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  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  learned a lot at the spring meeting I attended and had a great chance to get ... Councilors and a great group of alums were there ready and willing to answer ... well spent. I am thrilled to say that even though we do now have CPW, in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  have we. Let me explain how. How (and why) we redesigned In 2016, we met ... on in admissions, and we never set aside the time, or the money, to ... -practices in most help center software, and now we have more places to talk about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  who remember back in the day when I used to doodle in my notes. The ... from the other day in class and add a little something to them. Just. For ... afternoon spent in lab. Lab 1 is to build a fluorescent microscope. Our team

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  , which in practice, is an excuse for Harvard and MIT students to hang out with their friends in Princeton for a weekend while getting travel ... of my friends in high school who were coming to compete. We meet at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  game in a long time I am legit jealous I won't get to participate in a ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... , mentor, and (now) admissions liaison since 2002. Before I came to MIT, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  me to explain. In a selective, competitive, holistic, merit ... student who is highly proficient in math and science. We say great! Show me ... community. We say great! What do your teachers and school counselors have to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So ... wanted to through that in there to prove that MIT students do in fact date ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  ." Today, 3/4, is unofficially national marching band day. Get it? Anyway, to ... or other, so I probably won't get a chance to do it tonight. Anyway ... until I get a chance to get all the pictures together, here's a poem I

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

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read ... hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2016. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  divided the lecture hall in half and told us it was time for audience ... great trumpet noises. Can anyone guess what song we were accompanying? "Army" by Ben Folds Five Great job, Jen '07! Jen is the president of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  require a deposit to secure your spot. If you get into MIT later in May, and ... waitlist in the past few years, we admitted very few this year (due to the ... personal decision - the answer to question #2 may help you to decide. 2) How

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  attachment. It's easy (especially to do a UROP summary), fun, and you get to ... news headlines include: *Macular Degeneration Induces Reorganization in ... *Why Do Insects Stop "Breathing" To Avoid Damage from Too Much Oxygen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  break!) and he hopes to get involved in a variety of public service and ... . Congrats to all four of you! I'll be in touch soon to get you up and running ... amazing applicants to whom we were unable to offer spots. To those of you in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  were lucky enough to win fourth prize, which means that we get some nice ... realized how important having readable code was when I needed to build upon ... at all. Looking back, I guess it’s pretty amazing how we managed to go

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a ... room Figuring out how to get my computer to print to our dorm’s printer ... for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Be A Blogger (2018)! welcome to THE INTERNET

  

  ’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: I'm taking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  spent 40 hours per week in Pappalardo, but get this: I wanted to be there ... is teaching me strategies on how to actually pin down that great idea ... ! (Also, I clearly couldn't bear to put anything in the F tier lol. That

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  she talks about her internship in China and how “it's never too late to ... yourselves. There is so much to do here, so much to get involved in, and so ... to tell us how you handled a situation in which things did not go

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... different from yours. This opportunity, in fact, may turn out to be the one ... in terms of your backgrounds or aspirations, but simply in how many

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  knowing how to apply it to an exam question. (Prefrosh, take note of this.) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done ... summer means I get to do research! About a week ago, I officially confirmed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008