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  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  discovered these, for better or for worse, but I'm sure that most have not ... getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if ... extracurriculars or major awards, and asks what their chances are of getting into MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23 ... opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don’t sleep. But whether you choose MIT or not, own your decision, because when

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  applicant's true voice when we read his or her essay. Not some perfect piece of prose worthy of a magazine, or something that has been edited and ... been edited to be something other than his or her true voice. Encourage

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  CPW Problem: What Can People Wear? CJ pragmatically writes concerning poor weather

  

  clothes past warmer clothes. [carousel image1="74054" image2="74052" image3

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 5, 2022
• 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 disciplinary or other action that occurs after your admission to MIT. We have the right to revoke or defer your offer of admission if your conduct does not

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

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  facing the street. I am sharing it with you because 1. There is a store on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beyond the Stop Light it's been a ride, MIT

  

  P.S. Even though we won't be posting on the MIT blogs anymore (at least, not regularly or consistently), we will still have online presences! If you would like to see our content beyond these blogs, we will be

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  admission. From my perspective, checking the box, or boxes to indicate one ... , once put it, “If you have to pause, for more than a second or two, to pick your race or ethnicity, you're doing it wrong.” If anything, the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  science or engineering. Then you get some who don't care so much about either and are primarily interested in business, or architecture, or political science, or whatever, but for purposes of this post let's assume

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  is numbers, or at least that is what people think. There are actually ... license or necessity, given the available resources, may stand out from the ... rather than through individual initiative on the part of the student, or

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  three years later. Nothing before or since has come close to terrifying me ... honor. Mr. L never took that solo away from me. Three or four measures ... was soloing whether I wanted to or not. And boy, was it good for me. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  , onions or riding bicycles (have fun looking these up). Of course, that ... life, or at least life at MIT, is like snowboarding. You may or may not ... snowboarding lesson that would often be able to do things on the first or second

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  the quantum level, whether they'll kill you or not and WHY WHY WHY WHY ... chemistry, one or two each in inorganic, biological, and quantum chemistry ... to work on a double major, pursue other interests, or, if you're like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  athletes, or legacies, or development cases, or anything like that. I'm proud

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  , thought or uttered some portion of that phrase over the course of the past ... offer of admission from MIT or any of the other excellent schools that you ... parent, sibling or other relative. For others it is a friend, teacher

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  I never really liked 5.60, or thermodynamics. In my senior year, I ... reaction with other components, or may be constantly degrading and ... forward or backward at a particular moment. But that tends not to happen in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  school or where you’re from geographically or what your gender is. You can’t control what traits an admissions committee is looking for, or what mood a reader is in when they peruse your essay, or what the rest of that year

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  a lover, or a religious experience, or something romantic like that. nothing as harsh, or as emotionally dry as “the Institute”. but this place

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  your life--how well you fit in at school, at work or at home affects more ... just a few months or years older than me. I wasn't convinced I was a ... one" or "the ambitious one" in high school—sometimes that's all they

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  , or a valedictorian, or class rank, or anything like that. The movies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008