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  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the application process that should be at the top of your To Do list: the interview ... ’s Cube at you and start a stopwatch. The interview is a conversation

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  I've decided that before I go to bed I should take advantage of the awesome capabilities of this wonderful invention called "The Laptop." It has ... Confidential" to the search* *Gags at the cesspool that is CollegeConfidential while

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  Our fabulous Records Office team has processed all of the mail we ... we have not processed it. We will not look at your application unfavorably because it is missing an application component at this time. We will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8 ... pharmacology of synaptic transmission). But I got outside and the wind was ... to even write either one of these because I have no idea if my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  up. Of looking at your to-do list, seeing only three items in it, and ... of Sisyphus has always resonated with me: “I leave Sisyphus at the foot ... My sophomore year of high school I ate too many donuts. When I woke

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  years later, I don’t remember much of what I did at CPW, but I do remember ... " for the rest of his life), Middle English and the Canterbury Tales (they even got to hear me read out loud in Middle English), the art of writing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  about August yet. If that doesn’t give you an indication of how fast time ... . You’d think it's an insane amount of time to be doing this, but it’s not ... anything at MIT you must be willing to ask the difficult questions that

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  Howdy folks. It's freebie time - for the 99.9% of you readers who don ... , "Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We each ... OOOoo! 20.320 Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems The boring

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  Tomorrow marks the return of classes, p-sets, papers, reading assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... I actually liked reading the textbook. We'd watch a whole bunch of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  Amazing Discovery of the Day: After nearly three semesters at MIT, I ... ). Wow, it really shows what kind of MIT student I am over this last year ... 's already the Class of 2013! In honor of what I'm going to do during IAP

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  , blame Ben, because I am infallible. But I at least wanted to start writing ... of my short life. -- Hokay. So. Nine days and 10,000 miles of flight ... with some pictures. So, to answer all of your questions, here is the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  wrote “LEFT” and “RIGHT” at the top of my paper to ensure that I wouldn ... ’ve also gotten a little better at the kinds of things that will probably ... hearing test because I named the pitch of the note being played instead of

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  air at 8.55, what a dumb idea, and instead i muse on the nature of these ... You might have heard of inktober, a recent phenomenon where artists ... , one of my friends from hall, Lisa T. '20, and I decided to do "poemtober

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  My dorm East Campus (EC) has a long tradition of radical room ... additional bed posts, after several weeks of being ghosted, I decided to regain control of my space. I would build my own loft! Luckily, all the material I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  's kind of tiring. But when I look at the list above, I can't imagine ... 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

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  bloggers are doing an amazing job of keeping the MIT Admissions page updated ... else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do ... couldn't see in the first picture: Yup. Story of my life. A partial

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  speechless at the sight of these masterpieces. Can you tell that it's a witch ... important at MIT... ALRIGHT you can snap out of that pristine serene dream ... drowned out by the blinding rays of a familiar sunset. I adore the sight

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  It is crunch time at MIT. Classes are over this Wednesday, and exam ... the start of Independent Activities Period (IAP). *Cue “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  , for whatever reason, I had a ton of energy when I got back, so Javier '08 and I decided to literally run circles around the dorm. The title of this entry was the last thing I heard Rick '09 yell as I skipped out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  figured out at least some parts of college life that made it easier for me ... weeks, which have been >> First week of November Saturday (not ... sargent's "triumph of religion," which he spent 29 years on before his death

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021