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• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  . First, an applicant should never assume something to be true about a school unless he or she has verified it with a primary source. Serving as ... % women). Second, and equally important, admissions personnel should never

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President ... Barnhart SM '86, PhD '88 and Provost Marty Schmidt SM '83, PhD '88, as well ... sclerosis, aka Lou Gherig's disease. The challenge is to dump ice water on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  important that I had to wake Mitra up from her nap to tell her. Now, I like to ... DID YOU KNOW? After failing to acquire MIT no less than 3 times in ... . Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  . Also, since I’m on campus, I’d like to do more ‘Comprehensive Guide’ blog ... . As it happens, they turned out to be right. Listen to your elders, kids ... brain can successfully absorb, and learned what it was like to have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  important. 23. It's wonderful to be perfectly content in the company of just ... comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  post a Mini-Guide to KAPOW for your final hours of prep. And if I miss ... , you will have approximately 0 hours to actually do it. Nice things. It ... ://admitted.mit.edu/experience/travel. ___________________ And that's about it for this post. Most importantly, allow CPW to be

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  bloggers. I usually have to wait for inspiration to hit before I'm able to sit at a computer for hours writing out an entire post in one sitting. I use a variety of tools to help me, from Evernote for keeping track of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  structures. To say they skimmed over the most important math would be false ... 't know if this a niche thing to call out or an important topic skimmed over ... . Nonetheless, there is something really important to say about both Alexander and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As ... the importance of being himself.  I urged him not to change who he was ... importantly, I told him that he should be able to articulate why his appearance

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  commencement address was delivered by Megan Smith '86 SM '88, the Chief ... first Cross-Continental Solar Car race. "One of the very most important ... to the Class of 2015 as well, with a post on the wall of the class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  edu or call us during business hours at (617) 253-4791. We want to ... when it comes to something as important as finances. Caroline asked, "Can ... want to steer clear of. Also, there are online guides (available only to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  pandemic, the most important components to demonstrate academic readiness in ... At MIT Admissions, our mission is to recruit, select, and enroll a ... to find and admit students who will succeed at MIT and serve the world

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  option to add extracurricular activities. You can similarly export Planner ... , who wrote about it here. This is the best tool to plan your academic ... completed classes on difficulty, pace, and other factors on a scale of 0 to 7

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  The Classes I’m Taking This Semester [in order from least-to-most edible] 🪀🚑🔥📚♟️

  

  felt really important, not just to the class but to life in general. I ... to include. That’s one thing that’s important. Another is that time ... using the most dangerous writing app, where you are forced to write in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 8, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  sure to build a quick little prototype that verified this would function ... connects to the black header on the far right.[/caption] Step 4: Verify PCB ... electronics to the point of designing them, and that had been something I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  possible. We wanted our plane, Corn Dog, to fly all three of our missions ... have an opportunity to re-fly tomorrow for better scores. However, when we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  -Saharan Africa. On the other hand, it's important to remember that poverty exists ... township was large enough to need two high schools, there was only Middletown High School. When the district decided to expand, the original building

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15/18, at 12:15 PM ET

  

  MIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive a decision ... works for you. Strange things happen to people who don't verify they will ... enough to tell you, as the title says, we will be releasing Early Action

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  crossovers in socal MIT Students Visit Caltech and UCLA

  

  Peru to Bolivia, and he had the opportunity to meet the director prior to ... hour before driving to pick up my friend Dylan (whom you met earlier) and ... 10:00 PM we set off from my house for an hour-long drive back to

  • by Victor D. '27
  • June 6, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008