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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  sister, only to happen about the – well – insanity caused by the rally ... managed to startle. But I’ll take what I can get. ... This weekend, I headed down to Washington, DC, for the Rally to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  accessible only by car.  My research also revealed that getting your skydiving ... things.  By the end of it I was ready and anxious to actually jump out of ... all of my jump requirements, followed the hand signals given to me by my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  .9000/intro to linguistics. I wasn't really thinking specifically about getting ... semester, I get to work with the Language Acquisition Lab. The Lab looks at ... that out piece by piece!!! Of course, before being allowed to collect

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  getting e-mails from Hilleevery two days inviting me to all of their events ... bore the slogan "It's getting hot in herre, so emigrate to Israel with ... Jewish hosts. By sophomore year I was getting smarter--I understood how

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  10am-ish Work out from 10:30-12 Get lunch from 12-1 Go to class ... . Get ready for bed and sleep by 1am. Repeat. There are definitely ... friends because they don't live in my house and I barely get to see them

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  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 ... applicants to get straight As all four years of high school. I e-mailed Mitra

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  note to get those wheelie shoes prepubescent boys wear. 10:00 AM: Stand ... . 12:57 PM: Plans to take it to the next level foiled by professor ... introductory physics. 3:55 PM: Leave class with Keri and Cristen to get meds and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  heart, and I didn't want to make things worse by allowing myself to get ... have two attitudes about: the get-used-to-it or shut-it-down-immediately-by-telling-people-to ... social implications of getting into colleges. It's such good news, you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... . How many get rejected by fraternities and what happens then? There are ... 'm pretty sure that you're a bit more likely to get a bid if you appear on one

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  specifically to getting an internship at a company external to MIT. Research ... , and we refer to majors and minors by their numbers. This honestly ... class has a specific number. We typically refer to technical classes by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  to still set up a meeting, perhaps by each agreeing to drive a distance ... frustrating. When you contact your EC give them a little time to get back to ... can do to help you get in contact with them. Don’t be afraid to ask for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during ... by ice cream at Ben & Jerry's, and refused to let me pay. I ... at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   As you can see by the photos, this was a grueling

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  form supposed to be postmarked by May 1 or received by May 1? The form is supposed to be postmarked by May 1. Both students who are and are not ... difficult to get into the program, because it seems like every other person I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  It's okay to feel anxious or excited or nervous. But if you can ... to handle, there's no shame in distracting yourself with things to do ... ". In hindsight, it's tempting to be black-and-white, and say that you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  figure out which IFAFs to do due to a delay in getting the budget finalized. People frantically ran around floors, sending e-mails, trying to get ... , and one INSANE day of trying to get all of the insurance and safety

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  . This turned out to be a good thing because it made the summer pass by quite quickly. Unfortunately, when I got to MIT, the work continued but ... also worked a full time internship during the summer, in addition to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  't always have time to get proper treatment and have to nurse it on my own ... that matter. By nature of the sport in the US, I get no funding ... and competitions, and exams to make-up when I'm back. I don't get any

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  circus comes to town, and the only way to get the elephants from the train ... running all the way to the Museum of Science by the Charles just to catch up ... (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  't dwelling on the derivation of equations but rather getting to the guts of the ... , and I want one of you -- yes, freshmen -- to come work in my lab and get ... to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004