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• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  to pick yourself up and redraw your life's trajectory for the next ... compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great ... 100% sure this is the right school for you but you have external

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  grand master list of links for any and all of you going to any college at ... if any of them turn up dead; they work as of right now, but who knows ... Health and Wellness Tips for College Students (from Rutgers, actually

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  up in the bottom of my gut, not this strange sensation that was ... more psets. No more classes. No more late nights cramming for midterms ... ’s something we all consider when choosing this fine institution. For every time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  (DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise specified, photo credit for this post ... dorm for all ~four years, communities are tight-knit and develop ... like 7 or 8 alums. In the weeks leading up to Dîner de Noël, we have a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  have any questions for me?" I came prepared but wasn't expecting to ... years ago I had mine for MIT, and I had no idea what I was doing coming ... they never came up directly.   First, some words of wisdom from an

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  potential to be, MIT's rationale for it was even more powerful. MIT was ... knowledge to people around the world for free, it should and would. I was busy ... X with Harvard. For this and many, many other reasons, I am honored to come

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  be out of there. That means 10 minutes to come up with a plan. You plot ... come across an open area, which you saw on the map and devised a plan for ... us for the day when we may have to take out a real enemy bunker. We put

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  for the MIT Cross Country and Track teams, it’s a whole different ... team events, prepare supplies for meets, oh and, of course, cheer. A lot ... they need to have positions/titles like that to compete for admission to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  deceptively suave, are nothing more than clumsy stunt doubles for the ... MIT for a week. I was comparatively oblivious to the importance of ... 's equations. I couldn't have imagined that I would cook for 30+ people on a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  MIT, the more I was certain that MIT is the perfect fit for me. This ... Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research to learn about current cancer ... thrilling. The opportunities seemed endless, and for that, I knew at this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... before January 1 working on regular action applications for other schools

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  Yeah, I know. It's a weird title for a first blog entry. But bear ... points for anyone who can tell me where I got the phrase). We all see the ... department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  list as many as I can. The most popular jobs for the graduating economics ... , different types of companies come to MIT to recruit for corporate positions in ... , health care, etc. And for people who want to take UROPing to the next level

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  back tight, lives with her mother in the same apartment where she grew up ... through a book of Sudoku puzzles. For as long as Cristen can remember, she ... student was poor enough to qualify for free lunch. She was the only student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  , Long Jacket, but neither made it =( ) They ended up playing for about an ... around the world - a Habitat for Humanity event, this year they built walls ... event and all proceeds went to the Cambridge YWCA, a shelter for abused

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  what I would have done without you. This situation sucked for all of us ... they will be asked for very specific information about you to make sure ... avoiding this question for months, but you deserve an answer, so I will give

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  hat acquisitions for others in my party. Very nearly one year ago, I ... . Then I mailed everything and sat back for a month, biting my nails and sweating up a storm and refreshing Ben's and Matt's blogs a few times a day

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  ). Favorite TV: The OC, Alias, and Lost are the only 3 hours I give up for TV ... . And if we're really getting into my secrets, I have a thing for the ... , Counting Crows, Coldplay, U2, Incubus, Mars Volta, Death Cab For Cutie, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  Spoilers for A Boring Friday, you should check that first ... → Go back to sleep → and dream → Get up and get breakfast → "Oh yeah ... invisible—up to the point where this option draws attention to it again. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish ... situations. If I was working on trying to come up with some new cancer idea, my ... ideas. In fact for Christmas, some of the faculty used their own money to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016