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  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  ' disasters: you can't understand the fires and blackouts in California without ... bonuses to top executives), and you can't understand the ongoing refugee ... ahead, based on the applications I read and the students I meet, I couldn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  and great. The week started off on August 18th when us counselors met ... awesome counselors and 2022s that made the beginning of our year awesome! On ... abbreviated FAP. Yep that is the acronym. But us counselors embrace it and make

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  ? Given the interest in and demand for interdisciplinary careers, how can ... constraints on new initiatives and the decision process behind them. While I may ... Five months ago, I took on the position of Chancellor at MIT – a

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  audience. I ended it on a high note and told everyone that the crisis was ... I was creating and focused more on what the audience was doing. I ... now as an assistant director and talking about the main things I learned

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  My adventures from the past month can only really be described, and my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I ... time on planes, so:     Stories to follow.

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  options can be hard on both sides. That can be emotional. To those of you ... going to be an awesome person. I truly and honestly wish you all the best ... -qualified applicants, because we truly believe in you. And, in the process, we grew very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  children and families of the MIT community. If you are not at MIT you can get ... endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a pandemic from June 2009 to August 2010; the CDC estimates that between 43 and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art.  The Burton-Conner Graduate Resident Tutors (GRTs) both plan and organize ... incorporate apples (and/or pear) and do not fall under the category of pie

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  ” But now being emo is cool, and I can rule this particular school  By ... off this slew Of the jobs and The medals and My foot on the pedal ... "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  know how fast you can lose everything you counted on and have your whole ... about the days where it feels like I'm trying to stand on water, and just ... focus on the good parts, because there are lots of those too. I can tell

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  and the void. The world feels like what can be best described as ... being able to tell longer-form stories and play around with the media of ... existence. Humans, on the other hand, are put on this Earth and have to forge

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  entry on PE classes and my previous entry on training for the Boston ... (I can file an entry on Yoga under "Academic" right?) Today I received this email from the Committee on Academic Performance (links are all

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... acceptable). CDs will be forwarded on to the music department for evaluation ... and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  out into the world, the small ritual of slipping it on reminds me to be ... blog with photos from commencement as I can The platform and dome ... Technology. Over the next few hours of pomp, circumstance, and Tim Cook, 2

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  for the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. On the upside, we've been ... just run-of-the-mill icky like I do right now), you can head yourself on ... classes you take can be applied toward the degree requirements for both

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  it was due to the first two semesters being virtual. And sophomore year ... sick hanging out with a sick friend and be unable to do that work. But on ... go to class due to fatigue. But the runny noses, cough drops, and Vicks

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  completely solo). And on top of just being injured, handling everything on my ... ’s a balance to be found between brushing off the bad vibes and pushing ... noodle I shift my weight to dodge the blow... but then I’m on the ground. I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  breakfast can only be cooked and consumed so fast, so by the time I got back ... , so the rooms in a suite will be 254A-254E, in our case.). And made ... live Mario Kart in the halls of Burton Conner, and why yes, that would be

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  code our entire film, Allan focusing on the simulation aspects and Danny ... coding. You can make really cool things, and through the process of ... lighting model code to remove the shadows and shift the values to be

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Though I usually try to avoid being serious on the blogs, I've always felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I ... both the freshman admissions and blogger selection committees plucked me

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011