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• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  to turn the attention specifically to you, the wide-eyed and apparently confused applicants. I'm not going to tell you how to get into MIT. That ... less than 2012's. I can tell you how to maximize the strength of your

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  about your lives and how your individual stories have brought you to this ... invitation to explore other options, and, like a puzzle, figure out how you can find what you like about MIT in other places, or how best to showcase

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mnemonic Contest Winner Congratulations, Shawn!

  

  Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing. Congrats to Shawn for winning! If you'd like to redeem your super awesome prize, email me at bryanblogs [at] mit dot edu. Tomorrow: How I work for a genius.

  • by Bryan
  • September 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two ... . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first semester is a time to make that daily fire hose drinking session a little bit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a "e^2" Reunion to ... of Feb 5!! Go to our website for more info: alumweb ... fantastic. We stayed at the Venetian, perhaps only second to the Bellagio in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  briefly compared to the one from this year to see how you've progressed ... unlikely... what grades do we need to send in... as in, how many years (11 ... to contact by phone to check on status. When to do it? How often? My

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  the National Poetry Slam! While it's generally difficult to get off campus during the week due to the general hustle and bussle of psets, I take every chance I can to drop by Central Square and listen to a few

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  suddenly remember how to breathe. I got a 68 on that take-home exam. (Learn ... used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test ... right from freshman year, I came up with a plan to help me to stay calm

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  ’re all getting ready to go back to school… Returning students are probably still wrapping up summer ventures, but 2014s are probably almost ready to ... last August … wondering how I felt a year ago … so somehow I ended up

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  ... how difficult is it to pick stuff up? As far as picking up programming ... staff are allowed to take 1 course per term. Some professors may audit a course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  prevent this from happening again? How would you design it? To applicants ... hit - how are you doing? Where are you staying? What can we do to help ... 't know what to do other than watch and hope. And I keep thinking "did this

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  process by which projects come to fruition, and how very political those ... that it’s difficult for public officials to know how to act toward a ... , as they have promised to do repeatedly, but how much easier is it to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  Residential Exploration (REX), which is part of how housing is assigned. According to MIT's Dormitory Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun time filled with tons of events that will help you get to know the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  figured out how to track all of the admit packs going to international ... DHL fiasco, but thanks to many of you, that was a lot better than it could have been. I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  to interrogate my value systems and learn how to simultaneously ... how to handle fucking up in a more real-world sense than I ever could ... Hello 2024s. I'm about to go on another blogging hiatus, but I wanted

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  week-long program for sophomores during IAP, however, since I trained to ... in a team with an MIT alum as a mentor to work on our teamwork skills ... seven people in it, one of which I knew prior to the program and five of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  in the area of Service Design. (Basically, figuring out how to make ... I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all ... importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non ... Scholar Program, which enables current graduate students to enroll at ... demonstrate their ability to handle MIT’s rigorous academic standards. The
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  ! You should also look into how you will get from the airport to MIT. MIT ... If you are an international student who is coming to MIT this fall, congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  classes get rejected. Why? Because often these kids knew how to grind, but ... Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005