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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  so at first. In senior year of high school, I was not understanding AP ... My childhood best friend changed schools in 8th grade, so I didn ... confession would confirm - escaping math and science was one of the things I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  first week of classes, I don't think I've ever taken a day off to relax. Everywhere I turn my head, I see vibrant signs of life. People are painting ... Campus time and time again, and since I was temped here in the first place

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  general academic information. In addition, staff can assist you with the development of skills and learning strategies and can provide individual ... The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  ) deadline, November 1. I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the ... /Docufide to submit letters of evaluation and transcripts, your school can send ... are not showing on MyMIT; we currently have a backlog of materials in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  MIT doe snot use the Common App; submission of materials works in the ... ED or SCEA agreement that I am aware of. Of particular importance is ... . In fact, last year, of eligible applicants, we admitted 12.4% of those

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

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  big corporations that you hope to work for in the summer. Last year I ... I got. This year it was all about the job. In my suit and with my fancy folder of resumes I spoke with a number of companies and handed out

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  you and several of your friends may get the same EC while in really ... can do to help you get in contact with them. Don’t be afraid to ask for ... This time of year, Educational Counselors all over the world are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!

  

  Sorry for the absence, I've been busy (lame excuse, sorry. The actual excuse is that I'm tired of uploading my pictures for this blog because it ... important. I've been building a robot for a class this month and it's now

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  've passed all of my classes, so that means I am officially done with ... ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts, but I'm also feeling reflective. I have a lot of wisdom to share

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  . :) I may not have seen a whole lot of point in making every single ... winter around here. I'm done with yet another MIT Wednesday, consisting of ... , and feeling all right about it because I only had to be somewhere in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  ' up as your friend Tellin' truths better than your next of kin I said I ... Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  thinking.   It was in the process of doing so that I discovered my true ... tell you a bit about me... I'm a senior in Management and Political ... something new about someone I already know. At MIT, most of the activities

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  professionals on this one. I just finished A Gentleman in Moscow, as part of my ... In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be ... how grief manifested itself in me. Instead, it was a tangled balloon of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  be going my way. Case in point number 1: As I was returning to Boston ... optics and the water droplets in the cloud and the angle of the sun and whatnot. Nonetheless, what are the odds? Case in point number 2: I was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I ... a few days later I found myself in the passenger seat of Raphael's '88 ... -from-bear response kicks in. A few minutes later, I was definitively out of steam, so

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  without prejudice in Regular Action. A lot of MIT students, past and present, were initially deferred; you can read about a few of them here, here ... , and unfortunately, we can’t admit everyone. If your decision was

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  D-Lab Food Fest A week on $2 a day, followed by a meal from around the world

  

  Sorry, I am a bit swamped for the next couple of days with some 14.05: Macroeconomics work. As soon as I can, I will write an entry on the delicious D-Lab Food Fest, and my week of living on $2 a day that preceeded it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  In this blog post, I’ll share the saga of the Class of 2022’s Ring ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in ... in my time away. They were a reminder of the lively campus I once knew

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  that I haven't yet found a rhythm that works for me in terms of finishing ... them and feel like I have numerous holes in my understanding of the ... to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala ... . I was in the thick of reading applications as February whizzed by and ... all in when I looked over at another large silver tray arranged with

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011