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• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In our holistic application process, the interview is one aspect where ... volunteer to help with these interviews are called ECs (Educational Counselors ... interviews Below are some of the past blog posts about interviews gathered in

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  enroll at MIT. As such, we are approaching the last of the many decisions that are made while constructing a class: we decide whom we want to admit ... that whatever choice you make (or was made for you), chances are that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  : https://mitadmissions.org/discover/the-mit-education/undergraduate-research/. On the MIT application, as many of you know, you are asked to talk ... /9 (well, more like 2/7 since 5 & 6 are more design orientated). Good ... I made two years ago. One that I had to design a user interface for

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  area, where he works at a pretty awesome solar energy startup called Cool ... . There are big companies like GE and Google showing off their solar carousels or Android arduino robots; there are random inventors showing off

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  visit him for his 20th birthday. Before I made it there, I experienced my ... book Are You My Mother. There were no more flights, but I didn't give up ... getting our fill of food, we went to the Cincinnati Reds game where they

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  biomedical internships are quite happy). Tootsie Roll, however, is still made ... Today is Valentine's Day, the holiday where Americans celebrate love ... capella group serenades are probably the most popular. This morning, walking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  undergraduates and alumni for miniature, month-long internships. Externships are awesome because they’re accessible to anyone and are a bite-sized, low ... was offering two free tickets. Needless to say, I applied with excessive

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  ! (And frankly, I couldn't be gladder. I think plants are uninteresting unless they are in my dinner.) Luckily, I don't think the test will be of ... thing." Feel free to imagine the dance around the room I just did

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a ... least socially acceptable. Feel free to reuse them at your own risk. Tier 0 (Normal Sign-offs) Thanks, Best, These are my default email

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  when the child holding it prisoner accidentally sets it free and it ... that we inevitably fall, there are the times when we feel so happy our ... understood eigenvalues, or the time we made it to the third round of NCAAs with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  is not a guide to optimizing your CPW experience... here are a few ... commitment of hosting a prefrosh, so don't feel like you are a burden. However ... navigate across campus and on the Boston side where you might find events

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  from home, where all of a sudden you are faced with a whole new set of responsibilities. You might get the Freshman 15 (I did…) from eating at all the free ... reading these blogs you realize that MIT students are normal people! We are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  been made more clearly. While (hopefully) no lives are riding on your ... encounter situations where crisp, compelling writing can express your feelings ... writing, in shaping how we are capable of thinking - he later built upon in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  are planning to cover their own dorms within the next z days!), I am ... "; an entry forms the basic social unit of the dorm. The entries are named ... floors total). A Entry, B Entry, C Entry, and D Entry are in the high rise

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  intro circuitry class, where we are given schematics and sent out to ... other up. I'm sure most majors are like that. More of us trickle into the ... parents made changes on our house they recruited my sisters and I to move

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  lot of first impressions, both good and bad. here they are: this city was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in ... a crosswalk to go over to where it was waiting, and had to backtrack

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  are posted on the MIT events calendar), and they usually are are very ... things an undergrad might know him best for are teaching 7.012: Intro Bio ... ), but he made time to talk to two random students who have never

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  (the classes that all undergraduates at MIT are required to take), and this report contains its recommendations. Any changes made on the basis ... what they are. The full report (158 pages) can be read here. The

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  class so interactive and free, but he did, and I am thankful to him for ... thing that most people are not good at. I miss fitting instruments into ... information. I told him about the Dyatlov Pass Incident, where 9 college

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  are genres, and both have certain elements that the plot is built around (songs, for example, are the main element of a musical, or in the other ... there are any stories that should not be retold. (He said it was fantastic

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008