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• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  to put the anxiety of prospective students to rest; knowing you ... the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. I've also always been a ... Institute of Technology. I liked the way that sounded. It had a lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  Anthony R. '09 A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel ... patterns from the pattern language of my life by Natasha B. '16 Repilot by ... least I experienced it that way. You're immersed in a fragment of the

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  that about 30% of us were going to be kicked out of the class by the end. This, I never picked up on, because throughout the last 1/3 of the class I was busy composing an email to the head instructor of Junior Lab

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  finalizing its plans for the fall semester, the U.S. agency of Immigration and ... living in the United States. Since last March, MIT has offered housing to ... capricious and an abuse of discretion" on behalf of ICE. The lawyers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  were plenty of people I could root for as they walked down the aisle proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy ... zones away, I had to throw myself out of bed by 6:45 am. But on the plus

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  (This entry courtesy of the free wireless internet at the Hotel ... the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost ... me offhand her impressions of the graduate student culture in her

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010... The deadline for ... Washington, DC). If you went to one of the admitted students parties, send your ... the red CPW box on the left side. Also, tonight MIT students will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  don't offer the financial stability of an established company. But even ... break of eighth grade, and my family was on a vacation visiting the East Coast—of course, as was typical for my academically-serious parents, such

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  -sur-Mer, a small town on the western coast of France, near Nantes, with my lab ... you up on an offer of a free room in Paris!). [] Me on top of the ... for Paris as soon as finals were over, completely unafraid of the fact

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  fields of crunchy-green grass. A place where the laughter of children playing in the streets blended with the crowing of roosters. The perfect ... place that they would return to, holding the hands of their American

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  in a pinch. If you'd rather go outside, the snow offers oodles of ... centimeter of precipitation - enough to finely coat the Earth's surface with a ... 'easter: So called because of the storm's trajectory and wind patterns, a Nor

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  's charge for the graduates, the receipt of the diploma—these are pomp. The ... the Department of Education. At the end of my gap year between high school and college, I wrote a blog post quoting the chorus of At Least It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  experience life on the east coast. A lot of kids from my senior class went to ... (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  The MIT Class of 2017 Brass Rat was revealed on February 13th during the 2017 Ring Premiere. I had the pleasure of serving on the 2017 Ring ... Daniel Mirny and Lenny Martinez    Pictured: half of the auditorium

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  Hypotheses and Ig Nobel Prizes MIT is the site of the East Coast BAHFest ... This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  ) MIT diploma We began closed beta testing of the game to our Early ... admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  representatives (some of whom tried to disguise the fact that they were representing ... , as a celebration of all the stress of senior fall: graduate school ... first went south, then to the coast, then up the coast, then back to Quito

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  currently hold an undergraduate degree. Students who have already completed a bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally eavesdropping on the telephone conversation of the pretty lady behind me, watching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  the nerdy adventures of Laura, Rick, Adelaide and Mason....West Coast ... nonetheless an important part of our west coast experience. The food was okay ... One of the things that I find most interesting about MIT, but hardest

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009