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• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  For current deadlines, please look at our detailed Deadlines & ... standardized test results along with their application or add new scores after submission by using the "Add new test scores" link in the application portal
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  graduate community at mit econ before this year, but had seen lots of faces ... study. Why don’t they instead look at …” Whenever people ask me big ... along the lines of “Oh, economists don’t really study that, we study…” or

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  because some of the new categories don't have enough stuff in them". Today, we have the privilege of dissecting the first term of my freshman year ... pass/no record already. Basically, first term freshman year at MIT, you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  . There’s nothing like looking at all of the people that support all that ... moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  in places, some of you have plans for gap years or work or a year at ... meditatively with my cup of tea and stare at the CITGO sign across in Boston ... , after at least seven years of channelled and concentrated effort. I did it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  't know how at all, and I failed a bunch of tests. Miserably. And I had all ... not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my suite on the fourth floor of Burton Conner shedding a trail of water from

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  should look at each of them and, somewhere in the back of our minds, for ... , but do you go regarding each new person you meet with some degree of ... best at starting conversations so making new friends was very difficult

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  at MIT, I got to be Tim the Beaver.   Get to check that one off my list of 101 Things to Do Before You Graduate!   It’s always sort of fascinating when something you’ve been taking for granted turns

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  . Of course, I usually open youtube at times of great procrastination ... perfectionists, at least a little bit. A quick survey of my friends suggested that ... I have long been a fan of the corner of the internet known as

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  employment of my high school friend Ryan at Doc Holliday's. 3. Every Friday ... threw a dinner party for a bunch of people Friday, including Sam's Mom ... -cheddar biscuits, and "suite potatoe" pie. We had lots of fun and cultured

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  at a random spot in a maze. The robot has a map of the maze in its ... to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700 ... the fields of artificial intelligence, computer science theory, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  talking about the vibes of the signage design. I mean, just look at the sans ... ceiling tiles. I think at this point Alan has memorized the scent of air ... post on, Alan spent a decent amount of time compiling some new pictures

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  care of myself. I went to mental health & counseling at 10am, and I ... would have a class at 2:30pm, Industrial Ecology of Materials, which is a really cool class that lets us look at the life cycle of materials and the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  tossing around a Frisbee in front of Killian Court at dusk. I still remember ... of my first couple of weeks at MIT: Fraternity Rush Fraternity ... pictures are old...I know...) and a couple of days into the new school year

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  's the beginning of a new application season, that I'd rewrite an ... all four of us got in. So the admission percentage is at least 44%, and ... I've been unbelievably hosed the past few days doing a combination of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  fairly regularly. In my years at MIT, I've seen sneaks of such films as 8 Mile and Grosse Pointe Blank, and missed sneaks of School of Rock and ... I just returned from seeing an LSC free sneak preview of I Heart

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  may have never heard of this amazing game, it's quite popular here at ... I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... design and build working alpha prototypes of new products, learning about ... experience in a design team at a modern product development firm. As part of a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... to get to know different aspects of each individual. Here are this year

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  lots of new faces, too. Thanks to all of you who have stayed late to chat ... lucky enough to secure the Clark Educational Center at South Miami Hospital for the meeting, thanks to one of our Educational Counselors who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005