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• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  . It gets you in the mindset of thinking about what things matter most to ... to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to ... , I expected to get lost at some point. Everything is so new! Psets

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  skills as well. In August, I'm going to the ACS meeting in Philadelphia as ... to investment bankers to recruiters. It is kind of cool because I get to write code in jeans and a T-shirt on Wall Street. I am writing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  each individual dorm in an attempt to showcase their culture. You get to rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16 ... being admitted to MIT, students are invited to CPW and get to explore all

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  ways in the snow to get to the Institute back then. After a stint in ... me, I'm trying to get everyone so familiar with what scientists and engineers do that they won't have to ask! I graduated from MIT in aeronautics

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  it occurs to me that Dentist and Nurse are probably involved in some ... in months sometimes grow beards. ("I just had to. It's one of those ... Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I'm writing to you with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... other person from my high school, and he was going off to live in New ... Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  Cami: A link to ChatGPT Cami: A Twitter thread in which michelle huang ... thread about the first AI model, Shudu, who often gets hired in place of ... about funny dialogue in teen dramas Cami: A link to a crossword puzzle

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  get very busy this time of year, respect their time! Try to get your application components to us in advance of the January 1 deadline, if you can ... If you are applying to MIT this year, here's an update on what you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  . You don't get something for nothing. In addition to rerouting your life ... . Try to pick a place that fits you in the summer in case you get stuck ... the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  As stated in the original post, they were actually due on 8/31, but I forgot to remind you, so I've extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be considered, please get your application in on time! We will try to make

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blog Links If you have a blog, share the URL in this thread!

  

  I haven't disappeared, really! Just haven't had a ton of things to ... & stories from CPW. In the meantime, some random stuff in no ... cool to collect links to other blogs somewhere. So if you have a blog

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / En Español

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  students to have fun at. And it gets bigger and better with each year. 2013 ... I won't keep you in suspense, I feel like I fit in pretty well at MIT as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  studied Engineering at the University of Havana before coming to the US in 1949 to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rennselaer Polytechnic ... , he returned to the US in 1960 because of the Cuban Revolution. Before

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  Trivia: In Mandarin blogs, being first to comment is to get the "tou ... tend to get more and more depressed the longer I spend in my dorm room ... in the beginning, whether you want to admit it or not. Some people are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  Michigan, which gets some of the most snow in the US, right? Our standards ... going to drown in snow on my way to class. If I never post again, you now ... An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  don't know how to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get ... comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  they do it by weight but you can ask to weigh your pot in between getting ... enough to go to the good food places in NY :("]good food over Winter break ... in town that lets you rate all the restaurants you've been to, and yes

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  . I went to Stingray with Priscilla in June 2019. To get there, we took ... is a sort of rite of passage in Boston to get a piercing messed up at ... reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  easier to get in than stay in. Thoughts?" Once again, Borski '09 answered ... case that it's harder to stay in than to get in. 100% of MIT students were able to get in to MIT, but only 90-something % are able to graduate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006