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• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  each of you is looking to find colleges where you feel you can spend the ... really good time to get in touch with your EC to set up an interview. The deadline to set up the interview is October 20 but it's really best to have

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  community in January that references MIT's mission to "best serve the nation ... with the travel ban, or to the people affected by it. What I do know is ... brief, and it is the one MIT will continue to make, for as long as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  reports that the snowman's head had indeed been removed and destroyed in a ... dispatched to the snowman to assess the damage and administer any treatments ... gave it a ceremonial sending off in the moat and sought a replacement. A

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference at Yale. The idea in a nutshell is to ... to rest and relax. In addition, I attended one of the Quest ... weekend started to kick in. It was genuinely fun to meet the other Quest

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer ... . What particularly interests me about bioengineering is in the area of ... properties either those inherent to the cell or those in the local environment

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  day! & massive photo credit to Brigitte '13 who took most of the ... to experience things that we thought we only saw in movies. At 5 Wits ... , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  who choose to teach freshman classes care very much about the mentoring ... vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I ... , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  in this video. * I sent 107 emails having to do with the i3 over the ... . Well, we finished the something awesome months ago, but we wanted to keep ... show it to you, since the Next Big Mailing has officially been shipped

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just ... . This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the ... . I'm sitting in classes, taking notes, doing homework. This is most of

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  meetings and talking about what it is I wanted to do. I wanted the controls and I wanted to hit the throttle. In the off-chance that Stephen finds ... on you to engage them. The moment you don't understand something in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  'm trying to prepare him for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, which is ... campus in fall, so we're in the middle of hunting for a place to live in ... until the end of summer with the potential to continue in fall. 2

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such ... delayed her trip to the hospital to give birth because she was so engrossed ... Short Stories Description: Introduction to the short story. Students write

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 ... invited as well as the students who went over to MIT last year. Cambridge faculty involved in the program were also invited. We enjoyed a 3 course

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  *Why Do Insects Stop "Breathing" To Avoid Damage from Too Much Oxygen ... Judelson) *Development Engineering: Are Engineers Making a Difference in the ... ) *Application of the Suspended Microchannel Resonator as a Biosensing Device to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  .5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal ... institutional offerings. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive ... –20. Take a chance, present yourself in the best light possible, and hope for
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  , you have probably realized that there is an “Activities” portion to the ... extracurricular activities in an effort to fill this section. NOTE: the application ... college. But, I’ve found it much more difficult to limit the number of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  blurs all the lines. The semester is almost over. That means I'm almost ... ? Whenever I talk to other MIT students, there's so much reminiscing. Always ... into people in the hallways or dancing with 30+ other people in the floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  began promoting Adam to me in the most unsubtle way possible, and being a ... in admissions -- legacy kids aren't at an advantage compared to the ... -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  to the pan, and then tilt the pan until your steak is basting in that ... who want to start cooking at MIT. Motivation The most basic meal plan ... food.  Rice takes longer and is harder to get right on the stovetop

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  come in to MIT "undeclared," and use the entire freshman year to explore MIT before choosing a major. In order to provide some real, concrete ... to Solid-State Chemistry (perhaps the most popular freshman class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005