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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  't enough for you or right for you, it's easy to start your own. Some past ... to walk rush from my 6.336 lecture in 10-250 to the 6.131 lecture in 34-101. I was moving quickly down the hall last Thursday, not paying attention

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain my special circumstances?

  We understand that everyone has a unique story and that we can ... plenty of room for you to tell us about any special circumstances regarding ... feel may be helpful to us in evaluating your application. Every
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  interview; rather it's because the interview can add a useful, additional ... interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... interview. First, it is your responsibility to arrange the interview. You

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  reaction for the nth time because you just can't get it to work... well, I ... time. Sometimes it fails even more than that. Sometimes the scientist can ... you believe it. You have to realize that being the best at everything

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  electricity. It has no right being this cold out if it's not going to snow." And ... . But it snowed. And then is started to hail. And then it started to sleet. And then it started to rain. And then, because the snow on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  neat trick: you can use the inside of the baking soda packaging to scrape ... can be hard to believe that all of this is all so close ... use butter, but according to our more experienced baker friends

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly. Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  remember why it was that I went home, but one Friday I took the train down to ... not just academic exhaustion. If it were, I would know how to handle it ... bit. It’s a pattern at this point: I’ll walk to Boston and feel a little

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  get it automatically in your iTunes, you can subscribe to the iTunes Podcast. If you'd like to subscribe and use a podcatcher other than i ... Episode 10 of MIT's video podcast, ZigZag, has been released. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i ... , sometimes amused by who i used to be, sometimes saddened. whenever i think ... to a time in sophomore year of high school when it made me so happy i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  Rush week, the brothers who can make it back from MIT return to campus ... goes on, it becomes more and more important for interested freshmen to ... , activities) and hanging out to more serious discussions, such as what it means

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can't wait to ... , and it is. As a matter of philosophy, we have typically preferred to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  diverse and deep interests, it quickly becomes intimidating when you feel as ... go to school here? why do i even go to school here if i can’t even ... asked him to hang it up, and was very satisfied when he said it was harder

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  . Where do you think George got the money to buy the team? Well, Henry used ... Since everyone seems to have Olympic fever these days (Michael Phelps ... likely to be in the Science Olympiad or the International Math Olympiad

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  the impacts of the oil spill to dissipate, he said. "If we do it now ... said. "This is one area where we're able to make an impact." You can ... How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will ... emailing all applicants with their decisions, so you should expect to hear ... the very best MIT has to offer. I highly recommend reading the profile

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  While we are still waiting to hear from everyone, and hence it is too ... on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the ... 's no comprehensive check you can do to see what is taken, but you should

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  time to dedicate to it. I often hop between classes to extracurriculars ... get extremley red and I would scratch it to the point where my skin ... amount of lotion can combat eczema when it's caused by something that is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... rudimentary to very advanced. It also provides data to the schools where the ... are developing, and see where their students can use additional

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  the answers. I used to save up questions and answer a bunch of them at ... than/to conner? I hear people say BurtonConner like its one word, and i ... Responses to comments: Edward: Hey, thank you for answering my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005