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  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  of other spots). 2. On the section where you list AP courses, can I ... under "other." I would probably recommend the first option. 2. Yes, you ... ? (Considering that I got 720 freshman yr on the biology sat ii, 790 on the math 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist committee, May 1 (really May 2, since May 1 is a Sunday) marks the end of this ... questions from year to year (1) to improve upon those of previous years and (2

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  Lafayette, IN) MIT major: 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ... ) MIT major: 2A-6 (Mechanical Engineering: Control, Instrumentation and ... used Concept2 Ergs called RowHouse back in my home town of Denver

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  mentorship   2. choosing i was very lucky and had offers from D, A, and ...   2.1. prisoner’s dilemma one extremely, extremely reductive way to ... simply couldn’t bring myself to defect anymore   2.2. freedom the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  . The red light taunts me. part 2: class? 10:05 AM: I arrive at 21W.743 ... ="771"] mmm...notes[/caption] 2:07 PM: My attention drifts. I check my ... background, for the rest of the day. 2:20 PM: Class begins to wrap up, as we

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  [annotation note="6-2: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 6-3: Computer Science and Engineering"]6-2 or 6-3.[/annotation] I like to rock ... , strangely 2. Last book you read Fatima> i am currently reading “The Song of

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  ...) From the same postcard set as #2. I also cut this out of a Russian ... 's such a gorgeous building. From the same set as #2 and #11. Also from ... .[/annotation] From the same set as #2, #11, and #26. This is from a set of postcards

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  resubmission to our journal. Getting to “Reviewer 2” Albert Einstein (in a nice ... words: 8.225 Paper 2. This essay was less fun than the first and was due ... 2, Cold War). 8.225 is a physics CI-M, meaning that it’s reading- and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  upcoming year: I will go to the gym everyday starting January 2. I will eat ... final semester! I’ve got this. January 2, 2017 I wake up at 2P ... my waking up at 2 P.M.) As I order pizza from Domino’s for lunch, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  's carpeted. 2) It has plush seats. 3) It doesn't smell like train. San ... was quickly shown, was very wrong. I was handed a brand new, 2 gig pen ... : Know how to whistle while sucking in, instead of blowing out. Step 2

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  average score of accepted students for the Math Level 2 or Physics Subject ... application today, the last line said that I submitted it Nov. 2, 2006. Does ... -levels, does it make us have only 2 years of English? And does taking very

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  , is it okay if the material is only postmarked for Jan 2?" Steven wrote ... teaching us English only 1 1/2 hours a week. Will this be taken into account ... Section 2 of the application (I got a higher math score the first time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  'd wake up at 5:30am to get ready for my 6am-2pm work day (Hawai'i is three ... while staring at code. I'd eat lunch at around 12. Nap from 2-3. Take the ... pretty sights. [carousel image1="66619" image2="66622" image3

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  image1="71252" image2="71250" image3="71254" /] this entry is from the ... ="71300" image2="71311" /] That night I was staying up in my car, wary of falling ... . [carousel image1="71303" image2="71302" /] That same day, travelling over

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  ="aligncenter" width="300"] shortly after engagement #2[/caption] My wife and I didn ... threw it up at 2 am that night. once we got over our shock and horror, we ... interrupting Zoom meetings. [carousel image1="109944" image2="109940" image3

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  distances are HARD. 800 meters is sprinting 2 laps, the first lap at 80%, the ... the straightaway in front of the bleachers. 800 is 2 of these sets, 1500 ... going." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H2l9Lo-jPk "running running as

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  ://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wP6Lb5qZ0B9NXAjwsFYyl?si=2c079440422a4f32 I've had to make some ... there's an average of one song every 2.8 posts. The song mentioned the ... – How to Save a Life and Reese Lansangan – No Snow, both mentioned 2 times

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  again soon. [carousel image1="84301" image2="84300" /] Hour 0: 12:51 PM ... . Updates to come. [carousel image1="84286" image2="84285" /] Hour 1: 1:59 PM ... since the start of hour 2; shortly after Worcester, the houses next to the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  a platform that could properly address all of these issues. Week 2 ... image1="55452" image2="55453" image3="55454" /] After creating these, we ... the app. [carousel image1="55461" image2="55465" image3="55464" image4

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  are about 12 people to each floor on Random. It's 10 singles and 2 ... cats: [carousel image1="48857" image2="48877" /] Mural painting ... ="48851" image2="48849" image3="48847" image4="48845" image5="48846" image6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019