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College Interview Advice: MIT
ICYW: I'm MIT Class of 2013, current Assistant Director of Admissions for MIT, and used to interview applicants between graduating and my current gig. So I've experienced pretty much all aspects of the interview...
0:08 Our deadline
0:22 What happens during an interview
1:30 What to wear
2:16 How much does the interview matter??
4:16 What if I bomb the interview????
5:41 Quick tips for the interview
0:08 Our deadline
0:22 What happens during an interview
1:30 What to wear
2:16 How much does the interview matter??
4:16 What if I bomb the interview????
5:41 Quick tips for the interview
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The Secret to Successful College Application Essays: MIT
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(The secret is... there's not really a secret. Just some tips.) ICYW: I'm MIT Class of 2013 and a current Assistant Director of Admissions for MIT, so I have a good sense of what we're looking for ;) 0:18 A lil' bit about me 0:36 Why you DON'T need to stress out 1:21 What "being yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do...
Watching this way too close to the Regular Decision Deadline. Great Content, I'm certainly less stressed about how to present myself on the essays. Thank you!!
Same, bro. Wish you to be evaluated in your best light!
*Sorry... "Caught" is the right word, not "catched"...
3:13 That is why... After MSU-IIT, I can confidently tell you that I am not smart... But I love math..
3:13 But... Yet again, the prof has the power to make the idea clear to you... Or, would intentionally make it blurred... Anyway, you will know if it is blurred because the exam problems are not found in the books... 🤷 Finishing the problem sets is also not a guarantee because some students would approach it in rote learning...
The only trick in Math is to catch the idea... No more, no less...
3:13 The only trick (or, if you would even call it trick) in Math is if when your brain has caught the idea... No more, no less... Some professors would make the lesson so complex that would make even the smartest student intimidated... Actually, some books are even like that. So, with regards to MSU-IIT... No one said that it was really "a must" to read ALL the suggested reference books... And it was only during my Computer Architecture and Organization that I realized what the real secret was... After reading and downloading books from the internet... And re-reading my Digital Design by Morris Mano did I realized the trick... 😂 Actually, my realization came right after my CPU Design defense after a eureka moment as I arrived back to the dorm... Scanning the book references at the back of each chapter... Made me realize that what I did (the downloading and reading) was just the same as if you will read the reference books after each chapter...
0:54 😂 🤭
5:58 True...
My interview is in 2 hours, 20 minutes. I have some friends who were quite nervous beforehand. However, thanks to this video, I feel calm and prepared -- thank you!
Got mine tmrw
Masterpiece
Hi! Watched this video to prep for my MIT interview and just found out I got in! Thank you so much!!
How do i get an interview
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I've read many bunch of books about college essays, specifically MIT, and most of them wasn’t as informative as your video, very underrated!
I do have a question! For essays, how far back would be an appropriate timing? Say I had one essay that was mainly focused when I was 11 years-old, would that be too far back in the past even though the essay still answers the prompt and still impacts me?
I'd say if it still impacts you then by all means go for it! Just make sure you relate how those past events connect with your present self once you go over those experiences.
I am promoting an idea that cud increase efficiency of wind generation ,
Hi, Thanks for information shared, really am international student applying for transfer. I do not know how the interview will look like weather on zoom or in person because am far away from US (Africa). When likely willl the interview for fall 2023 start. Thanks
If echoes still uses this account thanks so much for the amazing help the two videos you've made has really help me with being me for my application. I understand that my channel looks silly talking about MIT lol
Great video !!
Do I have to participate in olympiads and win awards?
No, but there are a lot of other people also trying to get into all the top schools, and so you have to show some kind of strong evidence that you would be a great addition to the MIT community.
Your awesome!
Just an observation I made watching many maker portfolios, any attempt to make a gun (no matter how geeky) ... results in rejection.
My interview in 2 hours nervous
my Skype interview is tomorrow and i am so excited yet terrified. this video is a GODSEND and i thank you so much for the advice!!
How did it go? I hope well!
Didn't you teach a course on how to be the next bill nye?
I’m excited, I wonder if it’s okay to show my white board. I really wanna show what I find to be mind blowing about fluid mechanics, I really believe it can be connected to how gravitational waves work :). in short is it okay to bring my white board ?
This is really helpful. Thank you! I have an interview today and this advice will come in handy.
Are there any white people that go to MIT
Interview in an hour lol
My son likes to make gadgets.he did a p.c built at 13 years.all independently.he made a orange pie.he wants to make many more but parts r really costly.he is 15 right now.he wants to study in mit..
Same
This video helps a lot :). I just submitted my MIT application for EA. And I just got an email from one of the MIT Alumnus. I am very nervous of what the question will come and how am I going to do during the interview, but I believe I can answer all of them and try my best. And importantly "be yourself" and RELAX. Wish me the best :)
I just submitted my app for EA on the 30th. Haven't gotten an email. This is such a nerve racking process! Good luck with your interview!!!!!! You got this! Best of luck to you! :)
@@josha1349 Thanks Josh. Best of luck to you too. Hope your accepted to MIT. :)
SAME bro! I can't believe my interview is just in around a week!
@@ranashreyas WOw bro. im kinda nervous. how about you?
@@hizkiapermata5206 I’m in the process of applying to MIT. If you don’t mind me asking, how did your interview go?
Sis i have 2 doubts that does AP exams help to get into us colleges and does SAT scores matters .
Could you speak a little slower and and with less cuts in your edits.. can't really understand some crucial points..
Im more worried about my shortcomings in my ECA's
Welp -- twas rejected. Nonetheless, this video helped chill me out. Applications are a stressful process. Less stress is better than more stress. Thanks.
Thank you for the advice!
Hello ma'am...I am from India. Currently I class 10. I want to get into Harvard university or MIT to study astrophysics.....I am ready to do hard work at any means....I want dont know to do hard work in write direction.....plz guide me.....if possible ca I get you email address.....plzplzplz,
I don’t know if this will be helpful, because this is coming from a high school freshman but from what I have seen they don’t typically look for what you do in terms of extracurriculars, but how you use it and your true passions. If you are passionate about a certain subject or club and really excel in it, they will recognize your dedication and hard work.
interview tmr ahsdoiahsod
how did it go?? mine is in 2 hours
@@Grace-lm9ju went well! Just be yourself, and talk about whatever you want to!
lol i used these tips... unfortunately they did not work for MIT but it ended up working out for Stanford! thank you!
congrats!
Congrats Divyesh!!! Can you pls give yr e-mail id so that my son who is in grade 8 , an aspirant for MIT in CS can connect with you. Thanks.
how about your life in standford
My interview is on Friday. Thank you for the advice!
I had just applied EA, do i have to schedule it myself or will an EC reach out to me because I have not gotten any emails, and it is November 17 when EA was November 1st
Your EC will reach out, they just emailed me yesterday for the 2nd time (the first time their email went to my spam).
who is MIT? Romney? Prazdant?
Say, I wanna major in Chemistry. What type of questions I may face then? Are they gonna be academic questions or personal ones?
general in my opinion as it is not like oxford or cambridge.By the way I want to major in physics (theoretical).Can you tell me something about yourself and your stats if you don't mind?Thanks.I will be applying next year to my dream institute.
@@someone1059 Hey thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I'm not applying at MIT. I guess I have a great fear of being rejected. But their Physics department is amazing. You should definitely apply
@@nuhanoor763 no you shouldn't be as shakespeare said:"our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearaing to attempt".I guess you should definitely apply because if you are watching this video this means you really care about mit and definitely better than those who don't even know about this great institute (assuming you are from south asia like me).You know I live in a very small city and my father is a depression patient.From very young age I was interested in science and I would make parachutes as a kid.I discovered archimedes's principle as a kid.So naturaly I loved physics.In ninth grade I discovered free physics lectures by mit professors and watched them.In that way I was certain that this is the institution that I want to attend and physics is a career that I want to pursue.I have 4 certificates of merit,2 times best essay writer and winner of culture debate forum in my college.I have 4.0/4.0 unweighted GPA in 9th and 10th grade (No APs in my country thats why) and was member of science club as well.I was leader of chem and physics lab group and class leader for 3 years.In tenth I achieved perfect score in maths and english and have topped my college four times.I am national merit scholar for this year.i have a national academic excellence award.The reason behind mentioning these was that my achievements are good but not that great for mit level.My father is not supportive and bullies us and I have nobody to help me.My mother is a teacher and she supports me financially and tells me to follow my dreams.Shall I not apply because of my situation?No not at all.I will apply and I will face hurdles but it is worth it.I am very hopeful that your situation won't be worse than mine so in short you should never waste an opportunity to apply to this academic heaven. Note: I can easily be a doctor or any other high paying servant in my country but I believe life begins outside the comfort zone. My youtube name "Julian Dyson" is a combination of the names of "Julian Schwinger" and "Freeman Dyson" who are two of my favourite physicists of 20th century.I use this name to hide my identity.
@@someone1059 Thanks a lot for inspiring me. And I'm really sorry for all the hardships you are facing. I can understand your situation as I'm also from south asia. You'll definitely succeed in life. Lots of best wishes for you! (And let's see I might even apply to MIT)
@@nuhanoor763 thank you miss noor.I will definitely inform you when I get in mit.Stay tuned and best of luck for your future!
Have we still got to schedule our interviews for MIT?
Do they ask subjective questions also in interview?
Sure. I always ask what your favorite subject(s) in school is/are. There's no "correct" answer.
Thanks a lot, this video was super helpful:) I do have a few questions and would really appreciate it if you could help me out 1) For the 'contributed to your community' short response, do we have to specifically talk about humans or helping animals also count? 2)For the 'how has your world shaped your aspirations' section, what if my world hasn't shaped my aspirations? Does that negatively affect my application? 3)What is a good answer to the 'Tell me more about yourself' interview question? What does the interviewer specifically want to know? 4) Does it affect my application negatively if I haven't had any summer jobs? (since that's not really a thing where I'm from) 5)What exactly does the 'Additional information about family' section require? Do I write about what role they've played in making me who I am or just about their cultural background? It would really mean a lot if you could reply soon, I'm trying to get this application done for the early action.
First Hello! I am applying too. 1) The question is how you cotributed to your community? It could be nature, animals or even people. It depends in what you have done. 2) The question is simple, how your context shape your dreams? You can talk about a challenge that you have to go through to achieve a goal. 3) About the interview you need to say something that you did not say in any part of your application, but at the same time it must be important. Of course, it depends in the moment, maybe is related about something that you said. 4) MIT looks for people that are very independent and had a job. If you don't have just leave it in blank. 5) You need to mention more things about your family apart from the things you have said in your essay. Something important and trascendental in your life. It can be your virtues that they taught you. Hope see you there in Class 2025!
@@marjorieaesquivel Thanks a lot!!! Hope to see you there too:)
Hello! I love your essays and ideas. I am going to apply to MIT Class 2025. My GPA is 3.3/4 and I am not able to take the SAT, because of the pandemic. However, I am searching to take the AP virtual. And my goal of IB is 39, but the bad thing is that I have Math Studies SL and Biology SL, that is why I enter to groups of advance math and biology to help me to improve and the teachers that helped me are going to write my knowledge of the topics. In summary, I am Peruvian and I grew up with the stories of our nation that gave me my identity, but then when I travelled to other regions of Peru I found out the poverty of many people. That is why I started to do social work in my country, but also I wanted to look for a solution. One day I was googling some ideas on Internet, until I found that many countries improved with the help of industralization. I wanted to do a company, so I could help in the economy and give employee to peruvians. Until one day in my last year of high school our biology teacher told us to do an investigation for IB, I didn't know what to do until I saw some news about the emergency of climate change. That is the moment that I realized what I wanted to do, that day I talked to my teacher about to do a project that would photosintetize the excess of CO2, bit she didn't like the idea and explain to me that the only way to do it is in a lab. However I realize that the process it was in the plants. Then I found a project similar in another country, so I plan it and present it to my high school to do it. My teacher for the first time she like the idea, and she would help me to do an internship in a University to do it. But my high school turned his back of me, because I was too young. Even though, I continue the project, then I contact scientific of Europe that helped me to plan it and they affirm that is viable and it would solve climate change. Also something that I did to help students is create programs to teach different subjects, also help students to study abroad by free. That is what I am working on and I am more than sure that I would get accepted to MIT and I will work my projects in their campus. What you recommend me to do? Do you think that I would get accepted?
You would have a very strong application, to say the least. The test scores and GPA might be problematic because I believe there is an initial weeding out process at the beginning of review. But other than that I would say your chances are high.
@@higgs_boson2231 Thanks! Yes that's something that I am scared of. My GPA it's in in the average that is why I am doing my best to get a top score in IB. And in my recommendation letter, my teachers are writing about the good student that I am. So that somehow it's helping me to make up for the test scores.
Did you get into MIT?
@@francislhf6290 No, I'm pretty sure she did not. 1) MIT Registrar listed two undergrads from Peru at MIT. 2) I know Raul Castillo is one of them (and I got to know him from elsewhere). He was a 3x IMO medalist (2x silver, 1x gold). (...which is like what the level is for many internationals these days.)
Plzzz write Your SAT scores below, It would really HELPFUL to others....
"Unless you have a bunch of _____ that is a deal breaker" plzzz tell me what did you say over there, I can't understand as I am non-Native of English language.
F's on the transcript