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• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is ... the questions that we wish we could ask you. It supplies depth to your ... as to make it one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a ... offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will ... waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  2021s, can't wait to meet y'all this week! To give you guys a sneak peek of what is to come, I (finally!) got around to learning how to film and edit videos. Here's my first shot at it, and a room tour to show for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful people. This seems to be the case every year. You'd think I'd get used to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  desired, but it can be quite helpful for freshmen to take a variety of ... the GIRs your first year. If it suits you, it's certainly beneficial to ... to accelerate this strategy is for me to carry my camera around far

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  application? Is it okay if I send this as a reply to question 14?" Yes, #14 ... (#11) to write about it. ------------------------ Merudh wrote: "HOW DO ... , this is likely to be the case for you as well

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  .03 pset. I unfortunately feel like this is going to be a theme for the ... , and they're awesomely helpful. (Yes, awesomely is a word. At least, it ... ) Conference. Since MIT is hosting the conference, MIT-EMS needed to provide

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  of art as "The Thong Song" is, I personally think that it was simply ... top of it. So I woke up Monday morning to find that there was a five ... away last night. Well, this is what it would have looked like, had she

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  when I made my choice: it is nice to have someone checking in with me ... advising seminars, because I am in one and I like it a lot! The idea is that ... starts, everyone who opted in is assigned to a seminar and an advisor

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  to mention the $100 million gift that made it possible!), is that the ... knowing how to apply it to an exam question. (Prefrosh, take note of this.) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  and it is hard to predict how flexible or concerned any individual ... judge as it is to know on what to have an opinion. First impressions are ... college interview is not the best place to try out a 'new look.' It's good

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a ... : As you can see, it is best to use a hook size that matches your yarn ... author of the pattern. It is perfectly fine to crochet a little differently

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  statement, but it is easier to learn now than it used to be. Most importantly, the deep curiosity lives on.  It is still scary to think about the ... nothing is impossible (and in some ways, it did that for me), for the most

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  to influence my friends’ decisions? when is it within my right to do so ... think it’s important to note that this stance is primarily a defensive one ... ’t to change your mind as much as it is to flood your brain with positive

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  stuff that the little stuff is just that much harder to take ... otherwise do not have a home that is safe to go to). And MIT has offered ... difficult for students to make plans). But even so, MIT is home to us, and I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  thing I must mention is how infinitely cooler it is to visit the East ... visited the Coop. There I found this:Do you get it? :)Then I went back to ... that interested in psychology now, but I'm definitely excited to take it

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically ... patients to lists of symptoms: that it is necessary to use a combination of ... said. “There is a human face to medicine.” Eek. I think it was at that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... -class series called Unified Engineering (when a class is known by its name rather ... . I mean, what good does it do you to be competitive? Nobody would help

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  .” (It turned out we had to make a pros and cons list with the two halves ... selective universities); 2) It seems embarrassing to struggle academically; 3 ... obituaries. I don’t really know how to narrativize it, but I imagine many

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  reminder of death. this is the mirage of novelty, and it has a simple ... rest of the times, and it is also why mnemonics are effective - they take ... shorter than the previous one, unless i pull as hard as i can to stretch it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022