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  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  'd like to use this entry to answer some of the common deadline ... that processing can take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this time ... you need to update your application after you submit it, the best -- and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  not used to being "older" and "wiser." i took classes with people two or ... them. it makes me feel old. i wonder what it'll take for me to feel like ... eerie it is to have gone from being underclassmen to the oldest people at

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  , last year I was quickly brushed off by recruiters. Maybe it was my lack ... brushed it right back off thinking to myself "Oh, no one get internships ... was expected of me to get it. That made me feel invigorated enough to go

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  process out there, but it is still useful to learn how other places do ... 's still very useful for all of us to sit around and talk about how we do things, what works, why it works, and how we can make things better. There

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  Cologne just to see it. No. It took ten hours. Here, you can see my train ... and unexpectedly with no other plans for Friday night, I decided to use ... commercial that used "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Sam's Mom ran out to the mall that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  ) and it was close to Halloween: my birthday. My little sister poked her ... , from Harry Potter. Flattered, I tried to imagine that it was because of ... step in the lesson plan - it said to drop the tablets in the water, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  even when I didn’t know what in the world I wanted to use it for. And ... it’s correct. When all the factors align and you really come to a solution together, it feels like the gates to heaven are opening. All this

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  , before that summer, I still had to make it through second semester with Toy ... dyed, it was starting to fade, but still looked decent. The second ... toys. ElectroPlushies can be seen floating around in the air. Using my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  trying to say in the first place."]essayer, as it were,[/annotation]my way ... unremarkable, but, to me, it was this completely new feeling. I don't remember ... after work, I just go home and don't leave my room until it's time to go

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  . Sometimes. Well, there used to be a hammer. And I didn't know about it. And ... going to the end of this block." MAN: "It's actually free!" ME: "No ... . Barbar is our printer's name. 4. Answer the dorm phone. We used to have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  taken aback.) "We can do it the hokey way, though..." (starts writing on ... ...whatever, right?" "This feels better though, does it not?" "Here I'm just using ... second day of recitation) "It's possible that the thing you want to call

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  ." I noticed that it had to be in by February 9 or I would suffer a $40 ... to blog, including using 22 M formic acid to fuel you cell phone, a ... DID YOU KNOW? Female komodo dragons can apparently have immaculate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  click bait-y title lol)   Feminine What does it mean to be a woman ... really got into skincare and thought it might be interesting to experiment ... ruin my skin). But I also saw, through the response to Fenty, how it’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  change, how difficult it can be, yet ultimately best, to accept and embrace ... signatures, was made to turn Infinity Train into its own show!!! The power of ... episodes so much, we wanted to write this blog so we can fangirl about our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  Orchestra or Concert Band or other music groups. It’s a way to keep in ... . There’s still plenty of time to learn. It only feels like it ... time to learn a new skill. It’s okay to be a n00b at age eighteen

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  I love MIT. (Maybe it's too early to say, but no one simply says "I ... , opportunities It never ceases to amaze me at how many opportunities there are at ... like to try new things, you can find a new activity that you love! The

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  doesn't get more useful it might be an "Aiden goes to lecture when he ... saying that didn't feel like dramatic enough of an opening. I wanted it to ... enough (I planned it), this happens to be the first day of classes on

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  the most important things a good college applicant can actually do to ... these essays is to get to know you, the applicant. It's not to be wowed ... are more interesting than anyone you can pretend to be; indeed, you are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  people fret over what to wear; its one of the things you can control ... able to use my IELTS score instead of TOEFL for admissions? Also, can we ... , but it would be troublesome if the name I use there is different to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  ), and I'm heading to a PhD program in biology. And it's all super ... Although I do make active attempts to avoid goopiness and ... a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006