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• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  getting good grades, and one of them is knowing how to cook amazingly simple ... college applications, but I looked at it as an opportunity to get to know ... class was sobbing, and these contagious tears caused me to get "all worked

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  of my class at OSU to get into the grad schools I got into this year. I didn't need to be at the top of my MIT class to get into those schools ... First, an aside Today, Adam and I were on the subway heading to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  touristy, yeah, but it was great to get the lay of the land in such a huge ... busy, but when else are you going to get the chance to see the actual ... Alfred Wallace, who sent a letter to Darwin describing a similar idea one

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  grading systems. We want you to know that we accept whatever grades your school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... assessments, or something else. In some cases, you may have the ability to
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  to figure out how to get to the club room. Walker wasn’t the most ... wanted to print the current W1MX logo on a PCB, but the best he could get ... some sort, i kinda forgot” “could i get some food? KC1REV” “lol sure

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  you at the competition!   ----- Get on it if you're close enough to ... WIth CPW 2012 just a few days away, the whole school is getting ready to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  have to admit, the minibus experience takes a little getting used to. The ... was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka ... ,000 Kwache each, which comes out to roughly $3.75). It was incredibly sunny

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... ideas how to get him noticed beyond the normnal high scores in school. He ... all means, get some friends or teachers or family members to read over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  personally did not choose RBA because I wanted to get to know a lot of people ... semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any ... you get here, you register for your first term classes during

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  from how to get an interview to how to succeed once you're there. Learn ... inquires, "How's your wife/husband?" The other responds, "Relative to what ... to nothing in the long run. 7:30-8:00 pm Sophomore Welcome Dinner

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  in baker. i take the elevator down to the dining hall to get meals, and then i take it back up and eat in my room. i walk to the z center to get tested every once in a while; it takes around twenty minutes to walk, get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  competitions in order to get into MIT!) I remember standing on the field with the ... representative of the invitee gets up to the microphone and (unless they don't want ... now at MIT - encouraged me to. From what I remember, there were about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  difficult to get into the program, because it seems like every other person I ... like to know if it's been mailed yet or if it was even possible to get an ... as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  feeling well rested, getting a delicious homemade meal, or listening to my ... by going to more office hours, getting more learning out of every hour ... a very lovely soul, who I invited to write a post anytime. This is the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  anything, if you want to get in? Extra-curriculars are pretty important. You ... from my high school at year 03. Am i too old to get the bachelor degree ... So first off, props to Evan for answering all these questions in his

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  of 9 to 1. How do you get time? You write. You argue persuasively for ... , and why all of this means that you will be able to get the scientific ... Priority B was good, and that I was almost certainly going to get time. A

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  made fond memories at MIT. However, it can feel disappointing to not get ... those fond memories, and I get to brag that I designed official MIT merch ... Author's note: The original title was going to be "I DUPED THE COOP

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  :00 → Second UROP meeting! Same place, different project. For this one, I get to ... ). I finally get to use the 47 million Harvard/MIT/Boston Public library ... 10:30 → Wake up. Panic. No time for real breakfast. It’s too early to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  over after a few days. 2. I am old and need to get a real person job. I'm getting flown out to NYC soon for a full day of being wined, dined, and ... use the left sides of their brains. 4. I've been getting up to speed

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  . And what we don't want people to think is that they get any sort of edge ... getting a lot of calls and emails from students concerned that their mailed ... 're getting one or two dozen buckets of mail every day. I have built a small

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011