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• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  , be dynamic, come alive on paper. Continue to get advice from your ... your chance to help them get to know you! Your statement of purpose ... working on your statement of purpose even after you have sent it to the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  (You’re about to get hit with a wave of sentimentality, braces ... . College, on the other hand, is all about change. I have to laugh at myself a ... willing to forgo this summer so I can get to MIT as soon as possible. I can

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  't learn in 8.02 was how 3D glasses worked, so I decided to Google it. How ... reason why you wear 3-D glasses is to feed different images into your eyes ... one image to enter each eye, and your brain does the rest. You cannot

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  snow:no snow ratio is. I bid someone to go forth and Google! And then get ... 'm friends with "MIT Engineers" on facebook, from whom I get the latest Tech ... conundrum. Except one of his ideas to get rid of the snow was flamethrowers

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  did to you, but if getting into MIT was his whole life as you say how ... said if I were planning on going to medical school I should definitely ... know how to do is stick their noses in books and that older doctors dread

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  get to HQ for some reason. Then we got on the bus at the wrong time ... with so many different motivations are attracted to Career Fair, it gets ... . It didn't look that bad on Google Maps after all! Since I didn't want

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  and get you on the right track before classes start and things start to ... refrigeration). Use your favorite search engine to find additional links on ... get to learn how to draw! I have a lot of artsy people in my family, my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  upperclassmen are up and about on campus, trying to meet all of you and hear your ... ; you've probably turned your friends down on an offer to party because ... . Trust me, you won't be as inclined to do those things when you're on ABCDF

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it's now easier than ever to do so. On your ... ? Sounds crazy, right? – because you want to get away from your parents as ... how conservative), and you’re all ready to GO. It feels like the "right

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We ... in half before putting it on your lap; when drinking a glass of wine ... straight hours of short lessons ranging from "How to ask for a date" to "At

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  post.  On the week of Pi Day, my friend and I both wondered how a ... ]. On a simpler note, you’ll discover pretty quickly how you fare on ... the Bloggers, I’d like to say this: Be excited. Hold on to that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  goes on, as we add pieces to the collection each year. Selected students ... Friday are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student ... following May. What a way to decorate your room! Whoever said MIT students don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  on the next one. Happens all the time. I haven't figured out how to ... getting full points on my project. Yee!!! Now, onto IAP. Between the Fall ... post) to UROP with the MIT Game Lab. Hopefully I get it, but we'll see

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  almost certainly how you should get to campus! Or you could walk, or bike ... strongly, strongly encourage you to park further out on the Red Line —  at e ... question, as we prepared for this move, was how to make this new building, at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  . Basically, in a ploy to get people carry around their new 3DS systems ... through Lobby 7 this morning on my way to a 2.002 exam. I stepped into Lobby ... glass that reveals invisible video game characters sitting on your table

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  to focus on. For example, my field of study is how education systems ... civil and environmental engineering because I wanted to eventually work on ... conditions. I'm focusing on experiential learning and ways to better prepare

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  on others. I think it's important to not let the absence of others ... often think things like... How would I want to spend time with my best ... mistakes and celebrate your successes, no matter how big or small. It's a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  on campus, so I really appreciate you finding time to fit me into your ... Valley with a population over 4,000 students. How did you get to MIT? I ... afraid to get to the heart of issues. So in the spirit of Charlie Rose

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  to buckle down and get seriously serious about my education. When ... far too undermotivated to watch the video lectures on my own. Now, 8 ... to in-class concept questions. That’s OK, Joel, your grade is high

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  imagine what story you would tell to StoryCorps. Don’t exaggerate on your ... excellent resource for essay writing. To paraphrase Episode 6: How did your ... that excite you and how transferring to MIT can continue the journey you’re

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025