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  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  , and think about whether we want to change them.  Strategically ... paper applications, we used to just include a blank piece of paper and ask ... responses, and b) minimize the amount of stress they cause the applicant to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  hundred emails, checked my itinerary for the trip back to Cambridge, and ... put on my sunglasses and walked to the railyard, hoping the sunshine ... went to a bookstore in an old white house and looked through old Indigo

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  more bearable by finding people to work with and understanding what ... relieving days of 2011. Being able to sit down after my last final and say "I ... surprisingly well" And that's the easiest way to describe classes. Not only did

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  , I have friends going to India, Japan, China, France, and Spain. As ... is usually a language requirement to the MISTI programs and the two ... ’ve been exposed to at MIT...the food...the attractions...the shopping...and

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

  CPW 2011 Closing Remarks and Variety Show Singing, dancing, juggling, and more!

  

  examples of a cappella.) Kim actually used to be in the Chorallaries, and I ... Closing Variety Show, and say hi to me at the CPW Registration/Help Desk ... planning the Closing Remarks and Variety Show taking place Saturday night

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  options. You want to explode things and paint crazy murals on the wall ... House, iHouse, soon-to-be Maseeh, Random, Burton-Connor... ...and then ... love Simmons. I like being able to come "home" at the end of the day and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  and the i3 DVD has gone out to the class of 2014 everywhere. For those ... Introduction to the Institute and serves a first introduction (or second, after ... different people, and took over 40 hours to plan, shoot, and edit over a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

   is to advance the respectful and caring community that embraces diversity and empowers everyone to learn and do their best at MIT. ... MIT experience. MIT Admissions is committed to reaching students from
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  holistic admissions process, we're much more interested in how an applicant ... school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  Northwestern and an engineering course at Notre Dame, so I was ready to try ... . Cummings and, after explaining that I was going to be be in Cambridge during ... , even to me. I will never forget that they were all extremely wiling and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  have to post this anonymously... MIT is hella gay, and lots of cool gay ... yeah...that’s the most apt way to put it haha), and we do a bunch of cool ... Ball and a Coming Out Ball to celebrate coming out day! Queer West Queer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  Teachers Association, to help let teachers know about the challenge and how ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  , physically, intellectually, and emotionally reacting to the three weeks I spent ... rural village where we were supposed to stay and perform water testing for ... official poverty line") -- and I mean really to understand this fact

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email…

  

  Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email me yours and I'll add them... Colin '10 and Christina '10 @ prom. Keri '10, Kris '10, and Neha '10, or M-I-T respectively. :-) Jess '10

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  to head over and get down with our bad selves. If you want to feel ... , talk to other people, and unfortunately, dance to songs that were only ... doesn't mean that there's less to do - in fact, I find my days are STILL

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of ... will have "warm-up" activities prior to the beginning of the Hunt, and at ... Malkovich, still trying to win their first Hunt), and my team, "Lost in Space

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  airport we quickly stopped at a grocery store for food and the hotel to drop ... got to practice with them during our afternoon sessions of Tuesday and ... racing and fleet racing Charleston's team.  I got to do both, which was

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017