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  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  like math, you are expected to be at a certain level when you get here ... 't, and shouldn't, be a list of 'things to do to get into MIT.' Though the ... at really getting to know somebody. And you're right that there isn't a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  fact, if you are able to get his or her email address, why not drop a ... that you are ready to get down to business. So, your first step is ... convictions yet open to suggestions. Bend like a reed in the wind. If not, you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  .  He helped to figure out a longstanding mystery in fluid mechanics about ... with permission.  And then he built a mechanical water strider to ... modest person so I don't want to embarass him by saying how FREAKING

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a ... wondering - "is someone going to write a blog post about September 11th today ... tower where I was was a target. I'm old enough to remember the feeling of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  science.  And honestly? My instincts were correct. I was able to get a pulse ... you get to know  Now I’m in a big city. I don’t go out into Boston as ... , surrounded by soggy tourists. I don’t think I could get used to that forever

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  .010) This assignment was by far the most fun. I had to make a poster about the ... Engineering’s website because it has a neat background graphic that I wanted to ... writers and orators. A large part of that comes from exposing us to new

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  , you had to get in line early for ring sales to get a subsidy. Therefore, Cara L. and I woke up at 6:30 am on a Saturday to get in line for 10 am ... reverting back to a 24/7 schedule next year. During CPW, there were little

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  ’s cover. It was really interesting to get a glimpse into a world that is so ... support your big ideas can become reality. On a side note, thanks to ... people are surprised to find out that Glamour has chosen a group of girls

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  universe, by 7, the luckiest number, you get the answer to the ultimate ... can I do to get my mind off things! Any suggestions? Go camping, see a ... email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  Waterpark. This means I get paid a very small hourly wage to stand outside all ... website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  a mailing list to know where to get the free food), and of course ... I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to ... . Like, actually, the rectangular building used to be a warehouse for some

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  was early, I still wasn’t able to get a seat to the standing ... President Walker, the musical societies will be permitted to place a piano ... . Unfortunately, a year later the orchestra was disbanded due to lack of support

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  had used (who I highly recommend if you also want to get a memory quilt ... carry a lot of good memories with them, and that it might be nice to do ... be a perfect way to clean out my wardrobe, as well as actually

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  to get into research I feel almost obliged to complete a research ... information." I'll try to do a longer entry about this earlier, but I encourage ... is to come!). And, if you can swing it, consider taking a gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  chicks about to get eaten by a petrel until a tiny Adelie penguin runs in ... was so I could go on the [annotation note="a website used to figure out ... your team gets to program a robot which plays the game (this year, the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  to get a recommendation letter from a current MIT undergrad student? Do ... interviewer by phone, for the last couple of days, but am not able to get ... grades - try not to get a 'D'! If you do get a 'D' in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  certainly countered by a lot of negativity, to be sure. One tends to start ... when I started, and I get to look back at all I've done. Not gonna lie ... because they were a long time ago and I'm getting old), and all these blog

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  by the locals. After a week of this, we went to Lima and Cuzco for a ... . It was taken by an automated camera attached to a weather balloon which ... New York. I went to Europe for a week, where I had more great food. I am

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  websites and documentation are more likely to use “MIT”—so much so that the ... The Arts—while also giving you a chance to settle into your dorm early ... fun :)"]Red Line to Central[/annotation] and shared a pack of mooncakes

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  would get outstanding grades.)" You don't need a high school diploma to ... "what are my chances" questions. I simply can't answer them on a case-by ... immature'?" It's possible to be "too honest," yes. :-) I've seen this in a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006