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  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  reasons. Sometimes it is hard because you don't know your audience and have ... , no matter how smoothly you try to form your sentences, they invariably ... situation in which obfuscation is to your advantage. You will frequently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  's say you're a student who's interested in MIT, and you want to continue ... going here. Your biggest concern is that MIT, which doesn't stand for ... absolutely no media in them.) If you're the type of person who knows of Brahms

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  your computer in its entirety.) So I actually did this "interview" back ... has music been a passion for you? Tell us about your musical journey ... experience during your music career at MIT? Can you describe it for us? Jenn

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  ability to make reasonable judgments, however. So, whether or not you're ... difficulty that requires you to reach out and work with your classmates, to ... the line between your classes and life beyond classes becomes

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  your life in interesting ways, if you let it, but you have to let it. I ... . You don't get something for nothing. In addition to rerouting your life, making you rethink your values, and so on, MIT can do interesting things to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  people who have never seen it before or struggle with it) during your first ... -level classes with material that almost none of your classmates already knew ... website, and say that if you send me your contact info I can put you in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  , in case anyone missed them.) Jess: Okay, so your roommates are picked ... ! Michael Borohovski: Jess, you can choose your roommate AFTER rex if you choose to do so, but if you don't choose one (i.e. staple your applications

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  I answer your lingering questions left in the comments. So if you ask ... your classes that you have taken? A lot of my Social Studies classes are ... because of the length of your essay. We do not have an auto-word-counter for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  I hear that if you're an incoming frosh, you got your temp housing assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the ... dorms, and choose a new one if you wish. After you get your final dorm

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  answers are brief, but I hope that by publishing answers to all of your ... your question is more in-depth, you may wish to call the Admissions ... to rush your scores to us. If you send them the normal way, I assure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  friends & family, do something good for your heart (lots good for your head ... anything is most important, it would be your grades, but everything is ... submit my form." Minh, have any official from your school write us a letter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  ="aligncenter" width="500"] .[/caption] 3) Drill a hole. Using your thumbs (or pointer ... start creating the inner cavity. Stop when you reach your desired floor ... , slowly widen it until you reach your desired floor width. You’ll end up

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  had. But simultaneously, MIT is purposefully difficult so that you're ... acapella group, a sorority, MIT Symphony Orchestra, and join the exec of your dorm while taking 5-6 classes if that floats your boat. There is no

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  morning and you're feeling overwhelmed. Maybe that problem isn't making sense no matter how many times you re-read it and you're really stressed out. Maybe you're planning on pulling an all-nighter tonight and to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  Board schedule and realized that unfortunately you’re all almost done with AP exams ... to pretty much anything, so if you’re still doing some last ... still a thing?) or your school is like my high school and has finals the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  beginning of the semester goes towards all of your dinner purchases over the ... of your dinners, so you still have to pay, just not as much. There are ... dinner on Sundays). PROS If you eat more than $600 worth of dinner, you're

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  removing-your-belt stunt ?" Hmm... perhaps you're referring to my story about ... please hurry up your application process?" Sumith, we are in the middle of ... closely to your desired major will suffice? Also, how long does it take to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  have your Spanish?” I didn’t; I had spoken maybe three full sentences in ... to me. Finally just before I left, his mom gave me a hug: “You’re mostly the same as you were in high school. You’re less shy, though, no

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Freshman Learning Communities Your first year at MIT is all about ... and learn in an environment that better suits your style. The problem ... , allow you to avoid the negative sides of GIRs and go through your whole

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  !) in your lifetime. They've also been some pretty great teachers ... you to read some of these pointers. They'll set you up well for your ... someone. Now, it's good to stay in contact with your close friends from

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011