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  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  year-round? Seriously? But when do you get to wear tank tops and skirts ... high school to really understand what you're getting yourself into. My ... for 4 years, but it takes 5.8 on average to get your PhD. Harvard Haven

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  I work on problem sets with friends who seem to be getting to the ... achieve that or how to get to a point where I know how to approach problems ... , it is better to get there late than not at all If I burn myself out in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  only is FAP one week of pure awesome (I mean, come on, you get to hang out with The Angela Monster), but you also just might get the chance to ... screening. "And I really like that." So it takes four hours to get from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second ... first). I was lucky to get the opportunity to be here. And while luck may ... time here, looking down on all the stairs that I climbed to get to where

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  aligned with what we want student to learn. Programs like FIRST get students ... choices: high school seniors are choosing where they are going to college (we just finished hosting Campus Preview Weekend to help our admitted

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  of which you get in May after you matriculate) and you're taken to your ... host your MIT mail. To do this you get to use a nifty little tool called ... lists on MIT's end has to happen) you'll start getting your MIT e-mail in

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  classes simply went through the textbook, and not how to get anything of it ... - scrambling to get one last bit of partial credit before your TA comes and yanks ... , ESPECIALLY here at MIT, is that you get to meet so many crazy interesting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  took a bunch of classes at a local college, you're going to have to get ... FIRST SEMESTER TRANSCRIPT The other side to that is that you can't get an ... than if I had locked myself in my room trying to get good grades that are

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  have been meaning to get back into it. I plan on taking piano lessons ... lamp class ended up conflicting with CMS.S60 so I get to now take this ... skills! I'm super excited to just learn and get introduced to all these new

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  desire to rock out, so we get 6 units of credit per term - just to bang on ... hours early to get ready, try out the acoustics in our new digs, and get ... -raising ability (read: badassness) to get more people to come to the show. One of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  . I’ve loved getting to be a part of my friend’s next steps in lives ... work and still get to work close to (but not too closely) every day ... , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to work with actual research, and can get ... reasons why I like Rotch, except that I have to walk more to get there ... Paper notes I hate taking notes with my iPad, so I went back to good

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  wondering…was there another way to get to and from work? A week or so ... five other routes to get to work, and Justas many to get home. Some I ... stuck like glue to the bus that took me directly from the apartment to

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  , with a delay really only to get the plane de-iced (nice work Jet ... , getting settled after a semester abroad, applying to jobs and the like, and ... November when I learned I might be able to get some funding to come from

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  summer means I get to do research! About a week ago, I officially confirmed ... Institute. To get into the specifics, I'll be working with Professor of ... knowing how to apply it to an exam question. (Prefrosh, take note of this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get ... opportunity for MIT to get to know the real you. Also, I recommend Mitra

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  you that in the world that I come from -- and you'll get to experience ... life!! No -- stop, this doesn't mean you get to quit school since you ... , but once you get to supervise interns, it will be pretty cool :) So don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  get to go up to them and say, "Boy, that really was the bee's knees ... Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October ... your Halloween vibe? No problem! Here are five costumes ideas that'll get

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  To set the mood: Come Home by Baynk. [caption id="attachment_38993 ... first week back. #nofilter.[/caption] Returning back to the 'Tute “After a ... eventful return back to the Institute. It's odd how quickly everything felt

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  while I'm traveling!) If you ever get a chance to go, I'd highly recommend ... /V setup. I get everything situated, tested, and ready to go. The local ... . Unfortunately, by the time I get there it's pretty late, and (probably due to the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008