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• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  hours, they've picked up and answered all of my questions. What if I don ... sent out postcards confirming the receipt of your form, but apparently ... dot edu. You haven't answered by question in any of the past few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  . options at the end of my job search i had offers from the following three ... in which i document some of my thoughts regarding my job search and ... of a more comprehensive post that i wrote for myself but didn’t think

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  [intro]We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it. (250 words maximum)[/intro]   If you are familiar with

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  that they tried to kidnap me. i spent most of my childhood distrusting ... vast majority of people are safe to be around in the vast majority of situations the problem with being suspicious of everyone is that interacting

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  activities and already-brimming corpus of memes has kept me sane in this quiet ... you are the type of person that would enjoy cute games that largely involve mindless daily chores and where much of the charm comes from social

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... interesting experience because you'll get a variety of different kinds of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  One of my sophomore advisees asked me about MIT summer opportunities ... the educational and life experiences of students through leadership and service opportunities" and offers IAP and summer fellowships a) Focus

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  5.0 G.P.A. Rhodes Scholar One of Glamour Magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2007 Member of the 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team ... beautiful smile that you'd think that she's the daughter of a Crest employee

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  on their final projects, which they showcase and present at the end of the program. The Application Process I had heard of the program from my ... that I had gotten through some amounts of coding classes and a CS

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  miscellaneous tasks an employee may be required to perform outside the scope of their stated job description. Of all of the other duties I’ve been assigned, running the CPW Closing Show is by far one of my favorites. As

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  with a pithy line or a catchy hook to convince you to read the rest of this blog post, but unfortunately, the circuits in my brain in charge of ... three weeks, I've been spending most of my free time on medical school

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  that I’m already a quarter of the way through my time at MIT, but the ... talking about the most fundamental aspect of college: classes. So I thought I’d fix that now, with a review of all the classes I took freshman

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  write entire entries on many of these topics, and I'll answer more ... out of every 6 applicants. In one of the Oscar-nominated short films I ... vast majority of people who apply aren't admitted. See it as a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  feeling of being overwhelmed by not only how much I've changed, but also how ... clear cool night, talking about life beneath the stars - a little piece of ... start my second year here on 2E. I really like it here - mainly because of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  for the first time last weekend, and it was a great success. Offering a top prize of $25,000, Math Prize draws girls from all over the country ... , so I slow down. And then I hear it. It’s sort of like a chant: "Hey

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  OH MY GOD IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR CPW!!!! Class of '26, we cannot wait ... imagine how excited the Class of '26 is when their last two years of high ... . valid! I'm a member of one of the two classes that experienced an in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  crying and sitting in silence and really experiencing these new emotions of ... been the goal of it all, really. I joined a sorority because the prospect of having to explore and understand this new, complicated facet to my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  Hello and happy new year (kind of)! I was really bummed out to make this post since I feel like I didn't accomplish many of the resolutions I ... fit over the summer, and I've kind of fallen out of habit now that our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  This post includes an in-depth and personal discussion of the ... the audience I am directly talking to is meant to be members of the MIT ... aptly titled: The game of rules and living by them. Song: The Name of the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022