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  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  . MIT is competitive, but it’s not a competition. There are no judges to ... . 2 Regular Action applicants, good luck! Only a little left until the ... early. Then, refer to 1. Don’t apply as a fictional character. You know

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  known as His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. Not just because he's a Nobel laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and ... people on stage couldn't help but laugh and smile. Neither could I - or a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  Contrary to popular belief, I actually do stuff outside of farting ... 'm actually learning a lot of things in this class called 20.330 Forces, Fields ... good with numbers. But hey, I'm surviving! And it's actually kind of a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

  the most rewarding as well. Without a doubt, I would love to do MISTI ...  internship gave me an incredible opportunity to not only understand a great deal about cellular biology, but also a chance to improve my French and learn

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  has a blue belt in Tae Kwon Do. Jeffrey is also a sophomore, majoring ... than 400 people applied, a selection rate of less than 6%. The ... Foundation: Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  A few weeks ago, Susan Lanza (the undergraduate administrator for MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences a.k.a. Course 9) sent out the ... committees, different cast of characters. This is a very important process, the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  ready for review. It takes a lot of time to do all of these steps -- think ... . We have a special envelope opening machine that is pretty awesome; non ... then entered into the computer system, one at a time, by the great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  just been absolutely crazy and I'm just waking up from a power nap. I don't know how other teams are doing, but I think the puzzles this year are ... puzzles solved yet this morning. Can we get a hint? And everyone is still

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  academic school year and the possibility of a New England World Series ... hackers... I am more excited than usual because I will be a freshman ... . My oldest daughter is a high school junior this year, so I'll get to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT" has come to a close. And of course, it wouldn't be blogworthy unless there was more of a story than that. So this semester I had just one

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  most excited about was seeing a building designed by Frank O. Gehry. Ling: "Why are you taking a picture of this sign?" Sam: "So I don't forget that it's a Frank O. Gehry building." Ling: "I don't think that you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  So I did pretty much everything I said I was going to do at CPW, but ... at the registration desk, shown here with Anthony. This was a special ... favorite '09 prefrosh and now he's a full-blown MIT student, workin' the CPW

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  a newly-bought laptop, it has already been rendered obsolete. Well, I'm not writing another entry. Ha! So, let's turn this into a learning ... their pet fish. In this case, whereas Mitra has provided a professional

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  in a while. Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:21:31 -0400 [03:21:31 PM EDT ... announce each session either the day of or the day before, and have a sign ... join a sorority or some kind of crazily well-funded student organization

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  right now is to eat something. A huge something. (Actually, that's not ... ". But it's summer now, and, after walking a mile to lab, I mostly sit and ... to stay in shape so that when he careens down a mountain on glare ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... able to get a copy of the book. For entertainment, the party had a "Make Your Own Wand" booth and they also had a word scramble. The one that gave

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  Let's start this one with a picture. So, we went to see the weekly ... everything below my waist was just a little bit nippy. But actually, I don ... a Rocky Horror virgin--that is, she'd never seen a live production

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  , you should know that at MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... this year. The only thing we ask that you send in is a midyear grade ... essays to be particularly helpful or insightful. I generally do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  glance at the Sun without my glasses a few times (please NEVER do that, I ... ' eclipse chasing tales dumped into a compilation blog:  Kano Allison ... changing right before my eyes and there was nothing I could do about it. At

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  center to do so). 11:00AM - Garfield High, a large public high with an AP ... we invite everyone in our prospect database in a ~100 mile radius ... -Based Organizations (CBOs): visits to CBOs, which may work with students from a region

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014