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  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  . The first thing my colleague did when Mail Services called him was to ... it to the front page so more people would see it. None of this makes it better - you SHOULD be angry with us. At the same time, if I could ask

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  Farai asked "I was wondering how you get by day by day with the ... get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to ... attend office hours for classes where the problem sets are notorious for

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  the GRE biology subject test that I'm taking on Saturday... it's probably not all that terribly different from the SAT II in biology, but I ... or ecology since I got here -- the MIT department is focused on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  I like working the night shifts at the Burton-Conner front desk ... the fugacity of carbon monoxide at 345 K, I'm more often than not ... and leave the desk unattended at 1 AM? Just close up at 1:58 and avoid

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  the Z-Center (no, really) and I'm so disheartened by this that a ... the other night, I was about to go whitewater rafting in Maine with my dorm. I did such amazing things as riding kamikaze and watching the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  about dining at the Institvte. (I'll admit that I'm also writing this ... commonly) are free to put as much or as little money as desired on the card ... required to buy x meals per week at the school dining halls. One of my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  to MIT. So I thought, why not share my thoughts on some of the less ... is the most fun topic. I was so, so excited to get the i3 video. i3 stands for "Interactive Introduction to the Institute," and it showcases

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne ... serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving ... consultant in the medical technology and pharmaceutical industries. Tonight and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the ... achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  . When reading, I'm most likely to be listening to a specific album -- the ... . But instead of the first 10 (decimal is so ordinary!), I decided to provide the first 10 base 16, since hex is the way to go. 0x0. Lonestar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and many domestic (non-international) students reside outside the US. Beyond ... need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT ... MIT students participate in the UROP program at MIT. Many of them will
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  preparation includes—at the very least—one year each of college-level calculus ... institutional offerings. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive, even more so than first-year admissions. Over the last several years out
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  Finally seeing the light at the end of the EA tunnel! Here are the ... science olympiad, etc., even though the applicant is from a region where ... perspective. (a) yes (b) yes (c) depends on the circumstances (d) now

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  Scatterred throughout the years are probably dozens of blog entries which begin with my eternal apologies for their lateness, and the fact that I haven't blogged in "forever." (The earlier back you look, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  By Robert Kapaku ‘12 We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the ... While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... members of the MIT Marching Band and MIT’s vocal groups. As it turns

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me ... years ago, while in the early months of it, I kept being asked why I was ... .  FYI: I gapped during the COVID-19 year (June 2020 - August 2021), so my

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  write a mere sentence for months on the blogs. This makes the 6-month hiatus my longest dry streak here… oops. I’m making the New York Knicks’ drought look good out here. The lack of writing was complicated… it was not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  It's time for another Questions Omnibus, where I answer the questions that you've asked in the comments... Thanks, in part, to the transition to the new site, and my travels around the country for the office, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  As it gets colder and colder in Boston, things are heating up on the court and in the pool as MIT Winter sports continue to ramp up. Here are four student-athletes, from the Swimming, Diving, Squash, and Men

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024