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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  getting in :) Beyond that, I'm afraid I can't be of much help. If you ... participating that i can write down in this 'list' where my passion, for what i ... high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  type of place. I feel most at ease in a big city where I can get lost in ... . Turns out, yes, Italy is in fact [annotation note='no, I can’t explain ... be a part of in Italy"]MISTI Italy GTL.[/annotation]I was supposed to

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  a mountain climber in any form, shape, or capacity. I hike occasionally but the last full mountain I climbed was in 4th grade, when it was ... ), maybe because you can buy a cool stick that they brand at every station on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  ... but you should also research the weather. I am still mentally, physically, intellectually, and emotionally reacting to the three weeks I spent in Zambia. To make a long story short, the only road to Mwape (the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  one of its students. I included the daily new case count for MA in each ... incomplete. I've tried to pour every detail I can remember into it, but too ... and rather nightmarish since then. I miss the headspace I was in back

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  learned about in school. Later, I met The Snively and The Ben Jones at check-in, and walking down The Infinite Corridor, I saw The Admissions ... ! Becca '12 and I at Meet the Bloggers Tim '12 and I stuck in a knot at

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an Interactive Robotics lab, a Human Systems lab, a Space Propulsion lab—and the
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  , where we made a giant oven and cooked a giant pie in it. Kristen and I ... needed a uhaul to bring it all back (0:53). We were buying 140 cans of ... everywhere (2:16). This dented a few of the cans and made a mess in the uhaul

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  way. The whole experience was so incredible that I still can’t quite ... surprising because I’d previously only ever seen it in East Asia). “Wow!” I ... in kerosene. (I could probably write an entire blog post about how much

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... pretend i live in PST: Procrastination Standard Time (utc -69) and call it a ... relieved to hear that I’m actually travelling now, in contrast to last year

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... In my email this morning: Hello fellow Young Alums! As you may or ... commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  backpack!" "Nope, I'm sorry, you can't get in." Wonderful. Security 2 ... what very well could have been the longest line ever. I got in it. It ... the case in my current line). I wandered up and walked right up to the

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  INSIDE" in Helvetica Bold Condensed. At first, I thought that the "FIRE ... Arial; we can tell even if it's blurry. Its header, "Facilities", is in ... bundled with Helvetica, but it does come with Arial. In fact, if you can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  can’t believe I graduated from MIT 10 years ago! Each time I am lucky ... , and New Haven, CT. I’m currently working on a joint MBA/PhD in ... and the students I meet are inspiring in so many different ways

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  nights that turned into early mornings. It marks two.. whole… years… I can ... fancy. But in my case, I mostly ran around and took pictures (as displayed ... gather in a big fancy place, eat fancy food, dance, and take a bunch of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  can do to help you get in contact with them. Don’t be afraid to ask for ... contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account ... applicants to the ECs in their area. Some ECs interview for just one school so

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

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  're interested in. You can start a UROP as a freshman, first semester, by just ... about housing now, which isn't something I'm willing to touch in a liveblog (too much there to talk about, I couldn't do it justice in a setting

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Island (Hawai’i County)*. I will be here (in Hilo, HI) for 2 months (June ... use in promotions... but also just to populate the website ... Here's the skinny on my summer. I got a fellowship from the MIT

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  more difficult. In the summer between sophomore and junior year at MIT I did my first tandem skydive while I was back home in Oregon.  I didn ... while. Fast forward to, oh, about 2 months ago.  As I sat in my apartment

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012