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  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger ... always bond over how much work that they have to do. It’s an instant ... a dozen According to the MIT website: “Seventy-one present and former

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  . Last Wednesday was a typical day: up at 5:00 am to get a workout in and ... :00 meeting. The chance to eat a real bagel was a treat, and a must for me every ... the chance to meet a lot of students and answer their questions about

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  dorm). DINING: this one is a major addition to the bill and an ... the building, and closeness to campus, and I want to counter that with ... find that it’s actually pretty easy to feed yourself, and that the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  sometimes ask students to imagine who reads their applications and to tell me ... . That we are there to judge them and find flaws in them. The truth is, we ... different voices in your application and try to immerse ourselves in your

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire ... to talk or donate but are polite about it, and others—a very, very

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... listening to the answer, like, at all. And I ended up kind of majoring in both ... conflicting times and few prerequisites), it's actually not too difficult to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  's more rigorous majors, Aero/Astro, and now works for NASA. Goes to show ... Jones: There's only one way to get into MIT, and it's the hard way. What ... More reading going on here tonight, after a yummy Super Burrito and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  applications. And to connect our lives to the life of you, the reader. The ... will continue to grow and become yourself, that this is not the end of a ... the waitlist and have a few more months of waiting to go, or feel like a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  much and get off this train only to see those lines behind me and myself ... ?). But then when you pop up and think back to just a few months or weeks ... delaying faster than you can improve. Instead, you've got to dig deep and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  understand that people want answers and explanations, but… alas. Trying to ... worked so hard to include the world in that passion that Amtrak noticed and ... who chose to commute an hour each way to attend a certain school, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  out a way to succeed. At that point I had to stop yelling at him and ... piece of paper, society saw me as somehow qualified to be a grown up and ... looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  perfect to me: my favorite activities are writing and teaching, I love all areas of science and deeply resent the idea of having to specialize, and have a penchant for running around, introducing myself to professors, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  Be Named came to the realization that Nisha and I are, indeed, sisters ... everyone was comparing me to my sister and pointing out my inadequacies. When I finally applied to MIT, I told myself not to expect too much since I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  Head over to /r/confession and you'll find this post lurking near the ... . I now realize that I am probably going to go a lame local college and stick with my family. Ugh. Oh, and to top it all off, the only hobbies I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  students to write from the heart and to not have their essays edited by any ... . It's always nice to have someone look over your writing and fix the ... things and the act of someone else rewriting your essay for you to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  and write their own summaries. Then it will go to selection committee ... ... And then the committee does its work, however brutal. It's not pretty ... a few who really got to me, and when they didn't get in, the tears

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  hot chocolate excursion was to meet up and chat with Marjorie Liu (who ... into something I love (CMS) and am trying to push myself to do things ... 's super approachable, kind, and down-to-earth and it turns out we have a lot

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  about when she would turn 21 and be able to purchase alcohol, whilst ... : Reading and Writing Short Stories is an incredibly difficult class to get ... ) and so I’m glad that I’m in this class, both because I really wanted to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  intimidating (so much to do!) and very helpful. I've visited the pre ... program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... has streamlined the medical school process and made everything easy to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  struggles, academically and professionally, and many know what it's like to ... . I held back because I was nervous, and thought it would be better to ... from Day 1 to attend talks and ask questions. Freshman year, I was a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013