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  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  contents of your transcript, rather by the quality and depth of what you ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  Valley and the headquarters of such companies like Apple, Google, HP, and e ... "Science and Engineering Indicators" report for 2010. They compiled a lot of lists, but one of them ranked the top 20 metropolitan areas in the United

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes 'What the hell is water ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check ... happen later. See your MyMIT portal for a list of locations and times for all of the Admitted Students Parties. Today, I'd like to highlight a few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  some pretty nice "class 4" rapids on the upper part of the river. We had ... saw the aurora borealis. I'm a little too sleepy to blog about all of ... poultry, so I took the hamburger and my receipt back up and asked for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  registered for CPW each upload 5 texts and/or photos over the course of the ... variety of prefrosh guest bloggers during CPW. This has been done in the ... that basically allows you to upload photos and thoughts to the web in

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the ... reality. The mission of the MIT Institute Community & Equity Office is to advance the respectful and caring community that embraces diversity
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  So I just got this email: Don Rawitsch, one of the original inventors of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk about the game: When: 5:30 pm this Friday (4/21) Where: Dining room of

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  of 1300 GMT the decisions were at Boston's South Station (the main post ... those of you not familiar with the 24-hour clock, or zero-hour, that's 9 ... , you may be one of the 12%. For those not in the 12% - do not despair

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Engineers Assemble! It's not a double-post, it's a franchise

  

  's golf ball plan to stop the oil leak off the coast of Louisiana? He said ... intelligent” scientists to provide solutions to the oil leak, and Alexander Slocum, MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering (and 2.007 Design and

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 16, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  at MIT, I wish you the best of luck. It's a fabulous place, and I hope ... Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I ... 've really enjoyed the past fourteen months, and I'm so glad I got the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  buckets and buckets of mail to open and process already -- and the deadline ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... tomorrow is October 31: Halloween. And the next day is November 1: the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  ? Check. And a serenade? Check! Thanks to our secret admirers, the Admissions Office received a wonderful serenade from the beautiful and talented Muses. Left: The Muses serenade us, as Stu, Edmund, Jenny and Amy look

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  Every year it happens and every year there is sadness. Please don't turn that sadness against the admissions office, the bloggers, or the admitted students. Things don't always work out the way we want, but I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  and that I have the power to be a part of that change sounds simple ... its ways of wading in and out of life it never goes away it will ... [/annotation] having to miss weeks of classes to recover from both and everything else

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  , the stress of the process as it gathers, crests, and breaks, partially ... ), Jonny, who is a doctoral student in the Department of Urban Studies and ... The admissions process develops seasonally and repeats cyclically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  preference between any of the tests. You should take whichever math test best suits you, and the science test of whichever science course you are taking ... student from taking the 2 required SAT Subject Tests. We do not require and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  basement in the middle of the night, I moved to the side and acted like I was ... warm weather, and finally, the cost of real estate. I declined an offer ... Corridor and of many a campus tour :-) What's that peeking around the corner

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  fried rice and it was a solid 13/10. I think the revisit value of Shojo is ... blog post, but I've been trying to see more of Boston and Cambridge this semester. My method of doing this has been going out to [annotation note="and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  of people and feel slightly less unnerved, but can't properly see the ... on it. And of course the air conditioning is on while you're sleeping ... you this is the start of something great, and you will inevitably change

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006