahamas tomorrow and ... really quite similar, though I believe 7.013 has more of an emphasis on ... running on her thesis in two years when she starts the PhD part of her

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new ... , and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my ... the new cycle, it's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team of

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  into my mouth while i was sitting on top of that statue in killian court ... see some kid squatting on top of the statue and wolfing down pita bread ... I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool feet first so I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... , absorbing impromptu lectures on algebra, number theory, and the analogy of ... the backstory on the creation of an Electronic Musical Drum Trainer (Up

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  saves a lot of time spent on the registration website or that problem set ... , appealing is subjective and ultimately depends on the values of the maker and ... on a number of factors, and the capability of one is relative to the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap ... submit a proposal beyond "lying on the beach," but often little more is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  . (I will say that I like the subject matter more than that of 5.112 - Principles of Chemical Science, which I took last semester.) But my professor ... lyrics to "Deprotonated", the chemical rendition of Avril Lavigne

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever ... nine long months to birth with a lot of snarling and kicking around. On the day I finally arrived on Earth, my patience had fast vanished, which

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  ="attachment_58237" align="aligncenter" width="300"] For more on the art of EC, Nisha D ... murals, my on-campus life will likely involve a good amount of wall ... ’ word salads took on a chaotic beauty of their own. I was fairly sure that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  ’ve ridden my fair share of intercity trains here in the USA, on the East Coast ... /Miami The City of New Orleans connecting Chicago and New Orleans The ... New Orleans” describing the route of the same name was released in 1971

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  minutes later, my friend Holly responded and said that, duh, of course she ... Counselor for Communications, and she basically makes all of our print publications, as well as being the token #millenial on our social media. One

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  Here’s part two of my “I wrote this but procrastinated on editing and ... On Wednesday, December 20th, I took my last final of the semester. I ... habit. Maybe it’s just the comfort of home. Who knows. But let’s fast

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  write entire entries on many of these topics, and I'll answer more ... hands on it. As for "the ugly" side of life here, I don't know too much ... "Final Grade Report." Sephy wrote, "I called up the office of admissions on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  of the blue." Nevermind that his principle work is on dark matter, not ... the record, setting a new mark of 51 seconds! This spring, you can see ... You may know Conan O'Brien, host of the popular late night talk show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  pattern. for the past five nights i have constantly felt on the verge of ... in swim class, our instructor emphasizes the importance of relaxing. "you're in the water and your body tenses up. why? it's because of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  API, (2) make a robot on Twitter, (3) have it do a bunch of things ... of real-life things. Being on the Design/Build/Fly team gets me access ... game. Working on CAD makes you feel kind of like a certain superhero: 3

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates ... , I ate at the brand new Steam Cafe, a very yummy new dining option! I ... paired on the same subcommittee today. In other news, while we were in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  There's always this hum on campus, some whisper of a noise either ... find myself once again back on the MIT grounds. I'm unsure of when the ... walked on Mass Ave, waves of familiarity and warmth washed over me. These

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022