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  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  Counselor send (or resend) the missing materials via that service. (Again ... ; sending duplicate copies will only slow the processing of your documents.   Be aware that if your tracking page says you are missing the

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

   I wasn't laughing, wincing, or wondering about the ceiling's structural integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next to my sister, who ... . After the show finished and the performers had taken a few bows, Elder

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing ... placed on the sac tab is automatically up for grabs. This is usually food, but in the past I have acquired both a pair of jeans and a Snuggie

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  in one night 2. watched experienced the Rocky Horror Picture Show, live ... Horror was, to the chagrin of many, actually a fairly watered-down version ... activity, if not necessarily for the content, then at least for the musical

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  , which means the days are growing shorter, the leaves are changing color, and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The ... take a moment to answer some of the more frequent ones we’ve seen

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  "Okay, everybody! Shut up!" Aaron*, dance coach of the MIT Ballroom Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  older at the astonishing rate of one (1) year per annum, which means that ... sobering fact the other day when I looked at my MIT blogger profile and ... biology as the love of my life, and (3) soon I won't be one of the "new kids

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ’s Sunday morning now, daylight savings time is weird) on the 6th floor of the ... Biological Systems). I’ve also been putting in several hours behind the computer managing the news department of The Tech like I normally do as well

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my forehead and trying not to cringe from the terrible aftertaste of the iced ... into the cast iron chairs that were only bearable because they were in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  diagrams I can point to. The panel of jurors judging our architecture studio ... ’ve stopped taking in the words that are coming out of my mouth. Before I knew ... . And then my professor threw the last bomb. Now I’m questioning if you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  tedious and time-consuming" class. The past three weeks have validated that ... the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku ... 's been an outpouring of overwhelmed-ness amongst the 6.005 student body

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ... Fellowship and join "the next generation of tech visionaries." Perhaps this ... years already?!?!), this was the page I took to heart: The Match Between

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first batch came out underdone, but a friend gave me a different method and the ... can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  international students. Hi! We have one week until the Early Action (EA) deadline, November 1. I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the common deadline-time questions. There are many answers already here on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  more beautiful and mind-bending. Even without considering the weird ... shivering despite the toasty warm weather, I woke up from a 20-hour nap and ... saved the day yet again and told my classes to push back a few project

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or lack thereof) and learn more about the sisters in my sorority while

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I ... ’m running out of socks. I spend an hour picking out socks on the Internet. I buy socks. I should eat breakfast. I put away the clean dishes from the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  There Goes My Baby The first music video from the MIT Logs.

  

  As it says in my introduction, I used to sing in the MIT Logarhythms (an all-male a cappella group), and still keep up with the group as a "logalum". Recently, they released their first music video, promoting the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  in. This is one of the best parts of summer in my mind. Whether you actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of ... about you, but I love to be reading a few books at the same time

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  might've had your mind blown. He's the type of Guido that made a ... Mind, but this is most often the Linguistics Department) while still ... purpose. For my UROP, I'm currently working at the Quantitative Research in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011