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  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  your first trimester grades. Please be sure to get your official midyear ... ). The Midyear Report is to be completed by you, the applicant. The MIT ... Common App MYR which is filled out by your counselor and sent to Common

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  good way to expose yourself to different teaching styles, get off campus ... Harvard Bridge is pretty harsh, so the buses and trains are the way to get where you want to go. By itself, I think the T is kind of expensive, but

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list. Last weekend, I made a little more headway on this goal by tackling Item #51: Eat ... , I'm probably going to go back this weekend (and maybe actually get

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  . You WON’T be penalized if the report doesn’t get to us by Nov. 1. But ... people seem to be panicking about getting all the required materials in for ... ). Seriously. You don’t get “bonus points” or extra consideration by applying

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... groups, you wouldn't really get to fully experience MIT. Thus, CPW is like ... ... The Meet the Bloggers party was Friday night, and it was great to get to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  each get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay! Schedules ... is where I continue to work on ElectroPlushies and get them up and ... Monday and Wednesday will provide a good catchup opportunity to get some

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  classes ended on Thursday, it was time to get serious about studying for ... desolate and cold night back to Baker to sleep. I was also not distracted by ... MSNBC.com to read something. By far the worst issue for my learning was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  that I've decided to live my life as a boy, and will be getting a court ... ends the 28th at midnight PST. So if you've been waiting to vote, or you've been waiting to tell your friends, family, or family pets to vote, do it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  be finishing in 15 minutes to get to my two classes this afternoon ... seven days? A seven-page paper, six nights of studying, five hours to attend of the four classes I'm taking, three finals to sit through, two

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our ... trying to get through it. But now that you're going to college you're going ... different it is being with people who 'get' you... It gives me time to focus

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  ! The first time is absolutely terrifying...but you get used to it. I ... my tan is fading I guess it's time to get back to work. One month until ... me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend ... that may be six, since I'm still waiting on one. You do want to get involved in research early. Some students wait until their senior year to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  was incredibly excited to take it, before I saw it was no longer offered. Last fall, I saw it would actually be offered in the spring and taught by no one other than Ed Schiappa. But then to my dismay I saw that the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  that kids need to be perfect. We get rewarded by U.S. News rankings for ... busy all the time, because parents think that's what they need to get ... their parents to get into top schools. More applicants to top schools has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... to function properly. When you don’t get sleep at night, you end

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the official schedule, so I'm just going to tiptoe over the bounds of propriety a ... aficionados. Beginners are also welcome. Shameless self-promotion aside, get

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  military, but there are opportunities for international students to get ... this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC, it's my pleasure to introduce a new guest-author blog that will help

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  and will continue to do so over the next week or two. By the middle of ... I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the scoop - it's not sent out by admissions, rather, it's handled

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  means I'll have to swing by the shop to make something awesome so I can ... machine that you can use to make some precise cuts into a piece by using xyz ... ? Well, it's this wonderful machine shop that MIT students can use to make

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012