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  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  /09/06... ------------------------------------- Many people wrote in with concerns about the application tracking portlet. Please don't worry, and there's no need to call the office for at least another week or two - we are inundated with mail at the moment

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  I've been working on this one for weeks, but you guys know what the ... Kuwait, is there any possibility of receiving the Admissions decision either by courier mail or online? This is because the problem comes not

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next Omnibus, so it's time for more odds & ends... The band Hot Hot Heat ... 'll find the following big concerts here over the next few months: Gwen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  newspapers across the country publish articles highlighting students as they ... 'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of 2003, the MIT News Office did a series of these articles called "Hometown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  into the way-too-big trailer, leaving nothing behind but my empty room ... 'll be given a spot in the dorms"]never see again.[/annotation] I've mostly made peace with that, except that I still think about the paper towels

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  student as time has gone on, but I definitely haven't gamed the system yet. That being said, this is definitely the semester in which I think I'm going to do the best that I've ever done at this school, and I'm super

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever ... again, I would spend hours locked away in a corner of the library staring ... , constantly drawing and re-drawing mechanisms of all kind. Remember Afeefah, the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  At the end of January (our Independent Activities Period) I made a promise to the rational, logic-based region of my brain: a promise that I would never, ever, perform in a musical during the semester. Rational Part

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  just wondering. for the interview...is that too unprofessional? the nose ... process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As ... 't want everyone to be the same -- part of what makes MIT exciting is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  Yesterday marked the beginning of classes, but today marked my first ... anticipated it being difficult to get back into the swing of things but was ... , but the professor seems to know what he's doing and the material so far

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  parts. I loved the camaraderie of people all grinding to finish their part of the project — there were vital sections of the project that I never ... . Seeing everything come together was so rewarding. I love the feeling of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  ="aligncenter" width="507"] specifically from the tree in front of Walker Memorial[/caption] [caption id="attachment_90797" align="aligncenter" width="507"] the commuter ... ="aligncenter" width="507"] imagery borrowed from Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  I've talked a lot about Tagalog, and Tagalog songs, on the blogs, so ... / naubos na, about Oh Flamingo's "Naubos Na". The post Rain by any other name is about [annotation note="The difference between Tagalog and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  until Fall 2022. i am currently living in East Campus, but i spent the ... "]REX[/annotation] as a representative of my Burton Conner community, the Burton Third ... the period where freshmen get to meet and join living groups they

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  surprises the people I meet, because I am constantly busy, and people expect there to be a method to the madness: maybe [annotation note ... the oft-quoted line of Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  , so I'm honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my final (?) time blogging about Spotify related content. @ the younger bloggers, y'all better keep this going next year so I can f e e d on the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  At long last...the [annotation note="anime/manga/general Japanese culture fan"]weeb[/annotation] representation that the Admissions blogs ... episode by myself—the few series I consumed here and there were with other

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase of the CUP first-year experiment. Here are two that actually affect me ... most of the people who got here in September 2015 will be graduating. The

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  plenty of free parking (oh the naivete). One of the "cons" on my pro ... I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I got lazy and started using Lyft more, for the convenience and also

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now ... ; You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... hail from more than 519 high schools scattered across the globe, from New

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017