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• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  frustrating. When you contact your EC give them a little time to get back to ... still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  cultures should happen on the day I was getting ready to leave one for the ... Corner Theater?! I seriously don't think you get how exciting this is. I ... Campbell is? Like, 50? And then what subset of those 50 want to get a book

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  , but also a call to action. No doubt, we wonder how young people with so ... treated disorders to establish a system of continuing care while on campus ... highest suicide rate? The answer to that question is: No, this is not true

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... get it into your head that it's going to be hard, but everyone else will ... pretty psyched. Original list (which is to say, my perspective on life at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  some puzzles, and slept over. On Sunday afternoon, I learned how to play ... them to another room. Then on the first weekend of February, the weekend ... I’m going to waltz classes on Monday nights, Tech Squares on Tuesday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  fraternity/sorority and don’t have big productions to put on for your ... . No matter how much of a challenge your target audience may be to reach ... . Feedback – It’s nice to get honest feedback from a peer about how

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 722 applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Apple store on Boylston Street. Although the store's actually less than a mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... delicious dim sum with friends in Chinatown. After gorging ourselves on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  ’ve never really known how to deal with others’ envy, and it feels weird to ... -blank: “Do you think you’re getting all of this because you’re a girl?” That ... unrelated to math. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure how I should

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1 ... based on how familiar with the person I am, how much I know about the ... once you make one friend you often get a bonus prize consisting of your

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  options. You want to explode things and paint crazy murals on the wall ... 's got to be one that floats your boat. Us bloggers represent a nice ... get work done if I need to, without being too distracted or bothered by

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  I want to focus on my last Friday at work because it was one of the ... lucky enough to get onto a team. We teamed up with the RP lab (Rapid ... looking like this: The cardboard on the top was due to an event at last

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably ... ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made ... sleeping late on weekends, and tears, smiles, and hugs still feel the same to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  important in education and how it has tried to build that into a lasting ... the SATs today. I remember how much it sucked to sit in a room for ... they're not as bad as they used to be? On that uplifting note, I'm going

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  . Expectations are higher at MIT. You are expected to do a lot on your own. If you want more examples, you have to read them on your own time. In class, we ... (family, social drama, getting sick, etc.) take a greater toll on your time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little after 9. My "hi" to my coworkers died on my lips as I looked at their ... realize that the news was playing on the radio. We pulled up a news site on

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  is to know when to fold, when to cut your losses, and when to get out ... . This is probably due to the fact that I'm not on campus and, while I ... to help you learn about MIT. Since getting home from MIT I've had the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... means we really like you, and you do not need to improve on your ... your school to check on your academic progress. What are the realities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  goodwill, and how, if you’re a smart young person working on problems that ... ’s similarly unfair how only 25 people get to take that class each year, how more people can’t get access to that incredible feeling on the other hand, it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written ... spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a ... 'll return to you the actual piece of spacecraft hardware which carried your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006