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  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  of the interview] Interviewer: [points at his French Fries] "Do you ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... description of the current interview process is posted here.  Here in Cambridge

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  sides. The three of you spend the next half hour chipping at the parts of ... foul chemicals you do not know the name of. They make the metal that you ... delicate and costly red glass ball at the end, and send it slowly shooting

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  the Head of Product Design at Continuum. *** This is the class I ... in the HCI Engineering group at CSAIL led by Prof. Stefanie Mueller who ... ; Suddenly, I started having headaches that wouldn't go away. At first I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  list have lots of questions, so hopefully you find an answer to yours here. How does the wait list work? We are aiming for a class of about 1100 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  waitlist have lots of questions, so hopefully you find an answer to yours here. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about 1050 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  spot of all time, but I did lift the title of an obscure yet underrated song for the entry title. As the most Humanities-oriented student at MIT, having just wrapped up an STS UROP, now contemplating a second major of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  Science), at its heart, is broken down into three separate portions of a ... semester) One of the most useful courses I've taken at MIT. Really hones your ... one of my favorite classes I’ve taken at MIT. (Matt F. '20) Matt

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  to living at MIT. Let us know you want to become part of Pilot 2021 ... develop a deep sense of home at MIT. I know that, at its best, Senior House ... how much I love/hate the current series of events, or praise

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  of). Every Sunday night at 8.30 pm, we prepare our pancake batter (or ... In my last blog post, I mentioned that one nice benefit of becoming a Master's student instead of an undergrad is that I have a bit more free

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  consider IB and AP at the same level of course rigour? 40% of last year's AP ... grade i did well at school..i am into a lot of extra curricular activities ... . But there are a lot of things I do at home, just because I am interested

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  , Fred Harris (the director of MITWE) was going through the semester ... the middle of the rainforest! But I was also a little suspicious. The ... in the Sonic Jubilance concert in the second week of the semester. You

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  you want to do for, potentially, the rest of your life. Even here at MIT ... For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... . As time goes on, it is no longer just a question of what you want to be

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  of the Super Secret Student Marketing Team. At that time it was just ... , wrote some things, designed some things, and gave away a bunch of ... of the experiment to see what would happen if we took four students

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope ... many things to-do. The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master. [caption id="attachment_58052" align="aligncenter" width="300"] 31 days of being

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and ... flight, drifting in and out of sleep --   and then i was back and i met a lot of new people, including our amazing new bloggers, and i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  fantastic showcase of the various arts and performance groups at MIT:   ... rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge ... on the seal playfully arguing about the merits of theory vs. practice

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted ... reconvene and discuss the waitlist. You can see a lot of answers about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs ... video game nerds. Order of the Stick D&D comes to life, basically ... . Addicting Games Miscellaneous Wikipedia But at least it's an informative

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  You've now had a chance to post lots of questions. Now it's my turn ... ? Primarily biology? Chemistry? Mathematics? A little bit of everything? It includes a little bit of everything, and because it's such a flexible major

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  intelligent conclusions. In the words of the late Aaliyah, "If at first you don ... project done for one of my classes, 2.671, Measurement and Instrumentation. Basically, the project was designed to have us develop some type of scientific

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006