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  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts last year: People often ask me, "How do I stand out in ... to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value ... application, with 5 short-answer essay questions (I've blogged about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  , mirrors break when I look in them, but that is because I am so handsome that ... Innovation Economy crowd in Boston: that of iRobot CEO Colin Angle to Erika ... 's Big Island. ... Angle co-founded iRobot in 1990, not long after

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is ... Illuminations in MIT News where I am quoted telling some of the story of the ... ="79764" /]   As I said in the post about the Welcome Center, we started making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  Just one year ago, I had arrived at MIT as a prefrosh, ready to start my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre-orientation program (FPOP) known as FUP, where I got to do all sorts of cool community

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  I don't know how familiar you are with "Wolfram," but I'll assume you ... smartest software I've ever seen. What does it do? It does math. Easy math ... decrypts, it slices, it dices, and it'll take your dog for a walk. I wrote

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  tomorrow. Tomorrow, I have to work in the morning, as I get to present to ... from admitted students (do you have any? Leave them in the comments ... ! -- the applicant Class of 2010. As for me, I spent a good part of today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  things are looking pretty great! I miss living in a dorm, but having a ... At the beginning of September, I moved into a new house! It's 10 ... ="the laundry app we used in dorms"]WashLava,[/annotation] the bane of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT ... start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read ... Preview Weekend (sign up now!), I’ve been working with our fantastic Alumni

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  MIT, you should stay in contact with us. I'd recommend an email, a ... I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... waitlist process in the waitlist blog entry from March 17th. In the meantime

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  Carnegie. I digress. 8:45am, Elements Cafe: Arrive from the 71C bus in time ... about as likely as I could save someone’s life in the ER), and so this ... psets around to pull out at any spare moments. All in all, I had a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  First things first -- I took a weekend trip back to New York and stood in line for three hours to taste the fabled Ramen Burger. Best 8 dollar investment ever. Coming back to campus last Monday, I jumped

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  So yesterday I saw the first real snow of the season!! (come on, the snow on November 21 wasn't "real snow" - it melted all before noon!) I ... SAT class of the semester, and I suddenly saw specks of white fall from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  spooky formatting ghosts. I recommend drafting your posts in a free plain ... and international students.   It’s mid-October in Cambridge ... , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  If you read my last post, I've had a pretty hard October. However ... importantly, we're all here for each other. Well, I decided that regardless of the daily struggle of MIT, I wanted to take time out of my day to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  lights. Simply put, we had cabin fever. I'm a California girl who hadn ... snow I've ever seen, and I've still been trying to figure out how to ... though it's blizzarding -- I have the answer for you: fleece lined tights

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  Ok. Well, I've been kind of busy these days. Taking 5 classes (2 CIs and 2 labs will do that). So...I thought I'd take the easy way out, by ... which are very interesting. In particular, though, 6.033 has two design

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  Orientation 2006 and the status and future of Orientation. It's finally in its final draft pending approval by the UA Senate. I'm proud of having ... full report, which is 42 pages (42! Ha! I just noticed that!) here. If

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  groups, to find that place where you really do fit in. I'm getting excited ... Jane W asked, Matt, I have a question about CPW. Will we know who our hosts will be before we get there? I know you're just matching us up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk ... "bridge circuit"), and lots of sailboats in today's gusting wind. It made me really miss sailing. Sailing, in my opinion, is the best PE Class you can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  Just a quick post here - I'm actually on the road right now, doing some recruitment travel through Southern Texas! Thought I'd do some "live ... adventures, so if you're interested, I'll make another plug for my Twitter

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010