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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  or ecology since I got here -- the MIT department is focused on ... I couldn't figure out how to calculate the standard error of my GPA. Then I tried to plot the hours of sleep vs. number of units taken

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  deadline to contact your alumni interviewer (Educational Counselor, or EC) is Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... to MIT? What might you be interested in studying? Those kinds of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  year of high school.  In high school, we stayed up extra hours to apply ... schools we dreamed of, and tried to sign up for extra courses only to drop ... applying to WAY too many because of indecisiveness. Now, we are existentially

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  pros to this situation, the biggest of which is [annotation note ... - so I wanted to be on a functional adult 9-5 schedule. Seattle is ... -915 routine. The rest of the hour is usually spent trying to figure out where I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Class of 2016, which is, to me, just about as awe-inspiring as any other ... rate this year is the lowest in MIT's 151 years; we had to turn away ... applied to us, something difficult for all involved. Of those 18

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  prospective students why MIT is amazing, or (d) all of the above - I ... to investment bankers to recruiters. It is kind of cool because I get ... 18, of Random Hall): "I'm working at Akamai, which is not all that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  of getting in based on your test scores ... there :) Watch this video of two hamsters on a wheel. . . . it's not a ... potentially rake in tens of thousands of dollars. Reply to no-reply corporate

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  couple of things I want to touch on when answering your question. The first ... fraternities as possible in order to really figure out which one is for you ... bring the wrath of higher-ups raining down on the admissions office again

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  of Baker House on Drop Date. Noam Chomsky is coming to speak again. And ... . The courtyard is now full of life. The sun reflects off the silver spray paint on ... . There is so much going on, right now, in my body: the battle for better

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  recitation fun fact: The entire first chapter of our textbook is devoted to the ... Description: Uses the tools of macroeconomics to study various macroeconomic ... . Requires a 20-page paper on the economics of long-run economic growth

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  for your service. More information about applying to MIT is available on our veterans page. MIT has a growing community of veterans on campus, which includes a dedicated Office of Student Veterans Success (SVS
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  have liked to make up for lost sleep on Tuesday or Wednesday night, but ... Tuesday morning, and Sam '07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since ... get coffee. Coffee = bad! Here is my first page of 14.05 notes

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  . To label it "the synthesis of life" or even "the synthesis of my future ... school is all I was focusing on? But the next round will be better, right ... millions of things on my to-do list. I wanted to feel whole again. And so I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  about 2.001. 2.001, Mechanics of Materials, is pretty straightforward ... forces always equals zero, or else you did it wrong and life is unhappy ... suspension bridges should be made out of concrete and not silly putty, which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  stretch of studying, is to sprawl out on the sofa and settle into some good ... or contains one of my many offhanded reactions to the book or movie. I ... also, half of the book is a jarring account of a girl's attempts to learn

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  medium is predicated on the idea that a character’s (or group of characters ... it in some way, of course, to present it as song or dance or another ... connected to the audience or to other actors on stage. It was difficult to

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  ), just listening to the soundtrack or watching other people play it talking to a friend with more sense than me, which, as it happens, is most ... experience of waiting and frustration and enlightenment is, thankfully

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  application, which is what we do during our admissions committee selection ... and don't have a formula or weigh any part of the application. Although ... "look good" on their resume or college application. We look for students
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  with every version of yourself throughout time, for better or for worse ... hard that it becomes a big part of my life, or I let it fall to the ... feeling alone or sad. Life is just so often out of our control. But taking

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  Christian Science, which happens to be of the most beautiful buildings in ... is low enough to the ground to appear to extend forever - people on the ... drift. When that starts to happen, instead of counting ceiling tiles or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015