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  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  have to be: Unique or memorable Remotely similar to mine. In fact ... believed in me. 7. Is it better to go to MIT for undergrad or grad school ... —here are the things that did Do research and/or work to discover why you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with ... is so cool but also you have to pick something. Or else. *ominous music ... people tended to use about their majors and the people in their majors

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  students of certain races in order to redress historic or contemporary ... —  alongside President Kornbluth — to reaffirm our commitment to diversity in a ... [annotation note='In addition to the main text of the post, if you see any text

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  based on around 100 responses. In addition, I tried to rank the top 5 ... a new skill relevant to their intended career or major, was relevant ... mentioned that they made connections in their major or interested community

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  , like 6.0001 Intro to Programming in Python or 9.01 Intro to Neuroscience ... a schedule now If you have absolutely no clue how to pick classes, or ... decide between majors is to take classes in them! Pick a HASS class, like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  Shasta. My sister’s Bolivian mother-in-law taught me how to make batido ... industrial town in the north, I taught debate to high schoolers ranging in age ... the way we are, and to convince ourselves and everyone that—a nutria or

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  it. Comparing that to my experiences in places such as New York City ... centers or lobbying the nearby state legislature or playing in nationally ... ’m just as deserving as anyone else to be at MIT—after all I made it in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  disclaimer here to say that I'll mostly be talking about internships in the ... walk around and talk to reps from the companies in a desperate attempt to ... -optimal solutions to the questions, or simply don't finish at all, so my success with

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  into college knowing what I wanted to major in or what skills I wanted to ... [/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in ... took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  simple. I signed up for 6.01 in my first semester and went to a few ... education affords me opportunities to affect my surroundings in ways I ... perceived problems in the world, and I’ve been granted the authority to say

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my ... think: all the advice in the world couldn't persuade stubborn me to take ... every time you join a club or an organization -Feeling the need to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  or whatever. Those of us that applied to MIT by chance, got in by some ... put in a lot of time and effort to take college classes or take on ... peers to be the “perfect” student or “perfect” applicant to colleges when

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  did in high school, they tend to mean “what went on their application ... one way to be a living human person in high school and end up at MIT ... ’t understand. It took a bit of time for me to start working as hard as I did in

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  to get work done doesn’t reflect whether or not things are okay in my ... : explicit lyrics) a song I mentioned in my very first blog post. There may or ... react if I was told this was happening to my friend?” or to realize “If my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  benefit from and contribute to this community, so to have the people in your ... , thought or uttered some portion of that phrase over the course of the past ... as true in college admission circles as it is anywhere else that it

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  report to our office any conduct that may result or has resulted in any ... engaging in peaceful, meaningful protest related to this (or any other) issue ... across the country to join them in protests, including several school

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  any school in Boston. We had speakers come to talk about Shalom, or the ... to anyone interested in God and staying connected to Christian ... of the best things I’ve participated in since coming to MIT.   

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  In last week's blog entry Diversity or Merit? I included the ... socialization. And so we have to take a great deal of care in constituting the ... likely to come to the minds of people. In short, it lends itself to group

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  , or, in this blog post, your home for the next four years—it seems to me ... 't think I changed or grew much in that year, compared to my years at MIT ... or smarter than you, and just as willing to work hard. In high school

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  to cut them. Place the potato (or equivalent) and garlic cloves in a ... In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... to MIT, more or less equidistant from Central, Harvard, and Inman

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016