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• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  take to do so." Seve wrote, "Pls how do i get to track my application on ... Here goes another Omnibus... sorry if I didn't get to your question ... and how to get my ID." Xing Wei wrote, "I have already sent out all the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully ... app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt ... . So whatever day I look back to, I'd have an alibi. On October 16, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  honor of that anniversary, I'd like to hear your stories. I know you all ... ? How excited? How did you react when you found out you were going to be a ... a month. I was barely reading the blogs, just trying to get two

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  feelings on what I want the future to look like. Had you asked me in my ... Spanish, I want to write a novel, I want to get a PhD in media studies, I want to be closer to the entertainment industry and get invited to fancy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... students on our database (MyMIT registrants and others) inviting them to the ... "bonus points" on your application. We do not look more favorably on those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  inspiring to realize that you can make your own job. I also appreciate how ... is teaching me strategies on how to actually pin down that great idea ... focuses on long-form fantasy: aka writing fantasy novels. We get to write

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  a guy offers to install Athena on your computer, he's hitting on you. If he offers to install Debian on your computer, he's really hitting on ... mention get to know the halls of our new dorm, so we decided to visit each

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have ... something else of interest to your interview. This is not a requirement or an ... counselors). If you love to play the violin, play the violin - even if your

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  , your soul? That’s how it feels to me sometimes, like I’m sacrificing my ... of my MIT life to y’all. So you get to come along on the journey! I ... ), and it felt weird to write on a blog about my MIT experience under a

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  to avoid putting the former director of the CIA on your thesis ... usually don't shower on Thursdays, but I also usually don't go to work with ... that, you're free to do whatever you like to your walls in Burton

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  had so much spare time on their hands, they actually decided to provide ... . Bradley not only pointed me to a site with photos of these other hacks, he ... the prospective students to see. How could I disagree? Few things make

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  living alone, if you are not on the meal plan you have to make your own ... out at like 3, how do you not get enough sleep?” To little high school ... you can enjoy that!). No one can move from living in a house to on their

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  tell you how you can solve your plots. A few of those sheets had not yet ... yet. Then it was 6:30. It had just begun to dawn on us that we were ... flu virus or cold gets passed around. Every now and then a game has to

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  , including one where you get to build furniture for your room (a picture of a ... seminar also serves as your freshman advisor. This way, you get to know the ... you want to get into and how long the waitlist is). Also, once you get

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find admissions statistics?

  If you're looking for admission statistics that's a good sign because ... students, and SAT/ACT score ranges for admitted students on the Admissions statistics page. The International Students Office has interesting stats on
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  , except now we get to use FPGAs that are more than 10x as powerful as the ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Even Google's AI gets it wrong! However, I should note that ... rainforest to run."]entirely on a laptop[/annotation]. However, these

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  selected to travel to Stanford Splash! Let me know if you're still available ... grad students excited to teach. Kids excited to learn on a weekend ... on their kid taking all the classes he or she wants to take (trust me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible ... ) Besides, you're on pass/no record first semester, so what do you have to ... I feel slightly weird to be typing away on the MIT blogs again, when

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  program. Teams get evaluated based on how well they live these core values. You get judged not only on how many points your robot scores during the ... only based on how many points you scored, but by how well your team

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  soon as I went on a dorm tour during CPW. It helped me get a sense of all ... -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the ... any specific questions you have while you're there :)   On that

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024