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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  national exams are ranked by province with the best 100 candidates in each ... send it to you?" Absolutely! "Are admission interviews available in my ... interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  -para-n-butyl-blah-blee-blah-blee-blah" and get a 98 on your first exam. Emboldened by such an experience, I ... paying attention to the fact that I was getting all the answers wrong on ... "Buddy Holly" to Weezer. Yesterday I met three people who did not know who

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  , taking a class surrounded by countless other students. Similar to the ... need some time to get accustomed to a new atmosphere, but over time, I ... by lightning soon. But if we backtrack to last July-ish, I was just

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in ... committee. More likely though, it is due to my sluggish 40-something metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Boston Symphony Hall, where we hoped to pick up Boston Symphony Orchestra college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the ... . Wait, it's free?! I'm getting one ASAP." And thus, it was decided that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  As I've mentioned before, each semester the bloggers all get a freebie entry, an entry in which all we have to do is share with you our schedules and then we can feel accomplished. I present to you, my weekly

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  addition to sending out admissions decisions via postal mail, also release ... much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to strongly encourage you to use the verification functionality at decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  I may not have alluded to this before, but my roommate, April, is really domestic. The other day, our GRT, Chris, took her to Target. When ... putting some Chef Boyardee in a pot for lunch. That's not to say that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  Cinderella Story as a seven-year-old and busting it down to All Star by Smash ... vibe. Umm, my 5th-grade class did the dance to crank that by soulja boy ... getting into both Mocha and Donk, but chose to just do Mocha since I didn

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  Spanish, and recently decided to get back into the habit of using it once ... the leagues restarted, I began working to get ahead of the initial ... time to do so now. I come to circumvent this by remembering that Duolingo

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  students had been putting in to plan, rehearse, or prepare for these activities very sadly could not come to full fruition. But as a last ditch attempt to make something positive out of this otherwise terrible situation

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  By Fatima '25, one of my roommates!   i have been away from ... , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  , the pledge class of ‘92 getting hauled to jail by Boston police, and ... distance of the bridge so they’d know exactly “how long it would take to get ... somehow adds to the thrill. I get to talk to the members about their time

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  's skull was going to get smashed in by a cow hoof) but two of the teams were ... that I had to get off the bike and sit on the ground. My legs hurt, my ... coaxing, I managed to wobble (screeching) down the sidewalk to a gyro cafe

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  to construct a bridge) -- [Getting started] I've got a variety of ... anticipation to see everything come together. [7:00 AM] Finally getting ... . We discuss how much sleep we’re getting/not getting/how there seems to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  phase, and was so awestruck by the movies that I instantly wanted to find ... it. By the end of my final year, I had enough of the pieces to begin ... getting accepted for publication. On print, it came out to about

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  'm slowly getting used to the fact that, when I speak in Celsius, people ... density is comparable to what you'd get if you squashed all of humanity down ... It occurs to me that I haven't told you much about what I'm doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  Instagrammable slushy drinks and a dance floor. the heat was starting to get to me ... to go home and get some rest. sadly, we had a long drive ahead of us ... interesting time to be surrounded by tons of MIT students in a club far away

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  are all about. Maybe all you need is a 10-15 minute story to get you ... literally sat in the student center by Dunkin Donuts from 4 pm to 4 am and just pushed out so much work to get the website ready for the launch. We

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  submit entirely to ESG, you don't have to. It's a good way to get to know a ... study sessions) held by the ESG TAs, because it's much easier to freely ... style by interrupting our study session to eat chiral cake. (Yes, we know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007