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  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant ... words or fewer) Although you may not yet know what you want to major in ... . MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email ... , we had to decline admission to a great many outstanding students. We ... prepared to be part of an dynamic MIT community next fall.  

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 ... moved back to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I'm here for three days trying to get my bearings, shop for travel-appropriate items, and see every single

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  night in Kampong Thom to do some work with our community partner FLIFLY at ... D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  class). It's so easy to get caught up in all the stat posts going up on ... dorm? Do you just get put in randomly? Because I would really like to ... have worked equally hard to get this far, and I'd love it if you could

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  not to get skin cancer. I got to prance around in my new polka ... 't know jack, so it's pretty pointless to try to get them working in labs ... home in the summer heat listening to that song, unless you happen to be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  'refrigerator'/blahblah I will post selected entries in a complete blog to come! You'll have at least 2 weeks to send them in. :) Will post when I get ... exciting picture of what you're doing this summer! You don't have to be in it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  people in your community are ok with this new addition to the family and get ready to catch the organ! [caption id="attachment_45482" align ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small ... to get good competitions (all by my own effort) to follow my passions ... day, a girl in my neighborhood told me to "act my age, not my shoe size

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  your first trimester grades. Please be sure to get your official midyear grades from your Guidance Office in order to complete the Midyear Report ... .k.a. "MYR") are currently the most popular question being called in to our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  Bluebiked to Star Market (off map) in Somerville to restock on frozen fries ... basil plant, so I bought another one to prove that I am, in fact, capable ... protein to get my first strict pull-up, so we split a ticket for sampling 10

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to ... . Louis Cardinals—it was practically a requirement to live in the small town ... eyes, I'm back in the car with my dad, listening to the game on the radio

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  as close to "apartment-style" living as you can get in the dorms. This ... get work done if I need to, without being too distracted or bothered by ... super freshman to our hall. I live with my pals but I still get to do my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  I'm not going to paraphrase all of that in text. But I think the most ... throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  to fire I'm sorry, but this is the best action shot I could get -- it ... Mechanical Engineering course 2.009: Product Engineering Processes took to Killian Court (the big grassy quad by the Great Dome) to fire birds at pigs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  being in Boston or Cambridge. Sortof surreal to experience that in ... . This trip will conclude my fall travel season, so I'll get back to ... Greene put together, to see who could best explain string theory in two

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  expected to be so involved in. It’s been really cool to get the direct ... personal lives. It’s hard to express in words, but there is also a certain ... get from talking to them when you know, without either of you actually

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  interview with an MIT alum and ask you to write about your experiences in some short answer essay questions. Remember that there is no rush to get ... up well: But as more students each year seek to get the earliest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the ... this! Either you get the decision sooner, or you get extended time to ... this post to exist in the blogosphere today. Being at MIT meant that I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  me and Adam in the stands. Surprisingly, I've gotten to do some MIT ... who has one of these get-togethers in their area in the next few days ... Well, this is my last day in Ahia (try saying it with me -- "Uh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005