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  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  has a rhythm to it. Sentences vary in length. Some are short, especially ... essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... ’t write about your time in prison.” I heard this in a video once. There are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hours. I call an Uber to get to my hotel in Simsbury, a 20 minute drive ... call an Uber to get to the bus station, and get stuck in traffic. Rush ... , a 3.5 mile drive from campus. I sprint to get on the bus 3 minutes

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in ... applications are complete and all material received, your application goes to a ... really quickly. In a few short months, you will be graduating, and soon

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians ... I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think ... just like good noms. There's a few eateries in the Cambridge/Boston that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  officer to get a more official opinion! If you're interested in learning ... get to college, you will be able to sample classes in a variety of ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  in the Infinite, as well as a friend to the janitorial staff and the ... 10, which itself acts as a memorial to those in the MIT community lost ... night until probably 4:30, didn't get to bed until six in the morning

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  page, a pang in my heart that signaled that it was over and my journey ... knew what I wanted to do. In elementary school, I'd write short stories ... job prospects to solely STEM. In my sophomore year, I took a biomedical

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  live in MacGregor? Or will you just get randomly assigned to them as a ... requirements for your major(s), then check in the catalogue to see when the ... 't forget to add in a HASS each term, and try not to schedule more than one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  citizen. What am I hoping to impart with this message? Live in a dorm your ... here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a ... -effective, convenient boarding with a strong sense of community, such that people stay in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  beginning to punt in spectacular fashion), it was really refreshing to get a ... -page paper and a powerpoint presentation on the subject, in four weeks ... step in the project was to establish a set of constraints such that a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  a way to post all of the videos in such a way that not only do they ... win all sorts of stuff and get to help record a new song for SongsToWearPantsTo ... . On a sidenote, Interphase is getting ready to gear up. I can tell

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see ... 't know if MIT has a wind tunnel, but if they do, I want to put bikes in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  . There are a million ways to get involved in a million different activities ... it to falling in love.] Make the decision with both your head and your ... endless. As a freshman, you can work in the lab of Nobel laureate or get

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  magic words that get you in (or keep you out) of MIT. If you approach this process trying hard to impress a group of skeptical judges with your ... , working at MITAdmissions is more than a job: it's a commitment to compassion

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  start straying from your desired course. In short, controlling attitude ... , find themselves in a place they never expected to be: the back of the ... , plowing through whatever gets in the way… It’s about finding your tennis

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  ?) So if you come to MIT next year or in the next few years, your TA might ... in the 70s, so we proceeded to have a lovely chat about MIT housing ... high school to really understand what you're getting yourself into. My

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... East Campus at all in my short time so far, and had no reason to. The ... found my home in a place I’d never even bothered to consider before. Now

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  about often in order to function and go about your daily life, the way ... that--coping. I was trained, in a way, from preschool to college. I had ... have to deal with in your whole life. Imagine that it is summer and you’re

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  's a nice keepsake from the concert if you're lucky enough to get one ... and live in a country that I haven't lived in before, I want to explore ... "fucking slut" because I was dressed in a sports bra and pants. I wanted to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  pack in a few short days. Speaking of packing, April and I made a pretty big mess while we were in the process of putting things away. We get a ... have the option to take a course or two in their major during the spring

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006