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  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  least 75,000 to 100,000 documents or more in the next few weeks, and only ... As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... moment! To submit Parts 1 and 2, log in to your account on MyMIT. You can

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  investigate or phenomena I'd like to quantify? Here are some things I've asked ... straightforward or quite tedious. The data might exist already, neatly compiled in a ... ready to analyze. In order to get it ready, I need to "clean" it. What

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... or two of these links will be useful. Many of them are to posts on my ... ; Academics   How to Study (well, how I study...) Putting the Organs in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  -curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a ... schools admit you, you'll go on to achieve great things in life. This is ... the application form or application process, please leave them in the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  up in the morning? No. I woke up at 12:30 or 1:30. Horrible. I need to ... didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new ... because I enjoy them. I'm getting better advice, or at least I'm learning to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  trying to be positive. Still, I don’t believe in blanket statements. I like ... Tumblr is where I put a lot of this reflection. In particular, I seem to ... on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  moment occurs as soon as you arrive on campus. Or in the middle of your ... to this concept in high school,” and my brain cried out (silently, of ... down a list of things to remember. Things that, in an ideal world, we

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  Just thought I'd reiterate, for anyone who's applying to MIT this year (or next year, or in five years... whatever, I don't discriminate ... programs in cell biology and/or neuroscience for admission in fall 2006

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have ... school. In my humble opinion, xkcd used to be a lot funnier than it ... a UROP in their lab, or anything else. This is how Melis and I got an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  I'm briefly emerging from hard work in the application mines to share ... language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of ... college (or even admissions application) essay, to say nothing of broader

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  applications. It's never good to put all your eggs in one (or even two or three ... stamped envelope to send their recommendation in, provide them with one ... and ask if their English teacher's recommendation has come in, or if we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  have no idea if want to major in science, engineering, or business, you ... to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... does not have to be what you actually major in -- there are no quotas for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• 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 ... , I'll be honest. I went to high school in the south, and you know

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  me in the dentist's chair. Inevitably after they've numbed one or both ... it occurs to me that Dentist and Nurse are probably involved in some ... of the movies at midnight, or been to a book party, or even dressed up

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

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  adrenaline rush. Being able to make meetings or classes across campus in ... how I inline skate, or rollerblade. Even after three years of being in ... in these cities and to struggle with issues like gentrification. Since

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... Chocolate Science has come to the rescue! The Lab offers free hot chocolate in

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer) At MIT, we bring people together to better ... out in an essay?" or something to that effect. As MIT admissions

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  hiring frosh. And in the case that the program is freshman and/or sophomore ... 't really have that much experience in writing cover letters or a resume; in ... gone to CAPD in the beginning of the year. At this point in time, I wasn

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  will also talk about in a later post). right now, i just want to talk ... someone's door and ask to talk or get dinner or do work. and i know that i ... the past month (classes here start early January) and will return to MIT

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the ... to show the student's passion in the sciences? I know many students who ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006