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  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  that you are ready to get down to business. So, your first step is ... your homework. Even if you have 30 schools on your list, be able to ... college process for most high school students. How important is your GC

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  ="64798" /] It's Filipino culture to comment on people's bodies when you greet them ... honest observation about the person you're talking to is supposed to be a ... early 2000s, bringing it closer to conventional Western views on being fat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  how to navigate MIT because he could tell I was stressed. People on RT ... offer amazing advice on how to snag internships and sometimes will give ... leave for the launch site (if you were lucky enough to get some sleep

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  who wants to go to medical school must make this decision very early on ... are pre-requisites to the med school classes. If you're planning to ... your major's requirements. However, if you want to major in engineering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in ... ;   Cats on a Hot Tin(Metal) Roof   Day 2: The Agora and various ... thing on the hill looks familiar       I bought crepes

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  go, the better the view gets. You flew to Pittsburgh on two weeks ... better. You will get into the school that you were afraid to admit was your ... to grumble a little less when the parentals knock on your door in the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  we do send notes on your behalf to the admissions team so they know a ... 't be summed up on a few sheets of paper. And I get to meet lots of young ... was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  't worry - you're not missing out): 0% of people who do not apply to MIT get ... get a point across.) The essay is your chance to show that you're not a ... To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  . Next came the weird business of figuring out how many stamps to put on ... school admission process is almost done, and I'm on track to graduate and ... .  How could you tell the person who is writing your most important

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  don’t have a safety net, you have to land on your feet.” They say that ... have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  Masters that is offered only to MIT undergrads. You apply in your junior ... about the BE MEng is that I get to see what life as a grad student is like ... on my resume and not the PhD. While this sounds loony, I've talked to a

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  this if I were to do it again. There’s many guidelines on how to animate, and I devoured many a video on “how to not make anime hair look like ... , where you know how your animation is going to look at the major turning

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  to get me -- I’d finally found my fellow lizard people! Socializing on ... attempt at pretending to be smart. Getting on campus didn’t fix my tendency ... ’ll get desensitized to noise again, and I’m working on making small GPS

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  sitting down to write and constantly was on the verge of tears and anger ... reflected in movement on stage) Being trans can lead to a thousand double ... Cormick, but naïve-first-year-me decided to dig deeper. I sent out a Google form

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your ... to North Station. So, I get there, see my 10:20, On Time, train to ... than just that, and I have to get some time off of work sometime and just

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  will be responsible for filming the work being done on each job site and ... 'm particularly looking forward to a program on roller coasters: campers learn about ... , and then go home and have dinner afterwards. I also elected to get paid

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  Intent from a lawyer or bank on official letterhead stating your intent to ... from Hasbro to get us in. Remember, it's Thursday and Toy Fair is on ... your brains enough, you'll remember that I mentioned we were going to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  as a living room and study area, meaning that we get to watch TV in it ... I survived moving to my fall room! (I realize this is silly. But moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  used to see him when I made solitary adventures downtown on Fridays in ... . “Hey, how old are you?” “Depends on who’s asking.” “I’m asking!” “Well ... ’ve talked to plenty of random people: ladies on the train who just want to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  called No Flip Flops which was full of pointers on how to survive a winter ... setting up for the event. Rebecca gives pointers on how to eat healthy for ... start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005