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  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  - but for good reason. Have you read Lydia's post? Get on it here. I hope ... made this up, but you get the point.) What's wrong with, "I love horses ... with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  . You can't get all the information you need from a video -- you can get ... , and who can argue with that? Also, I'd encourage you to look at what ... with people you don't like in a shiny new one. You can use amenities to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  : Mechanical Engineering) Where are you, Rashed? On the way to get ice cream ... (recently declared Course 2: Mechanical Engineering) Hey Abby! Where are you ... ! (Maggie is currently studying abroad in Oxford.) Where are you right now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  get into MIT, it IS possible. You can survive. The real question is ... last test that you can take to get into 18.02. (an hour later, taking ... are a whole two months of MIT to blog about, where to start? So you

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  of fire that can get you through a problem set and a project and a ... . Anonymous asked, how bad can you do freshman year without getting asked ... . "How about you take his 16.05 exam and he can take your 2.005 one?" "Okay

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  apps? OK, well I can’t see you if you’re raising your hand, but I bet ... enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and decides that it means I think you should retake the SATs until you get a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  off because my immune system is better than yours." Can you see where ... ! (Come on, how unprepared can you get?) It turns out that three of us ... was.) But it got me thinking. How did I get...you know...get

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available at > > > decisions.mit.edu < < <   You can ... the Internet out of an abundance of caution. If you are getting ... not offering admissions, then all I can remind you is that success is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  prolific. Better get started. :-) If you post regularly on any admissions ... if you're an upperclassman). Let us know which dorm you get temped in ... assignment for the year, send a followup email and let us know where you'll be

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  'Grady, which is a lot of fun (and you can watch the episodes online!); I'm hoping ... . 1. If you send in your reply form to MIT telling us that you're coming (and if you have decided to come, please do send it in!), we will reply

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  specific word count, I would still recommend using Google Docs, where you can ... 's enough that you can get the idea of what it looks like. Again, toggling ... has literally every feature I could ever want or imagine. You can use it

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  limits, that we can understand where they fall. Over this long and heart ... 't matter whether you didn't get an A on that test. It doesn't matter if you can't get the last 2-3 questions on the problem set. It doesn't matter

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  stressful, you will get anxious, and it will seem at times that there is no ... be a nightmare. If you’re a senior, and you really want to get your ... Confidential page. As you can imagine, with this deferral, I had to wait EVEN

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  email us. You can always apply Regular Action (RA), too. You don’t get ... where people can post requests and offers for various types of aid, such ... , which you can learn more about here.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  , and then you can work a Saturday overnight (11 PM-8 AM) and get three ... 't really start getting bitterly cold until around Thanksgiving. You can buy ... flexibility in choosing your classes; you get to pick six electives from any of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  right for me—the one where I am unafraid to experiment, where I can always find support for new ventures, and where I can combine my interests in ... will get to the place that is right for you, not just because of merit

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another ... ." Don't get me started on selection bias, but if you crunch some raw ... , otherwise known as an Educational Counselor (EC). 2. Where do you interview

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in a place where you can have a big, awesome kitchen with personal ... cute little gallery which you can visit by clicking here. 6. A hall has

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  validation you get in return feels good and satisfying and right. Sometimes, it's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... so cool. I sat in a lecture and it was! But dude. You can just drop a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  't happen :) CPW is basically four days of nothing but fun, where you can ... continue on Thursday, so if you didn't get a call yesterday, don't worry; we ... to CPW if you can! It played a huge role last year in my final decision

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010