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  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  that is what mattered. I got into schools that I should not have ... for a reason. In my case, after I exited off College Confidential and ... , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  home town – or someplace close – in an informal setting like a coffee ... around the corner. While I hate to distract you from the application ... mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst ... “syllabus week” thing, but in hindsight i should not have taken my lack of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  So a couple days ago, frustrated as I was by the fact that I wasn't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and wander through the videos on my computer. I'm sharing a particularly choice

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  shutting down. After checking in and dropping my bags in a sea of other bags, I was ushered into a room with the other Sin Limite attendees. I had ... playing music; what if we interrupt them? But he’s already inside before I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... 's really hard to typify what it's like being here in a few short words or ... in such simple terms). So in short, what I wanted to describe to you

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  expect. I believe there has been a growing mismatch between what students ... should I take or activities should I be involved in? There is no one answer ... in which everyone can thrive and succeed. From what I have seen of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  to really "get" what makes this such a special place. Now, I know such ... besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  MIT tracking system. What should I do? A: (Don't panic!) Just notify us through ... tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... happens? Should I unrank MIT or withdraw my application? A: If your

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  . What should you pack for the four fun-filled days? How do you pick a ... now there's a winter storm advisory and I'm shivering in my winter ... interested in auditioning for a performance group or just enjoy seeing what

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  . Personally, I find this a lot more exciting than Mystery Hunt. I mean, there ... things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room ... much of Bad Ideas, unfortunately. But I did make it a point to go to one

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that ... to the first post in this series, I sent out a poll asking people for ... my entire life. It's of a big rainbow cat, and I've thrown in a few

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this ... stuff, if you're a budding engineer or inventor, what can you do? It's a ... can provide lots of great ideas. I hope that if you're interested in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  rain. What a lovely Monday morning! At Medical, I got an x-ray and the ... .tinyurl.com/annaho Thanks buddy. - Saturday night, I was doing laundry while dressed like a ... like to do your laundry in New House? Sam: Sure. Me: Okay. Wear a suit

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  out what $\alpha$ should be by dimensional analysis. We measure $A$ in ...  size (i.e. how many) points there are in the shadows of $A$, can we get a ... ),\] (though this won't generalize in higher dimensions-- at least not what I am

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  networking/social periods, and a few other things thrown in. (Check out the ... hello. So what do admissions people talk about for 6 days in a row, 16 ... . It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  also essential. In this post, I’d like to talk to you about one lifestyle ... protein? I get that, but hear me out. In order to avoid devastating climate ... result, would waste the chance to produce a lot of food. What If You Can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  poetry. I should probably fill out a form about that.... We Still Have ... easier way to put that. I wrote about my first semester in my post called Sophomore Slump. My second semester was a little better.  I took classes that

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  Independent Living Groups) in general put on a lot of events to dispel the myths ... . We started roasted hot dogs in a very familiar shape recognizable by ... Vesuvius, not to be confused with Mount Vesuvius in Italy, is a blend of myth

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  song and I lay in bed a lot thinking about what it might mean. Kuch ... in Walounge, and I knew this song before I even knew what it was called ... EDIT: Petey mentioned in the comments that we should make a blogger

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018