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  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  Bad Boy Records, The death of Biggie and Tupac do not count as defining ... it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber-serious folk... back away slowly and no one will get hurt. As most of you know

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  . This is the next (four) years of your life that we're talking about, and ... spinning art family and consists of spinning two weighted objects on the ends ... hall rush and the Activities Midway, both of which took place during

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  categories – summer storage, summer usage, and the weird in-between of things ... . This blog will be updated over the course of the week the things that are ... boring) but it is an accurate representation of my life at the end of the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  some of the leading scientists, theorists and practitioners who are ... /change technology to make the world less awful, and Catherine is one of the central ... and participation is a part of all of the classes, where we often work

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX ... end of the week, and when I told him I didn’t know what that meant, he ... ..” and the hopefully less familiar D - “Minimally acceptable..” F

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  had been fairly quiet through the first half of high school, and it had ... hat has reappeared on special days including the first day of school ... to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  . Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving ... that instead of being so proud to be the first person to comment, you ... this morning, but we’ll ignore that for the sake of sensationalism). In

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  concerned about the financial state of Iceland and wanted to lend his ... table with a hot cup of tea and opened my hometown newspaper ‘The Star Ledger’ to casually peruse the headlines and get a sense of what was going

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  fraternity. Going greek has been one of the best decisions of my life. And ... immediately follows orientation, and overlaps slightly with the start of classes ... and move into one of 12 official MIT dorms. Once you arrive, you will be

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  of the regality of the place). I had told my parents again and again ... cleanest houses at MIT, and all of the brothers and pledges make sure it stays that way. We clean the house weekly, taking care of it and making

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  like it. I have a view of the Media Lab and of the construction next to ... . Uninteresting walls. My suitemate and I considered painting in the beginning of ... applications and probably celebrated the coming of the New Year, and here I am

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  the course of my life and set me on a path to learn more about ... . Finishing up undergrad was the end of an era, and I knew I needed a break ... the 10 year blog-iversary (I remember when I first discovered MIT and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  hacking is exploring the hidden ins and outs of computer systems and ... middle of the night when they're already sleep-deprived, and then get back ... people connected to the situation, and it shocked and frightened a bunch of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  culture. I must disagree with the shirt and way that there are two kinds of ... night, I went to Next Act’s Beauty and the Beast instead of Battle ... glee and sugar in the elevator to the fifth floor. The chocolate and

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  and working for an extended period of time on the west coast almost like ... happiness and contentment of where i am right here and right now - and the ... impostor syndrome, and that's okay. fun fact: my first iPod ever was the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  realized why the entrance of the golf course suggested "Desert Rules" and ... Norman students had a warped and twisted sense of humor...probably the ... pictures of the football stadium and call it a night. Ohhhhh no! Not the kid

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  choice. He did not disappoint. The first member of his family to attend ... and contemplates the high school years they shared. "Our memories are ... important." The graduating class includes native Revere residents and students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  now" section and it was the first thing listed that looked remotely ... , medication, and race, but at the end of the day, in the real world and in the ... favorite book and comfort reread for pretty much the entirety of the 9 years

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  eighteen-year-old mind didn’t realize that this application was the first of ... and sleep (I went to boarding school). I had no comprehension of the ... drop a bunch of classes and activities, and overall finished the year in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  boundaries sometimes, and so we forget what the customer asked for in the first ... , and, more important, so did the eyes of thousands of children who came ... , scale of the experiments shown, and sheer number of staff and students

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011