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  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  enrollment") Both of these examples, of course, don't get caught by spell ... on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four ... ) thanks to a rather obscure Massachusetts holiday called Patriots Day. The ... runners!) go right by the Phi Sig house. It's really pretty cool. I need to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  haven't been able to build up strength, but I feel I'll get it by mid next ... resolutions I accomplished in this list, as well. 2021 Resolutions Go to a ... really getting a feel for what is out there for me in the computer science

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  employed by different companies, large and small, that they use to gain a ... student team also gets access to an Oculus Rift, a Samsung Gear VR, and a ... productive." Indeed. MIT is a weird place where people feel inferior to their

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  needed to get back in shape. With the desire to end my career on a better ... TO SET THE MOOD: 'Aranjuez' by Jorge Muñiz & José Luis Duval ... . Last season was intended to be my last. But a last-minute injury in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... Salvador read a given application before Amy? First person to answer correctly gets a prize. Then again, how would I even know what the correct

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  touristy, yeah, but it was great to get the lay of the land in such a huge ... Linden, to a train station that was completely blocked off by bricks during ... Alfred Wallace, who sent a letter to Darwin describing a similar idea one

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  acting as a role model for others. Get involved, network, talk to people ... until a few minutes before I left. Quick! Stand next to the official ... family supported my interests, whether I said I wanted to be a teacher, a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  don't get a chance to fully exploit my potential to be lazy). The food ... room (with a TV!! except I don't get to watch TV that often...) - In ... to the Museum of Science, one to a theater production of "There's a Boy

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  few hours before I had to get up to meet Drew. I find him and his ... back. I slide in across from him, next to a blond guy with limbs that ... spoilers] A curly-haired waitress stops by our table, tray laden with drinks

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  until I got to MIT my freshman year. I got a pair for $25 with kneepads ... mind, hitting a sidewalk crack and falling straight to my knees. I put ... minutes and get more sleep? Even better. Getting Out of the MIT Bubble On a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  look around and sketch my surroundings, or try to add a stanza to a poem ... reason I get an inordinate amount of pleasure from it. If you're a Redditor, check out the Penmanship Porn subreddit and you'll get a sense of exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  right, mom. Getting sick really does suck.) To end on a positive note ... super sick and ended up having to undergo surgery a week after that blog ... tell you all about the experience. (Now would also be a great time to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  note="MIT students are required to take a variety of Humanities, Arts ... —here are a few of them, organized by class: 21M.401: Concert Choir At the ... anything, and I ended up being assigned to two duos—“Maria, mater gratiæ" by

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  . Bartolotta is a double major in physics and management sciences and expects to ... .0. He would be a sure thing to land a lucrative job in business or science ... to be a first-team all-league selection in the Ivy League. It’s simple

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  importantly, it's a chance for these youngsters to forget about difficult times at home for just a little while and to immerse themselves in pure camp ... 've already been working really hard to make this year's camp a great success

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  a cd player -- though i hope to get the latter soon. physicality has ... the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... it's rare to find any real gems there. when i was a kid, i had a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and ... 't be afraid to take a nap (they'll become your new favorite pastime). If ... , make sure you have time to decompress. "You" time is never a waste of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  are approximately a majillion labs to rotate in, and I need to get ... to celebrate his birthday and my graduation. Adam still has a year to go until he graduates, and then he hopes to stay at MIT to get his

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get ... quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4 ... me. This morning was a meeting about our new viewbook, discussed in Ben

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005