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  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  bouncing around my head for about a week nonetheless.   In the summer ... coordinator (basically a guidance counselor) to review my college application ... a few oddball private schools thrown in there. Nothing on the level of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the ... , 2008 Right after school ended, I hopped on a plane and embarked again on ... leg space! =D) It was a fun time of relaxation, going back to my high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  things like transportation throughout wherever you're moving. Do you need a ... with them? Or a room? Do their sleeping habits align with yours? Their ... not rare, and they do not make you a bad person. I think at some point

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  If you're a regular on /r/technology, you might have seen Project Naptha trending the front page. I've blogged a couple of times already ... . '17, is a Chrome extension whose birth I witnessed (and blogged about

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  aren't familiar with it at all and enlighten you. Wolfram makes a ... smartest software I've ever seen. What does it do? It does math. Easy math ... decrypts, it slices, it dices, and it'll take your dog for a walk. I wrote

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining ... a dining hall when I can go to my floor kitchen - or, better yet, when

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most ... have some waitlist admits. Whether you stay on the list or not is a ... ethical? You do need to let other colleges know by May 1, and you should

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  child?" "Does she need a test prep course?" "Do we need to hire a college ... activities that you do are no longer good enough if they aren't part of a ... admissions. Over the year and a half that I've been here, after meeting

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  mention a PowerPoint presentation to the lab professor, how often do you ... I haven't really done much exciting this break -- I haven't taken a ... . (I'm having a hard enough time convincing Adam to go on a post

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  do everything as fast as possible to have a good engine. We can use a ... board. We can do this in a number of ways, but in protochess this is done ... 've fooled into doing math. Here's how it works: At its core the search is a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  detail in future blogs (like for MUN I'm going to do a big post that ... just kidding about the rap. More like a 118-line poem. (below) --- So when I signed on to be a blogger, I made a small promise to myself

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

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  settling in for an hour long T ride DO NOT eat a McGriddle right before, the ... we do know. We'll do our best, but sometimes it takes a while and a ... it off and never think about it again. Sorry, “How do I get in” is a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  as I can before I guaduate. So far, I have been doing okay but could be doing better: close to MIT, there's Sapporo Ramen in the H-Mart at ... so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  've always had open comments on every entry. These blogs aren't only a place ... 's also a place for y'all to carry on a conversation with us and amongst ... . There's a big open box at the bottom of each entry, with fields for name

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  a few weeks before our application opens, there are some things you can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... your application in first! We do not read applications on a first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  day, he participated in a panel discussion with MIT professors John ... . As you might have known, I am a violinist in MITSO, and I experienced his incredible conducting. I was in the presence of a musical genius

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  I was walking down Mass Ave yesterday under an umbrella with a friend, the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... do differently?" ---------- I guess I must have been thinking about

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  've been doing with the last six hours of my life. Latter? Methinx yes. At 9 ... going to be a good night. At ten, Javi '08, Jordan '11, Dan '11, and ... only were we two hours early but the theater was already a quarter full

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  limits is not masochism. We understand. We do this, too. But a finer ... I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  on Friday. What's a girl to do? So, here it is: It doesn't really ... , alumni, and staff. On Monday, Andrew Fire, a professor at Stanford who ... -developing a technique called RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi gives scientists the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006