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• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  Matt and Nance and all the other admissions officers, of course.) Not ... " poster, his turtle collection, and the picture of one of Ben's sons in the ... story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  back and re-read the sample posts that I applied with a couple of times ... depends on who's blogging at the time and what they want to get out of it ... this part of the job and getting to meet more admissions officers and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Things change, but the friends remain

  

  Hello! A lot has changed, but the friends and the vlogs remain. Doing this in the only way I know how :) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxbyMxSrcM[/embed] PS - As I read the previously published blogs, I see a bunch of us have

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... colleges in terms of waitlist size, usually keeping one of the proportionally ... uncertainty around yield, we decided to significantly increase the size of our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  , engineering, and entrepreneurship. The Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous ... , the sciences, and engineering. The Women's Technology Program (WTP) is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  like you were there with us, here's a little bit of the evening: And in ... has been so sporadic lately. That, and the Sex and the City kick I've been on for the past two months.*) A couple weekends ago the city of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  this point the impending summer where i will explore more of boston and ... the uncertainty of the future, growing old, and growing apart from the ... alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework ... . * They are comprised of mainly critical thinking problems, and the number ... , vast, majority of your course percentage comes from exams and the final

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  skellys, and evil candy corn). One of my favorite aspects of the game is the ... events such as Splash, Spark, Cascade, and several others! The program I ... teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your nerves right ... happens for a reason, and while you can debate the validity of that ... -in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  most of the false positives, and in the meantime I'll keep playing with ... come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I've gone ... of good friends ranging from the classes of '93 to '07 (Friday night

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  one of the breaks today, Stu, Amy, Mari and I headed over to the Student ... Student Center). It was good relaxation during a serious time of year. The post-work relaxation included a nice nap and a viewing of the classic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  platter of Swedish, German, and Austrian accents. The German and Autrian ... CL, who had sped ahead of us to the summit, and began our descent ... . Quito itself is at just under 10,000 ft (3 km) above sea level, and the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  protested “the militarization of university research,” and in ... to raise awareness of the crisis in Darfur and purchase solar cookers ... world can, and invariably does, conceal its cowardice in the face of human

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and don't like ... frequent flyer miles like nobody's business. Those are probably some of the ... -on items than airlines allow. I find The Daily Show's Jon Stewart and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop ... examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a ... Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school's curriculum and
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our ... , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016