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• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  scholarship, getting to know them, and talking to them about college. The only problem was I didn’t get to do much of it. So armed with a greater ... up running around madly and using the compass on my smartphone to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  weather. To get us started, let's go over some important terms: Nor ... you miss due to snow gets made up near the end of the year, though I ... instance, I was lucky to get one or two of them in a given year, presumably

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little ... to get something. When I turned around to return to the building, I saw ... remember today for the people who didn't get to have a phone call like mine

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  for snickerdoodles at LaVerde's, and they needed to get baked -- I find ... grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  stitching supplies mailed to them by the admissions office so you can stitch ... by COVID (RIP Tradeshow Industry). Sadly this means no all-day Animal ... 'm actually getting a paycheck and have health insurance. Difference 2 - I am

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  're getting your footing, it's not a requirement by any means. It's not a ... is that you want to worry about, what you want to get out of this place ... , consultants. If you are getting more out of work experience than academics, by

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  belong to my brother and were slipped into my box by mistake. I never know ... come alive. If I get creeped out by his steamy gaze, maybe I'll have more motivation to get out of bed in the morning. Maybe then I'll make it to the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I ... completed your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT ... Subject Tests in Math and Science. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... have the fee waived by the College Board. You are also welcome to wait ... I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  . I've got the opportunity to get an MIT grad degree in a really mind ... right time. Like Yogi Berra said: when you get to a fork in the road ... This Friday, August 10th, will mark three years to the day since I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of ... , on to the point. By now, I suspect that a lot of my readers are ... ) videos prepared by the residents of each dorm. Many also got to see some of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  mean, I think I will end up getting one but I just want to make sure I ... admitted to MIT for the class of 2010? Do graduate/Ph.D students get an IAP ... them on your own, or get a teacher to possibly tutor you - because I know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... great opportunity to get to know a few dozen classmates well, before ... control boxes, participants get to take a cruise of Boston Harbor and learn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  I'm generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start ... market types: Bulls attack by thrusting their horns up in the air and bears attack by swiping down. So a bull market is one in which the market is

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  . My friend Tiffany '06 invited me to join her company's team, and Laura ... by Kaiser Permanente. 9:45 a.m. Opening Ceremony in Sharon Meadow. 10 ... fundraising: This is a very important issue to me so I have set an ambitious

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  dropped my ice bucket. (Luckily it didn't spill, so I managed to get out of ... about my project. And to get mentioned at the end. But what was even ... do for getting into mit?i am from turkey and 15 , want to study

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman ... class (MAS.110) or for just getting "lost" in the many halls of the labs, looking at every project I can find. But today, I was there to attend the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  ; Each year, fall semester seems to pass by much quicker. Maybe coming off ... . To get some headspace, and reflect on the semester and year. To have ... the holiday decorations, and explore a part of the city I rarely get to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  doing this: I'm working really hard to get better. And just by ... had to apply to them with all the terms of getting a second major. So ... tardiness? I honestly did not think it was possible for me to get a second

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  her being in Pasadena, I don't get to see her that often, so I figured I ... pocket wouldn't exactly get me very far. I realized that I would have to ... how to actually get home walking from Davis. I discovered that there

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006