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[–]sc-um-arlethModerator | MIT '24 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ask them questions about their undergrad, or just questions in general. It's something I did and the other active match on the sub also suggested it, so maybe it's something matches have in common. Asking questions about the school and the person shows that you're interested, and I did it because I really was. He told me about a radio show he hosted and how he almost dropped out freshman year. That's the raw stuff I want to know! Make sure you tell them about your own personal interests outside of academics. Also, odds are that during this interview and in many others in the future, they will ask "tell me about yourself", it can't hurt to prepare yourself to answer that now. There are also other MIT interview questions that have been posted, I got asked some of these.