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  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  social media. Lots of your classmates might be getting into various schools around this time, and it can be super stressful to see everybody ... . Spend time with your family and friends. Next year, you'll most likely be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  'll be impressed if you can catch a single thread of coherence running through them. sometimes it's fine to take a weekend off and not be "productive". feeling guilty about not being productive isn't healthy and is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  sense of your chances of being admitted to MIT. However, in the last few ... admitted or denied. I understand this ambiguity can be difficult. My advice would be to send in the FUN form and then focus on anything other than MIT

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  already be familiar with my experience of choosing a major. In summary, I ... requirements, with a single program and core courses which may or may not be ... -1) would be amended in a way that gives several options in places where there

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We ... scary as hell. So what do I want to be when I grow up? Part of me is ... be an EMT. If it gets overwhelming, I can give up helping others

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  T - it hits. The memories always come flooding back. I remember being ... remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock ... remember, every moment, being desperate to come back. I remember a post

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  : rotors rotating, spanners spanning, you should be able to check your ... screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online ... those students who may be climbing other mountains, with other people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  FOOD in bright red text. To be fair these posters are targeted to ... in. A lot of the research that is being done is years from becoming practical and even longer from being taught in classes. I see it as a glimpse

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  about a year ago (June 2013) and - because I wasn’t ready to be a Real ... of people ask me whether it’s hard to be pre-med at MIT, particularly since MIT is known to be a tough school, and whether looking back, I wish

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  .   The commencement speeches started 9:45 EST and, being three time ... half of us knew what to expect. After all, it must be had to shake things ... would be the 38th economically richest country in the world, a statistic

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  that means that I'm very shameless or just very stupid remains to be seen ... being online. I sincerely apologize for any discomfort I've caused anyone ... be back with more videos in the future

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  their hotel early (today or tomorrow would be very smart). I highly ... across the globe will be hosting gathering for the Class of 2016, as nearby ... be meetings in dozens of locales, including New York City, Dallas, San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready ... students will be considered afresh in Regular Action. For more information on ... believe we would be able to admit them this year, and we wanted to let them

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  no one wants to open. Except I tend to be the one prying at it until ... still a whole life of decisions to be made. It could be graduate school ... really be productive? Volunteer? Start your own business? "Post-college" is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  about the difficulty in selecting the students who will ultimately be ... of the admissions staff that can be credited with the successful ... , I don't need to be introspective or do any soul searching to figure

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... universities to which you'll be applying (including the financial aid ... conversation with each teacher about a) if they would be willing to write you a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  for me, I’ll be going to Beijing, China. I’ve been looking at MISTI ... -up. From mid-June to mid-August, I will be working with a professor in the ... contrast from normal coursework at MIT. In a few days, I’ll be turning 20

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  family supported my interests, whether I said I wanted to be a teacher, a ... population, I never felt different for being a female engineer. In fact ... casual attire, the driver asked me what I was in town for. Being the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in ... place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be ... the Class of 2014. Again, it felt odd to be among the ten or so student

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  career would be to forget all the stuff they tell you in the textbooks ... considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a minute and forget all the answers that their texts purport to be telling

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009