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• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in ... . MIT is always looking for students-athletes. Almost 20 percent of ... " which they may fill. Prospective athletes to MIT are subject to the same
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  difficult to solve for. What are they? When is it, that critical point, where ... 'm back to studying for 18.03. If anybody feels like they can effectively ... So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  this year. During this time, we've been waiting for all our admitted students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or not we could go to our wait list this year. Every year, we always plan

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  for high school students to take college-level classes taught by ... stations and try to earn stickers for their folders (the five-year-old in me ... for the Institvte! This summer I’m on staff for the Research Science

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  't studied for? Femto-cool. You could even apply it to those tricky end ... to indicate your level of understanding. For example, I'd say I have a ... them leaves quite a bit to be desired. On a tangential note, I've been

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  the wonders of MIT I planned to register for” to “that potentially life ... /password we emailed to you). The video will come down soon after the CPW registration page comes offline. Which reminds me… Have you registered for CPW

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  Cambridge, to meet some friends for breakfast...only to run into them walking ... seems to be fairly understanding of students' needs - for example, he ... to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  having just finished registering for classes. He is ready to go and succeed ... I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn or sermon, but it's not. It's the title for this post. It's quite fun

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about applying to college. Not just applying to MIT, but the entire college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  to be incredibly valuable for everyone involved. In this way, we hope ... either. It’s not an exaggeration to say I joined for the vibes and stayed ... a non-stop grind to get everything finished in time for competition

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  might change me), but for now, I'm going to sit here and appreciate the ... dining hall in time for breakfast. 2. I love to eat. Because I live in ... you know is looking for something to do. And there's always somewhere to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  to be honest: The reading journals were difficult for me because they ... patterns for function. Similarly, this cover letter is difficult for me to ... wrote tens of thousands of words, and yet have nothing to show for it. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  committing to a certain social and support group for all of college. It seemed ... rush week to ensure safety and fairness for all participants, and while ... decide which dorm to live in for the year) is fake too! McGregor, to my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  a thesis for my program, and the profs - from day 1 - tend to scare ... technology development. It turned out to be a job description for what I ... I'm hoping to make a habit out of occasionally interviewing members

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  want to see another piece of sushi again in my life. For the days since ... of whispering quiet pleas to my empty room, begging for some magical ... schedule with dying, and searching endlessly for an ounce of motivation to do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  right for you. That is why you must learn to trust your intuition, which ... ." Tweet This   Careful with Peer Pressure Kudos to Jorge for choosing ... passion. I chose to go to an out-of-town vocational school for computer

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  hours for no apparent reason. Hopefully my blurry photo does something to ... give props to whoever organizes the whole thing for the wise insight to ... dinosaur, I know.) We took our seats and waited for all 1500 of us to file

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  Stata Center attempting to do my homework for EID (ESD.051, Engineering ... fraternity/sorority and don’t have big productions to put on for your ... , inevitably you’re going to be involved with recruiting people for some

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  neglecting to take care of myself by taking time for myself, and ignored the ... new, but I just don't think it was the right thing for me to do in the ... semester has been going. It's been incredibly busy, almost to the point to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  format for blogs, and that I would resort to them often.  The reason I like ... been struggling to find time for it. At the beginning of every semester I ... priority for me right now. This is true, but it is also hard to accept. I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022