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  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  run alumni programs within their offices like I do. Not all schools use their alumni/ae volunteers the same way we do but I’m proud of our program ... San Jose doing public meetings. I’ll also be stopping in to visit high

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  discussed. How do you apply for financial aid? Should you apply for it? What ... open Q&A. We'll take as many questions as we can and do our best to ... "bonus points" on your application. We do not look more favorably on those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  a ten year old. "Michael, where do you want to go to college?" Say ... ." "Alright, what do you like to do in school?" "I like math. . ." "MIT is a ... could walk all the way down to do laundry without knowing, but what a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  . Thanks Diana! Okay, so an update. Remember my to-do list from a week ago ... "screw it, I'll do it after break." So I'm not totally superhuman, but ... to him what he needed to do to complete the event registration form I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  , basically, like The Game. You don't want to think about it...but you do. I ... 's not, I do have two quick pieces of advice I would like to share before I ... , Matt, Nance, Stu, and all the other admissions officers are doing their

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  adventures in EE), I didn't do much this IAP, so I should be able to just knock ... hours straight If you do have enough material, it probably took you at ... . Other than that, I basically spent all of IAP doing unimportant things

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  UROP lab for a few hours and then do some coding for 6.370, a java ... midshipmen with time commitments. While my Navy commitments do take a significant amount of time, they do not prevent me from taking advantage of the

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  . It's awesome. It's lots of fun. You should do it when you get here. Or ... they're doing, whether they've slept, and when they're hitting their ... focusing on doing that. Every day since Friday, I've shown up at noon, sat

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  time to do everything I wanted, like ice skating club and Origami Club and Marching Band and juggling club and salsa dance and do Model United ... hungry (unless you do something like the DarfurFast, but even then it

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ;What do you want to do after school?” “I’m going to set ... ultimately hopes to do, if only because he generates so many powerful ideas

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  work to do because you have too much and can't do it all. And there will ... . Dartmouth. I thought "Wow, sports do exist here." I have the proof: We even

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  relationships over the course of doing problem sets together. That's cool, but for ... skimpily dressed people; if you know of others, do share Let's take this ... do many of these things by yourself, with friends, or with family)

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  Tuesday morning, and Sam '07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since ... beginning of class. I am not a coffee person. I rarely drink coffee. I do not ... . When I make appointments to "get coffee" with someone, I do not actually

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  yourself. What do you like to do for fun? Why are you interested in applying ... the interview itself. It was interview season, and I was doing one every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  hard if I do say so myself. Side note about computing at MIT (which will ... , doing the Vanna White move to point out my hometown on the map. Because...that's what the person holding the camera told me to do. *shrug* In other news

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hartford meeting wrap-up Giving a better answer to a question I was asked in my Hartford meeting.

  

  row asked me what else you could do in labs besides classes and UROP. At ... opportunity to do real research through UROP, MIT also has a number of exciting ... -question-asking-young-man, but if you do, I hope this helps clarify things a bit. Next up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  were not. Please note that we do not require a high school diploma or GED from our applicants. At MIT, we do not have separate requirements for ... . However, we do have some tips for homeschooled students, based on successful

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  the door. If you've RSVPed (please do!), you'll be able to check your ... . Money and financial aid will be discussed. How do you apply for financial ... questions as we can and do our best to answer every question fully. I've found

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  'd probably do a career in something math and science. Back in the late '70s or early '80s, they were doing a big push to get a lot more girls to go into ... I can do that. So I applied to MIT and I got accepted, and then I took

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  themselves necessary, I guess.) 3. Mike asked, At MIT, do you have to do a ... an explicit senior thesis, but all majors do have "communication

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006