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• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  because I could. I would get things done, I'd just be sure to calculate how well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought ... 's or about getting in to your dream school. "Being the best you can be

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... and looking for trends in their mineralogy that could lead to a better ... have taken at least thirty classes and spent over 300 hours in class or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  Saturday at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. The event was a smashing ... courthouse. Not very impressive, is it? Every guest had to pass through a ... 's the lobby where people mingled and waited in line for their rings

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  statistics? Is it easier to get in if I apply early? Last year, early action ... you in Southern California, I pose this question to you: Can you ... I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  involved in at MIT How I've spent my summer Hobbies that I have / used to ... what score you need to score to get in. But remember, scores aren ... figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  're in Freshman Leadership Program you're not going to swim back from the island to hone your creative writing skills). When you all get into MIT ... Orientation hits. Also, I learned how to work a lathe, use a bandsaw at an angle

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the ... , things seem to just fall in line.

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript. Please note ... school representative to be considered official. This applies for high ... official transcript to be submitted and processed, we will add it to your
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  now... In any case, it's easy to get lost in the details of MIT as a freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you ... year in Burton Conner, as I was still settling in and still used to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  Morgan Sheng's lab in the Picower Center. I didn't get to see much of the ... 'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... carrying an umbrella in a snowstorm doesn't make immediate intuitive sense to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend ... involved in research early. Some students wait until their senior year to get ... lab equipment). Importantly, you want to get really involved in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get ... aristocracy vacationing in the south of France coming to mind. But during my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  're going to get unless you took 15.655: Power and Negotiation in MIT's world ... people who cut in line to get into VATICAN CITY. Seriously, what is wrong ... over five days in Italy. This is mostly thanks to Ling's brilliant idea

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a ... the going got tough. And the going can get tough in a lot of different

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  you get in but your friend doesn't; or when you get in, but your arch ... nothing was happening. To be honest, sticking my head in the sand like an ... didn't know how to grapple with these facts, or with the heavy

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  ’t become not awkward, but I’ve learned how to use my awkwardness in a cool ... much more confident in starting a project I don’t know how to do; I can ... sometimes, but this semester proved to me that I can get it done. 2.009 pushed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  how to keep students from cheating on them. Yesterday in 11.125, we ... In my continuing quest to obtain a teaching certificate through MIT ... does that huge increase in mass come from? I want to hear your answers

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  later on in my high school It seemed to me a little cruel How the right ... doing things well to try to get a return offer, I could essentially focus ... 's also nice because I get to do things that I wouldn’t have time for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  . Question: "What about Are Four years enough to get advantage of all the resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much ... key is to try to maximize what you do get out of MIT. For example, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  in your first year at MIT isn't how to integrate that particularly ... complex organic chemistry reaction. It's how to ask for help. Help in the ... than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006