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  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  ! You should also look into how you will get from the airport to MIT. MIT ... in the US so you don’t have to immediately worry about getting it ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  existed. I had never known anyone to compete in any of them, or even ... consider applying to American colleges in general and MIT specifically, if ... , who placed third in the world at IOI and will be arriving at MIT to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  imagine. (Not to mention my gas stove, which I don't know how to ignite ... West to get there. GAHHH). We all got off from work pretty late, but ... am capped at this amount of information, I'll try to get some other MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  home, I have not stepped foot in the gym. For 2020, I want to see how ... website or anything. I am planning to learn Python in January so! Very ... you really dropped the ball". So, here's to accountability! Get Fit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  class. If you take the ASE, the grade you get on the test stands in for a ... willy-nilly, because it is important to have a firm background in the core subjects to succeed in later classes. That’s true, but I wanted to give the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  FPOPs are freshman pre-orientation programs, where you get to come to ... to know the other freshmen in your program. Most (all?) departments ... how I really want to do part-time work for a VC firm this fall and he

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  lesson in RLC circuits to the seniors in AP Physics. I must be getting ... , so they get all wavy in an RLC circuit. (Believe it or not, freshman ... website that professors and TAs can use to post materials for their classes

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  all ready to write an entry last night on how some cities in Germany are ... sixth level detailing how the city is going to be redesigned over the next ... 's apartment in Karlsruhe at around 7:30 PM, expecting to take a train back to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  firsts. My goal, though cliché, was to stay in the present, appreciate each ... after 7pm Got stuck in Stuttgart returning back to Zürich because of a ... Learned to cook a traditional Czech meal in Prague Went to my first wine

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  TikTok - I'm so sorry. Spotify - to get my good music in! Lots of ... really appreciate how so many from the community talked to me and reached ... draw and the rest of the people must guess what it is; fastest to get it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  States. It will not tell the reader how to get into college or how to run a ... address what every college and university has articulated in its mission: to ... children, may wish to look more broadly at the educational enterprise in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  wheel has to be removed to be able to get in or out of the car. Also ... 4 Gs? Better yet, are you interested in working on a team to design ... UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  wasn't new to me, I'd seen it in an episode of CSI: Miami, but there was ... late October, monsters and ghouls love to get together and dance. Thus ... correspond to the music, but will be based on various signals. (Don’t get it

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  still at the airport with no obvious way to get to the railway station in ... afternoon. The plan was pretty sound – my flight was supposed to get into Berlin around 11 PM, leaving me plenty of time to get home and get almost a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  long run to government finances in the intermediate run and economic ... share a common Website to compare a variety of materials and exchange ... airline miles, since I get to travel to another country during IAP for this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  , so it's best to get lotteried in.) 4. Kelly asked, Hey Mollie, if it usually takes around five and a half years to get a PhD, do you know how MD ... Museum of Science today to check out the reception site. Hanging in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  (ECs) in these cities, and more. Getting to travel the country, to come ... . I'll do a series of entries quite soon about how to visit MIT this ... Cambridge to Honolulu. Now, we're arranging our itineraries, finding rooms in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... and shouldn’t be used in essays). This post is addressed to all ... ’re not an applicant this year, but emailed me already, I’ll get to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  of teens at his school. It is about gender and how kids are choosing to ... means we get to consider changes and additions to questions we include on ... a wonderful institution in so many ways and no matter how you choose

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have ... school. In my humble opinion, xkcd used to be a lot funnier than it ... Boston has to offer. Get started soon. Sometimes, you should just T it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008