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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  you're excited about, etc. But there's no right or wrong answer ... to rush October or November scores. If, as Matt says, Thanksgiving ... . ;-) ------------------------ Shikhar wrote: "Should I carry any special thing or portfolio with me when I

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  meant downing gallons of coffee, but that math- or science-related major ... scientist or engineer might make you the head of the department,' she says

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  academic departments, or courses, which are often referred to by their course number or acronym. MIT's majors and minors are listed on our site. And the
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  meet, or whenisgood, or whenufree, or doodle. i've learned that some ... lot of silence or random stuff or bikeshedding if no one keeps it going

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  I turned 18, or was it when I had my Bat Mitzvah at 12? "When I grow up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We ... another one or two... and a dog and a hamster...), work with polymers, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  contributions or the work of other admissions officers, our roles in the ... , I don't need to be introspective or do any soul searching to figure ... figure out how to organize all that information, or even determine the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  . But not Mikey. I'm not sure whether it's the grating autotune, or the terrible blue screen, or the creepy adult man inexplicably injected into the ... lesson, kids. Whether you're at work or in school, on break or in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  - Breaking Bloodless NightRaven, or something like that. Whatever it's called ... that they're badly written or anything. Considering the quality of teen ... mother. The prospect thereof may or may not terrify me. I think I meant

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  . Except I didn't get just one brother, or even three. I got forty. As some ... . Occasionally we let ourselves get carried away with petty arguments, or allowed our tempers and egos to get the better of us. But one way or another, we

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  for anything you might mail in (like a fee waiver request or ... scores in the Part II, but note that we ask for "Date taken (or to be taken ... you're applying (November tests or earlier for Early Action; December

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial ... EECS - pronounced "eeks" - or Course VI to everyone at MIT). I also have ... life and technical area of research, electrical engineering or computer

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  flavors. If you walk in the opposite direction up Mass Ave or take Saferide ... strike") or "frappe" ("iced"). Float: You need soda [soda = pop = coke ... , milk or yogurt and sometimes ice cream. They're often offered with an

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  , graduates, and/or faculty submit proposals for something cool that will ... burned, etc, and can tell the bike to increase or decrease resistance. We ... games automatically decrease or increase in difficulty depending upon your

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  class?" I think I've generally taken 2 or 3 biology classes per semester for each of the last several semesters. Overall, I've taken either 60 or ... emphasize that this is because I'm a double major and is not a normal (or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  admissions or read applications for a living (though I did ask someone who does ... or ask too many people (especially strangers) to read through your ... the drawing board. Even if a story or experience is compelling on its

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  time, we would cook dumplings or jiuniang. I never really saw my mother ... feminine either. But either way, I always avoided things that were girly or ... convinced myself that putting time or effort into appearance was for people

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  starting out your semester or school year or whatever and you keep telling ... and you fall asleep in your chair, or at least get pretty sad and decide ... this semester any different? Or is there any good reason it might be

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  or four laziest people at MIT. Then my family and I went to La ... super sad or whatever. Luckily for me, I left all my packing until the ... thousand tiny jars to worry about saying goodbyes, or missing people, or even

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  myself too much credit and b) I'm misrepresenting my academic interests or ... , or any of the problems of [annotation note="the possible exception ... -3, but I've more or less dropped the idea, since I'm not as excited about

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  technical issues, like an unfortunately timed power or internet outage that ... food or indicating that you don’t have any cultural background probably ... nearly as clever or original as many think it is, particularly when what we

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022