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• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  year of high school.  In high school, we stayed up extra hours to apply ... extra hours to apply to that extra internship and that extra job. In high school, we stressed about not being qualified enough to get into the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  interested in, but are not sure if you want to pursue. Or, it’s also great for getting industry experience in a field that you know you want to pursue, but maybe have not gotten the chance to get your foot in the door through the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  've been planning to throw a small get together in Loop lounge, inviting some ... was going to fare in college. Being slightly socially awkward and ... to fit in with. Coming to MIT, though, proved me completely wrong. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  so often don’t get the chance to experience in high school, especially ... Bringing STARS to Campus: Reflections on our first STARS@MIT Fly-In ... @MIT Fly-In, take a moment to read about the program from Vaneeza

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

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

  

  than if I had locked myself in my room trying to get good grades that are ... took a bunch of classes at a local college, you're going to have to get ... , in each of these topics to choose from, but that's for a later entry

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  school. Finally, my colleagues in the Financial Aid Office are happy to ... Midyear Report serves two purposes: to get your updated grades since you have applied ("Midyear Grades"). to get any other updates since you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  ) thing that the reader/admission officer needs to know in order to ... essay is really an opportunity to focus on who you are and the ways in ... formula that will unlock the secret to getting admitted to the college of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  . And I'm still upset that I didn't get to fully enjoy being in a ... in an airport never fails to invoke some sort of Feelings in some ... lines to be seen anywhere at all. And in that emptiness, I felt a distance

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  presence must be very prominent in all of the US. And then, I get here to ... , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... raffle to get a free 32GB ipod touch. Yeah. I know. Wow. If that's not an

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• 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 talked to at CPW was interested in this field. I just want to be sure that ... '09?" The original plan was to limit enrollment in Course 20 (Biological

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  'll pop in and out as I can to answer whatever gets posted. ... to drive up to a meeting in a few hours, and I've got a sprint ... questions on a Friday afternoon. Ben used to do these big roundup "answers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  negotiation activity, in which each team had to build “satellites” out of Legos ... minutes. ELLs are two hours long, so we obviously needed to throw in some ... second round, discussions started to get more energetic. Interestingly, two

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  information: Students can request an extension of the May 1 deadline in order to ... Admissions Office to request the extension, and be sure to also be in touch ... entry). We're looking forward to seeing you in the fall! If you've already

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  BG High Grad Gets Full Ride to MIT Amy Bingham / WBKO A former ... full four-year scholarship to MIT. Ervin arrived in bowling green ten years ago from a refugee camp after being forced to flee his home in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a ... in Davis Square, 4 short subway stops north of MIT's campus. They get ... It was a nice, relaxing 3-day weekend here. Summer has arrived in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen ... to apply again in a subsequent application cycle. There are cases when ... between applications, the admission decisions tend not to change, and in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in ... to call attention to sexism in STEM and at least put that awareness in ... to put the entire MIT team, male and female, in hot pink My Little Pony

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in ... . 3. Get to the Hatch Shell early and get a wristband for the night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  It's been a while! I fully apologize for not writing since getting to ... number, size, and volume, to the point that people in China can almost no ... worth the look on Roe's face when he walks in to a room full of 20 people

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  the past month (in another). I scramble to get out my phone and write it ... The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape ... luckiest sophomore in the world when my piece of paper is pulled and I get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022