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• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  't need to pack your schedule with APs to get into a good school. You know, the reason APs help your application, as far as I can tell, is because they demonstrate your desire to challenge yourself and take risks (and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  other blogs. I do read all of your comments, and even if I don't respond, you should know that I have read and thought about your comment. Having a this converstaion be a two-way street, with our posts and your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  less than 2012's. I can tell you how to maximize the strength of your application profile, the little things you can do that can't hurt your chances. Proofread. I'm sure you've heard it all before, but your word processor

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  choose your courses for frosh year =p) Again, this is only my ... the way to junior fall. Oh - and take 5.111 (or 5.112!) if you're ... comprehensive and "useful" chemical introduction if you feel like you're going to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  . Meaning, unless you're wiling to spend hours pouring every ounce of your ... were chicken scratch. Oop So...if you're like me and can't see yourself ... your computer do it for you. Starting from the app I picked up right

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  an applicant - where you live, what your birthday is, where you go to school, and what your name is. That's it! I'm not comparing you against anyone and I don't know what you got on your SATs. After I write my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  , I don’t really understand your project. I tried to sum it up again, but another critic zooms in on a detail. You do know that your building ... even understand your project... Boom. Boom. and Boom. When your own

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  (You’re about to get hit with a wave of sentimentality, braces ... , neighborhood block parties and no p-sets. After your four years of this place ... encouragement with cheesy Batman quotes under your door (“It’s always the darkest

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one ... review your application and notify you of admission by mid-December. Can ... applying early is a great way to show the admissions office that you're

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  your kidneys (7.20), and you won't absorb salt without sugar due to the structure of the transporters in your intestine (7.06). 2. The reason you feel like hell when you have a virus is actually due to your immune system

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  time. People talk a lot about how important your living group is to your “college experience,” whether it’s becoming best friends with your roommates or being super involved with your dorm. And they’re not wrong about how

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  coolest dorm/FSILG in MIT by riding a tandem bike with your hallmates like a ... walking is going to prolong your ankle sprain? Try arms! Give your legs a break and become friends with the next best pair of limbs on your body

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  . Work on the project more → Keep working on your project → Work on your ... Structure. This is a choose your own adventure, where you play as me, running ... Boring Friday you're reminded of this by having the time repeated often

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  if you're an incoming first-year) Reflections on the MIT experience ... realize that sometimes it means that I won't answer your question directly ... something along the lines of "I think you're asking this to get a gauge of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  courageous for applying, for taking the deep dive and demonstrating your ... senior year and I know how scary it is to package your identity up into ... "You will end up where you need to be" since you have put your all into

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  this in some respect; you're chilling with some friends late at night ... uncomfortable as you reevaluate your perspectives on a plethora of social issues ... responses of your friends vary, and it's fun to discuss different answers when

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020