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  Likelihood

  

  "likely admit" letters for RD applicants before the actual deadline? I know some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... differs from many of the schools who employ them. At MIT, we read and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  Putting the definition of punt at the end of my last entry got me ... useful, is a badge of honor. drop - (1) v. To de-register for a subject ... for spreading burning iron particles when creating a hoax crop circle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  (you can RSVP at this link). Yesterday was a pretty good day. For most ... hearing about for the first time but I suppose has been around for at least ... I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  think it would be better for him to start at the bottom and work his way ... aware, the racial tensions in America are currently at an all-time high ... ?" I am sure these are a question everyone has seen at least once, if not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  want to make the process less daunting for you (at least, as much as we ... officer in the month of April, naturally, I was at still at work. I was helping coordinate the opening show for our Campus Preview Weekend - a super

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  In my first blog post ever, I wrote about my first three weeks at MIT ... backspace on this line for the past twenty minutes, trying to convey this ... the first place, I decided to stay. I lived in East Campus for a year

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  suppose. I can’t speak for any of the other languages taught here at MIT ... forensic science. I bought it at a hardcover sale at the Harvard bookstore on ... muerte anunciada. The novel is one of the assigned readings for 21F.704

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  more. I was responsible for arts and crafts, so I sat at a picnic table ... summer projects at the National Institutes of Health (I’m close, but it looks like I’ll be sticking around the lab for an extra week), presenting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  at Pixar, which would be formatting and finding information for the ... !.. (three years ago! ahem..) Working at Pixar is kind of like working at a ... really cool place to work. But, back to what you came here for - it's my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  Africa, actually. As for the application? At first, I stressed about it to ... one summer through a program at Northwestern University. For the high ... When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions process, we are looking for students who enjoy a challenge and love learning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  temporarily satiate your craving for reading about MIT while watching half of my face contemplatively sip coffee at you from my blog header, my tooling ... for the Engineers Without Borders-MIT Chapter. Engineers Without Borders

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  to blog about them all at once RIGHT NOW instead of putting them off until later (i.e. never). Ready, go. 1. I'm being published. For realz ... interesting to me. I mean, I want to spend my life designing corn shellers for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  confused at high speed than standing still for weeks on end. My 5 ... for the reason behind my renewed vitality until I'd made it through classes for the day, but now it's Saturday night, and I'm still feeling

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  ), ate dessert at Coldstone, and saw Over the Hedge. We also saw a bunch of ... admit that this makes me feel warm and fuzzy and at least sort of socially ... conditioners for the new apartment. Now ask me how much I've studied for my

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

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  's possible for me to take at my school (honors, accelerated, etc.) but thats no ... . Plenty of schools have research opportunities for their undergraduates. At ... 't offered at my school. Does that eliminate my chances of being accepted to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  stickers I made for the Class of 2024 to give away at CPW. The stickers ... ="🍰"]workiversary[/annotation]as the in-house designer on the communications team at MIT Admissions and ... responsible for setting up our major publications to print (like the Affording

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  only appear at the very end of the show and would remain on stage for a ... 2 expert and a talented theatre nerd. At MTG, Max is known for being ... First, I want to thank my amazing roommate-in-exile Cami for letting

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving ... , the commotion was a welcome change and a nice bend toward normalcy for a family like mine. Unfortunately all this came at the cost of 2 full days of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008