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  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post ... . Here we go!   A bit of background information before we dive in In our holistic application process, the interview is one aspect where

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  freshmen from living in senior house; and second, to institute a "turnaround ... based on these data alone,” the senior officers added in their letter ... significant concerns about issues of illegal drug use in Senior House.” the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... to sleep. For those playing along at home, here is Pset 8 in all its ... inductance in 8.02 better than 8.03. The lovely thing about physics is that as

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  . i checked the 6.UAT website for course policy on missing class, then i ... to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one that felt this bad. here's what i knew other people did: spend time in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... seriously considering playing in college. Athletics are one of many ways to demonstrate a strong passion or proficiency in something - playing a sport won

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  experience in the "soft skills" department, but this post isn't about that. It ... existed in the first place. And now that I think about all the things I don ... 're having a conversation. What happens is that: I have this big picture in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  building are in Helvetica. So is the "ACCESS RESTRICTED" poster. The poster to its lower left, the one that starts "THIS ACCESS POINT", is in Calibri. For the rightmost poster, the top half is also in Calibri. Then

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  get in the habit of meal prepping or cooking [annotation note="if that ... the last slice of free pizza at that random finance club meeting. In ... bits of real fruit floating in it."]Cava[/annotation] ...and [annotation

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  booing. Some roared in disbelief. Others murmured to their friends. I saw ... . The beaver sits on a dam made from eight ivy leaves and a pinecone. In ... the same 24 hours in a day. It's how we choose to spend it that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... applications in earnest. Here are some updates from the Admissions Office ... currently processing more than 10,000 documents which have all arrived in just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  classes, totaling 96 units. In the spirit of procrastinating finals studying ... debates, and apart from those questions being very… relevant in recent ... court cases in American history. The professor was also a great lecturer

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  i. in the business world, a unicorn is a startup with a valuation of ... as a rough estimate of a company’s expected value in the distant future people can be unicorns too. not in the business sense of the word, since

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  event on Sunday that people shockingly showed up to, despite me putting in almost 0 planning, and I asked them why they would willingly indulge in another virtual event when they have in-person ones to look forward to this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  , fyi"]taking 66 units[/annotation]. I had probably hoped that in a future ... 'd go over them in this blog post and see which subset of them I ... only problem is that they’re all in Japanese and take me eons to read

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  junior year. i haven't blogged in a while, so i thought i'd write up a post ... the first time in recent memory, i don't feel burned out at the end of ... loved (not reflected by my spotty attendance). in many of my course 14

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  incredible traveling to Los Angeles and dipping my toes in the Pacific Ocean ... summer in a row.  His major is Course 16, or Aerospace and Astrological ... NASA field center in Pasadena, California.  Pasadena is about an hour bus

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parents love getting to visit me in Boston. The Parent Lounge: I hope you'll take advantage of the Parent Lounge. The Parent Lounge will be in the ... Headquarters/check-in. It's a good place to relax, and to meet other parents. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  the final steps in the long journey that is the medical school ... in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... may know, asking an MIT student what they’re majoring in may result in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost all of my grades are in and I'm also happy to report that I did much ... both valid uses of our newfound free time, in my humble opinion), is the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  freshman exams were the easiest ones." "Let's hope so!" "I could go in there ... half of me was focused on the construction going on in Killian Court ... four years of pure joy and pure exhaustion, I will be marching in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006