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  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened ... a long, philosophcal answer are not ideal for this format ... ." As for your questions, ask them below in the comments.  I'll

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  it’s for something important, like, recently, picking my little brother ... chocolate against the corner even though there was plenty of room for his ... selection is worth running through traffic. Me, for looking at least four

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  up for email notifications so you’ll know when they’re released. I saw ... for their quality. They have drama, they have characters, they have ... for updates here and you should also read this post in Inside Higher Ed

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy ... . Why would schools do this? For the money, mostly, because if you make ... “development cases,” will argue that this makes the school a better place for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the ... Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla ... collecting donations for a college scholarship fund, should you, like me, be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Pics or it didn’t happen? It happened!

  

  As I mentioned last week, MIT is a place for talkin’. Looking at the ... for the Real World" // Charles Huang, "Ice Cream Battleground" // Josh ... further ado, here are the videos for Anisha (3rd place overall) and Bruna

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 10, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  internship with Max Planck Institute MIT-Germany Program 2011 I worked for the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. My ... experience. As an engineering student, I couldn’t ask for a more

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  . For more information, be sure to check out other posts from regular admissions bloggers, or visit MIT's official site for LGBT issues. I remember ... knew that one was right for me. Senior Haus had a line in their i3 that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  ’d never played an instrument before but wanted to learn. For singing ... solo for the audition, and there was the Concert Choir, a much larger ... just audition for Concert Choir and join Concert Band. At the Convocation

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... excitement. Actually, there's been too much excitement for me to find the time ... bubble tea for my caffeine event (note: never hold a confusingly named

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  for all of us in this technological age to occasionally turn off our ... “particular problems’ but to develop a new vision for the act of problem solving ... to drive back home only to head into Boston again a few hours later for

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  could not put my thoughts together while studio’ing it up for midterm reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... unnoticed. I feel the message still stands though - for you, for me. As Emad

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sabrosura! ...yeah so some variation of deliciousness/tastefulness

  

  , for tastiness, there were live performances by … Inkas Wasi (http ... Reggaeton hits for hours and hours of dancing fun! Sabrosura was AMAZING ... to dress up for it!! (Me in my new red dress con mi novio; Photo

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  , and the office is revving back up. And with that, it's time for a few ... straightforward enough, but it takes a lot of time! It is completely normal for things that arrive today to not appear on the tracker for another week or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  , but I have two legitimate reasons for why this is so: (1) The freshman ... it too. Here's mine for the week: Andd a second shot, with stuff you ... account the following: - Completing Funding Applications for my upcoming

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  .125 focuses more on theory and 11.131 focuses on practical issues. For instance, 11.125 is more likely to talk about whether the tests you write for ... also want your input on something else for 11.125. I need to sit in on

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... trick-or-treating for Halloween, and stalked the application tracker on my ... , impatient for decisions, reluctant to do my other apps, doubtful of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  about medical care for the underserved. As one of my projects for this ... :) Death Cab For Cutie Live, UC Berkeley, July 11, 2009

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  looking for 4 incoming freshmen to compliment our contingent of talented ... pretty high. The exception will be for video. We're looking to add video ... Application To be considered for a blogger position, you should email me

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  for me, much like the day I bought my Mac, after being vehemently ... traditional blogging. For one thing, it's easy to post cool things that happen that aren't worthy of a full blog post (like, for instance, announcing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009