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  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a ... only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers, professors, scientists, historians, etc, you also get what we all enjoy so

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... correctly gets a prize. Then again, how would I even know what the correct ... (with documented process) that gets a stamp of approval from Keith gets

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our coursework can leave students feeling hosed. So it's only fair that students
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  worry as you guys do. Getting into graduate school in biology is not, in fact, all that hard; it's a lot harder to get into law school or medical school than it is to get into PhD programs in biology. And because not as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone ... things, it's to make sure that things get done." i've learned that it doesn ... 't get done. i've learned how to poke people and ask them how things are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  get to MIT, however, they care less about the packaging, but the kind of ... I found awesome. I had no idea when I was supposed to get my ID ... . Come August you’ll all be getting your ID cards and with them YOU CAN

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the schools I want to get into. I was in your spot once, and I'm there once ... biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  even if there's no reason for me to get up, and usually get less, but when I'm here, I feel deprived if I'm not getting at least 9). But tomorrow, it ends. Tomorrow, I get on a plane and fly to Newark, New Jersey

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  'd get a yes or a no. There were a few times when I freaked out about my college applications and thought to myself that I wasn't going to get in ... school) trying to get me to go there. I didn't get into MIT." (Phone is no

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  : 1. You get to watch Spongebob and not even feel bad about it ("I was babysitting!") 2. You get to play with light-sabers and Nerf guns and not even ... get to laugh at the word "pants" and not even feel bad about it ("I was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  , which will take a lot more thought and I will get to at a later date ... . Kim asked if it's possible or easy to get a single as a freshman at MIT ... 's possible to get a single as a sophomore, junior, or senior if you want one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  ! If you're not, well, to quote Phyo '10, "GET PUMPED!" I didn't get to ... chance. Wouldn't want them to get jealous or anything! So tomorrow, while ... get institute holidays and have to still get our problem sets done), I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14 ... (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him ... curve. This curve will be what Gabe uses to decide whether he should get

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  your interview. If not, please get on that as soon as possible.  Keep ... check those out for your own country and get vaccinated and tested ... "]PCP[/annotation] at MIT Medical and get a new prescription made as soon as possible

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  sleep earlier, but the process of getting ready for bed has way too many steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to warm up. Shower. Get dressed. Brush teeth. Get in bed. If you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  beginning of this initiating process there was a lot to get used to and a lot ... , squat repeat Practice, wow I can’t do anything well today? Am I getting ... down I want to do big things, need to get better, am getting better Must

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018