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  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  Update 01/01/2012 7:00pm It is now 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time on January 1, making the MIT Regular Action deadline 5 hours away. For those of you who have procrastinated and have not yet submitted your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  singing. Wish me luck! Added 5 Dec:  I GOT THE PART! WOOHOOOOO - wait. Now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  pursued by a company called TransCanada, that seeks to invest ~5.4 billion

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, for 4 straight years

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  surprises each and every day. But when I took 5.12, I ended up taking a liking

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  everyone you meet can be your best friend. When I had my MIT interview 2.5

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  saying that, at 5:55am, I turned 18. Last year, my first post-birthday act

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  answer? What is 78% N2, 21% O2, 0.9% Ar, 0.033% CO2, 18ppm Ne, and 5ppm He

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  . It is estimated that in any given year approximately 7.5 suicides occur

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  around 5 people each. He also explained that the camp was run by ADRA, an

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  5-10 reduces to McDonald's, the focal point of my early psychological

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  poem. Apologies to anyone who can read; after 1.5 years at MIT, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  MIT. Despite all my studying, my test average is now a 50.5 in that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  should desire a GPA of 0.2/5.0 or so. Conventional wisdom for the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  has increased to generally 150 NTD (about $5 USD), but this is still an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  give him time to speak after closing the season with a 5-4 victory over

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  ♥ in the hole, you pay into the pot to see the flop. 5♦, 6♦, 7♦. Still

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  self-study and proceeded to get 5's in all three subjects. For a long

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Remember the plot of The Matrix trilogy? Neither do I, which is why I IMDB'd it before writing this blog. Fun fact: under the space-warping influence of continued sleep deprivation, my initial 5 days at MIT were about

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  's bathroom. Everything in sight was fresh and under 5 bucks, so I caved in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009