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

  

  want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and ... , school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and ... have anyways), and focus more on making sure your essays authentically

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  toy to look like. Eventually, we had to merge our works-like and looks ... takes a VERY long time... and our last part was going to be finished ... hours to sand, prime, paint, and assemble our toy. We definitely didn

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  as a perfunctory check than anything else, and low and behold, there ... water war (in the middle of the snow), and a Nutella eating contest. Only ... Campus for two events: Chocolate Chess and the Nutella eating contest. [Now

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  TV, and the company of old friends, I was definitely not looking ... begins at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. This would be ... . And for confidentiality reasons, I think that’s pretty much all I should

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  translates to a lot of verbiage. And while there's nothing wrong with new posts, every now and then I get kind of nostalgic for old posts. Some things have changed about MIT in the past four years - but many things haven't, and I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  memes in popular culture today, and has been referenced in many, many ... , Matt, Nance, Stu, and all the other admissions officers are doing their ... downhill from here. And...when the decision date finally rolls around, just

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so ... tried the gift out on me, and I dutifully followed his instructions. The ... design class where you spend the entire semester designing and building a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... of you approached your essays and your overall style and flow. Dare I say, I saw flashes of brilliance every now and again? I SO wish that I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  be the year when things 'get real', at least as a Mech-e, and I found ... to your second year than the "sophomore slump", and certainly much more ... off campus" goal uber one for the five month free trial and uber

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  do after graduating, like: going through the same evidence over and ... it. if i already know what i want, and believe in it hard enough, is ... . in practice, the people who matter don't mind, and the people who mind

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  Hey Everyone -   Alot of questions and stress about documents and such on the blogs the last few weeks. Things like: " ... department is. And let me tell you they're rugged. They're tough. They

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  , travel, do service work, or just recharge and have some fun. While that ... ) because there are research opportunities year-round, and we get to meet ... graphing calculator or Petri dish* and you can hear the distant sounds of

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  speak for themselves, and our friends over at CalTech have helped us out a ... impressively precise description of MIT's external IPs. Naturally, I saved and ... . On the other hand, it may reveal nothing and serve as nothing more than

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  grades. If we are missing your midyear grades, and they have not yet been processed, and we have a question about your academic performance, we will be ... come in, we will review them, and the decision will be reviewed if there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  Registration for an overnight visit at MIT and more... Here's this year ... contact your interviewer and set up an interview November 1: Deadline for ... interviewer and set up an interview January 1: Deadline for Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  Application Tracking System and what makes an application "complete." Let me try ... monitor the tracking system and make sure we have your application materials ... information. ...and now, I'm off to go see the Bollywood film Om Shanti Om

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  12 hours and counting until CPW. Here are some places where I'll be ... Course VI (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), 3:30pm, Friday ... , Saturday Activities Fair, 1-3pm, Saturday CPW Closing Remarks and A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  to say that I work for her, and despite her achievements, she's really down to earth and easy to talk to. Professors at MIT are not foreign to incredible distinction, and one of the best things I've enjoyed at MIT is that

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Boston Pops John Williams and a bottle of wine -- on a school night!

  

  honor society) social chair and a generous invitation from a biochemical ... and Shannon "Optimus Prime" '05 -- remember their engagement party last ... Star Wars trilogy, the Indiana Jones films, the Harry Potter films, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  and (b) I can blog about it. (By the way - while I may write ... "Q.E.D." and then went back to kissing me. So... Q.E.D. (Cue laughter ... here, post 'em and I'll, er, ask my sources. More episodes to follow

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006