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  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  department at MIT interests you and why?'" First, I should note that it has no ... you're excited about, etc. But there's no right or wrong answer - remember that we have no quotas for majors, which is why you apply to MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  foremost because she is a woman. No no no no no no no no! I wholeheartedly

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  hand that is dealt to you, no matter what that hand is. Folding is NEVER ... believes. Keep moving forward no matter what happens. And (to intentionally

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  finalized. At this point, no decisions are final. When decisions are finalized ... don't have to send in the midyear report? A. No, you must send in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  visceral reaction to a zero rating, even though it was no more arbitrary than ... pointed out that no one was under any obligation to use my scale, as it was ... , “Great story David.  What is the point of all this?”  Perhaps there is no

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  . With no stress of the semester to keep you company. In those moments of ... 've felt distant. I no longer spend a part of my evenings watching Indian soap operas with my parents. I no longer get to eat my mother's home

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  great place to work and be a student. 1. MIT is very diverse -with no ... what it appears to be: an optional self-identifier. No smoke or mirrors, no secret agenda, no harm. 

The application is in a section that

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  hosed I could barely remember what day of the week it is. No, really. Several times lately I've found myself saying, "So a couple of weeks ago....no ... , so I really had no idea what day it was. I've also walked the whole

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interview required? No, it's not required, but I highly suggest having one ... hometown area. There's no need to bike/fly/hitchhike to Boston for your ... . Please note that there may be times when there is no EC in your area and we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  : they have no business in the admissions process - in either direction ... said primary source, I can tell you that no, MIT doesn't have the highest suicide rate. No, MIT students don't work all the time. No, MIT doesn

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  and brimmed over sometimes. Now, the thought of his mom walking out—no ... look, to stare, but…but there was no illusion. He was boxed in, stuck ... untethered from sanity. “Melissa? MELISSA!” No response. Things were quiet, a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  and use their opinions to make a final decision--Yes or No--on whether ... ” and “no” if a majority of the group says no. Now, these managers are ... are: Yes, Yes, No, Yes, Yes, No, Yes, Yes, No. Then the diagram below

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  need it no later that February 15th.   Who should fill it out ... needs it by February 15th! We do. Even if you have no midyear grades to ... grades, no text. For example, it is sufficient to write "B+" rather than "B

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  reader it snaps everything into focus. No hidden message or commentary ... being overcome, filled, enlivened, lit? Or is there no edge, no border ... infinitely convoluting dark matter of ghastly insensate endlessness, with no

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  tradition known as the Novembeard ("No Shave November" in some regions, or ... no control over it. See, some guys just can't grow a beard. The best ... like fixing motorcycles and blowing things up. "No problem, I've got this

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much ... the hall black. No: Never been a hall chair, a hall rush chair, a dorm ... -level poli sci classes. Took a lot of cool course 9 classes. No: Never took 6

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  . They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful ... springs from happiness. There is no sun without shadow, and ... no higher destiny, or at least there is, but one which he concludes is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

    What I'm pretty sure next semester will be like. No offense ... semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you ... weirdos and nerds; it’s no longer uncool. I joined anything and everything

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  to have no immediate members of the MIT community directly injured by ... marathon will be back, and make no mistake - next year, we will roar twice as loudly at the finish line.  No cowardly act of terror can break this spirit

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  are you stressed/anxious/ [emotion] about finals/decisions/[noun]?  here are some adorable dogs. also, me as james bond.

  

  ? It's finals season at MIT, which means no classes, no psets, and no

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 13, 2012