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  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  action-packed week, and I’m interested to hear your opinions on some of the ... few weeks you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look from yours truly at the ... than usual. I’m reigniting my IAP resolution to cook dinner for myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  , interact with others, how to be independent, and how to lean on others or ask ... like cat piss, but either way you’re getting a balanced meal. [caption ... upperclassmen to look to for guidance. “You’re only a year older than me.” “I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  class, it gets recorded on your transcript merely as a "P". If you get a D or an F, the class doesn't get recorded on your transcript -- it's as ... people tend to get lower grades first term at MIT than they've ever gotten

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... ? It's always a good idea to contact the coach for your sport if you are ... 'll want to see the grades; if your American high school transcript includes

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  lol” kind of way, since one of the first things I had to get used to at ... this gif a lot to get it to upload :'([/caption] junior spring  Come ... out what you’re going to do with your life.” The truth was (and still is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  Airbender, write poetry, and spend more time getting to know the area better ... playlist of all of them is here, for you to shuffle at your own risk: https ... reflect on the past year, and look forwards to what's coming next. Where are

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  you who are now in college and used Google Docs to write your essays, I ... - hello, fellow kids. Are you as stuck on what to write your college essays ... get started on them. That doesn’t mean that they weren’t hard to write

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  you're independently wealthy and enjoy darkness. But seriously. JEFFREY? ... wanted to say, really, but I had to think of something MIT-related because ... way. And I was going to write a blog entry saying basically, "Anybody

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  to a big city. It only takes 10 minutes to get downtown from East ... . When you get hungry, head to the Quincy Market (largest food hall in New ... Institute—a great cause. If you like ice cream, convince your friends to join

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  getting sick of dining hall food, or getting used to it. i will be eating ... get a copy of some book shipped to them. i picked the unbearable ... want to make round 3, because everyone who makes it to round 3 gets a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your ... -related parenting advice you'd give to your own parents if you could go back in time ... decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  to end so soon. Underclassmen me couldn't wait to get to graduate. Some ... -October. I originally had planned to go to Santa Monica for an on-site ... the first week of October, but didn't get to it, so I'll continue the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  months talking to your offspring about the college process. I must say that ... saying - they need you to help get them through this process. Here is where it gets counterintuitive for you; to be effective you must say more by

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  challenge yourself, but if your school simply will not allow you to take AP ... not in Intel has the same grades and apply to MIT, whose likely to get in? Do I have a chance to get into MIT considering the fact that I will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  nickname like "Paula" or "Kit" and you just don't know how you're supposed to ... software Picasa, unsurprisingly affiliated with Google? At the request of ... tomorrow for your integration by parts-ing pleasure. Right now I have a story

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  . Everybody gets to publish, everybody gets to read, and everybody gets to ... doorstep and as you flip through them, page by page, you get to see aspects ... your knowledge of the school be limited to what admissions wanted to tell

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  be in now because it's not easy to get into some dorm in the re ... to be able to stay there. And well, it's easier to move your stuff ... overstating it. Drew, you should make every effort to get into the optimal place

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  alone sometimes. It’s okay to feel nervous about being independent and ... that as I continue through MIT I’ll be able to embrace this independence ... .    Because after all, thanks to this independence, I got to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  bring to this process and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your application. Send this via US Mail to MIT, Room 4-243, 77 ... talents are something unique that you bring to this process and your talents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  figure out what I need to do to get into grad school, or if I even want to go to grad school? How do I get a credit card? Is getting one ... ?  Should I have gone to a non-tech school?  I never see anyone pay to get

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020