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• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the ... it makes me sad that I won’t get to deliver this advice to you in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  had to audition to get in) who can actually sight read pretty well, he ... when he was trying to explain how to be more expressive and what sort of ... stay in all three groups, I finally chose to stay in MITSO simply because

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  get in touch with and reach out to. Not necessarily directly after class ... does it really take to get in and whether or not I still have a shot at ... don't need a Ph.D. in physics to get a good job -- you really need a Ph

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a ... you are an athlete and would like to participate in one of MIT's 41 ... letter of recommendation. This in general would not need to be on an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get ... so easy to use. They're actually magic in how they work. You put the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find ... moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a ... American Idol's Simon Cowell really entertaining. To be honest, I'm in love

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to work with actual research, and can get ... really hard not to show how angry I was at 6.009 and myself. A week after I ... need to have in order to graduate."]7.014[/annotation] to my schedule. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  site that Ben Jones created, where we could all check in and get to know ... actually succeed in the environment of your choosing. MIT taught me how to ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  getting applicants to share information and insights about their lives in ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... in the admissions office to craft questions and prompts that elicit

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  to realize that its students need to get out more, so we actually have ... records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a ... . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  heart going to the poetry store in harvard square with alan and getting ... me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in ... more things in my emotional toolbox to pull from when i'm faced with

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  abilities and get Sanatan’s. You would have had to step back and build ... ’t get any closer to a mental model that would allow me to paint like that ... they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  , too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved ... : Sometimes the text included with the puzzle gives you hints as to how to solve ... much with it unless you know how to traverse it. CLUES: A few of these

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . Each opportunity was different from the others in how many hours I spent ... language, Scratch was an invaluable stepping stone in my journey to pursuing computer science. I first learned to use Scratch in high school in order to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . Enjoy the little things in life. Whether that be getting to the T stop ... worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail ... about myself in the process. After all, it's only when we're pushed to our

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  my best but you wouldn't believe how hard it is to keep track of you ... their application. In light of this, I'm going to tell you a story. Maybe ... early decision or early action to a lot of really awesome schools. So in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello world. All your blog are belong to me.

  

  unsurprising that MIT jumped aboard the cluetrain in this regard - to paraphrase ... features they'd like to see incorporated into the website, please post ... , we'll see if we can work it in. I can't wait to work with all of you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  , figure out what you want to say, and then figure out how to say it ... ) thing that the reader/admission officer needs to know in order to ... .  How am I supposed to know what is most important? Me:  You decide what

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  collecting every block in the game and getting killed by every possible mob, to ... : learn how to cook For someone living in a [annotation note ... next time I need to get from a meeting in the Welcome Center to Simmons

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  potential to take on each of these personalities to get the girl (in this case ... going to go get some food. Do you want some? Wait, nevermind, get your own ... really got the chance to get superrrr close to people. This didn’t mean I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015