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  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  nonstrategic in your own essays, and not try to get into our (or anyone else ... way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your ... , our primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  ! YOUR SUMMER ASSIGMENT IS SO THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY UNTIL YOU ... ? *This statement is not true if your summer assignment is to a living group ... much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  dexterity. A fair amount of time in which you could slowly begin to understand ... seniors. You do, however, have a book that you're returning to the Coop ... , at least. It's eating your soul, and you'd prefer to keep at least a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  getting closer! 10:45am: A quick walk through Lobby 7, soon to be the site ... 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  discovered that if you’re ever in a place you think you’re not supposed to be ... in Stata A brief tangent--I have always loved to explore. MIT is great ... --particularly if you’re in a math or physics department. Upon walking into the CSAIL

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few ... logging in to MyMIT. Students who have completed their applications by ... understand your financial situation more completely, please send a letter

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  out to you Zangi), and even establish a new home in East Campus ... known before. I move to attack a Simmons resident. As he swings his pool ... try to stand, but the second I bend my left leg a horrible pain shoots

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  brochure or a website (or Google Street View if you're really obsessed ... 've had a lot to do and thus unsurprisingly, I've kept pretty busy. Yes ... really means to be here. First, there's CPW, where (if you're like me) you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  transportation and city planning in a few weeks. I am rushing to finish up my ... decided to turn the year into a working adventure. I found an internship in ... it seems like there are a million once-in-a-lifetime experiences to be

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  to get work done) in order to finish my application. After a short ... panic set in. You're going to get nightmares of every tiny mistake you ... ’m gonna get this done so early! I’m going to put so much time and energy in

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  to be held in a wiser person’s arms, safe in the knowledge that ... like a moment in time, sips away like a bottle of wine. Here I am ... in diary pages and used calendars. Another year until I acquired the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  'll get to do things at MIT/in Boston that I've wanted to do forever - like ... this one, get back to dancing a lot, and more. I've already started on ... overwhelming than I thought it was going to be - a confusing whirlwind of psets

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  . Get in your college applications, and now what? Well...now's the time to ... friends from high school to catch up over a solid In-N-Out burger, because ... . But there are only 168 hours in a week, and I also need to eat and sleep

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  doorstep and as you flip through them, page by page, you get to see aspects ... . Everybody gets to publish, everybody gets to read, and everybody gets to ... your knowledge of the school be limited to what admissions wanted to tell

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  should apply to MIT. I came across an article on Google news about a ... -question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT ... before coming across it in my blog, then you should definitely apply to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  , they will get your letter in to us. And we are much more flexible with ... your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  admission to MIT. Your MyMIT page includes interview information, personalized ... ), within a couple days of registering. You should contact your EC as soon as your are ready to schedule the interview, but well before the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  or other, so I probably won't get a chance to do it tonight. Anyway ... until I get a chance to get all the pictures together, here's a poem I ... ." Today, 3/4, is unofficially national marching band day. Get it? Anyway, to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  drink water. (Speaking of which, here’s a friendly reminder to go get ... organizing stuff. I have tried to start using a google calendar, but it’s not ... into a cram session in Talbot Lounge with cups of iced tea to stay awake

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  phrase to NYTMITSISATEE?), because, well, I’m a n00b.* As in, I-can’t-solve-a ... very much like writing a good recipe: you have to list your ingredients ... sometimes you get little pictures throughout your recipe to check to make sure

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010