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FAQ / Transfer
What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?
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Blog / MIT Life
Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?
-to-know-you questions ended with college apps? Nope! “Tell us about who you are, your background, and your interests (e.g. where are you from, your interests and hobbies, what you do for fun outside of class, what your advisor should know -
Blog / Advice
new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?
, people watch, and reflect on how you should compensate for your ... an insult depending on your personal philosophies. personally, i find ... tense and hurried, and you have to watch your step to avoid stepping in -
Blog / Academics & Research
How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens
example, if there are ten problem sets due for the class in total, your grade is calculated out of your 9 best problem set grades. This can serve ... just be a free pass to throw an assignment out the window if you’re -
Blog / Academics & Research
You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!
you don't see your question or if you have another one, feel free to ... can send in a picture of your invention, the place to send it would be the same place you send your application. For your essay, I'd say write -
Blog / About Decisions
Admitted Students Parties Followup
Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties ... pretty sure that you're going to MIT?", "What are you going to major in ... quality of your institution has been completely shattered. My child was so -
Blog / Advice
Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing
decisions; and having permadeath, meaning once your character dies, you have ... your own deck of cards, separate from other players' decks. In a deckbuilder, you'd draw cards from your deck at the beginning of your turn, have -
Blog / Admissions
Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.
doesn't love nerds?) but if you're miserable and struggling to keep up with your peers, all of whom have taken Calculus, then it's not worth it ... available to you; you mentioned that you're taking all the honors, accelerated -
Blog / Admissions
October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...
my mail. In that case, you should attach a brief note explaining your ... understanding that some pieces of your application may be late. Please let us know ... you send in your Part I you will receive more information about the -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!
event you want to attend or star each event for every day on your phone so ... of every second of CPW by meeting your prospective classmates and doing ... 't enough for your parents, you can tell them that MIT has a 24/7 student -
Blog / Extracurriculars
self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube
's so high-energy. Rock Your Body by Delaney Glazer—this choreographer ... ), but honestly, if you're on your own, why not? how do I actually get ... while, though, I can say: if you're a beginner: focus on hitting key -
Blog / Academics & Research
What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit
anything else at MIT, first class. Your instructors are Pulitzer Prize ... . While all your CS friends are going off to Google and Facebook, making six ... notice a lot of weird stares from employers and questions about your resume -
Blog / Academics & Research
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.
classes you'll never need and don't even like instead of spending your time ... spent a lot of time and effort preaching to you about your high school activities and life: Spend your time with things you're passionate about. Don -
Blog / MIT Life
Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.
under the bathroom stall when you're inside. Not that I really care about ... seen. Black with white paws. Problem is, when you pick him up, your shirt ... right next to the door, never got emptied. Walking to your room shouldn -
Blog / How to MIT
You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.
take outside the General Institute Requirements. (If you're only doing ... can take in one semester without breaking your brain. You're welcome, of course, to sit down with the course catalogue, your intended degree -
Blog / Admissions
(Q & A)^n
three answers: 1, 2, 4. Can track you track your paper application online? Yes! After receiving your Part I, we will assign you an MIT ID number and provide you with instructions on how to track your application on My -
Blog / How to Human
Sensations On Having Feelings
sort of yellow that makes you think of your childhood and white kitchen ... more alive. Cold weather makes you feel human, in some strange way. You’re aware of your every extremity, you can feel the warmth of your own breath -
Blog / Academics & Research
The most beautiful class schedule yes. good
I feel sooo motivated today. You know that feeling when you’re just starting out your semester or school year or whatever and you keep telling yourself that you’re positive this is the semester where you’re going to -
Blog / Life after MIT
Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack
Learning. What does your typical day look like? Mostly fart around. (But ... its stuffing. ^Cast and crew. What is your favorite part of your job ... of your life - these are all meant to be temporally-finite experiences