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  that we need to make a decision on your case. I get the sense that some ... hearing all over:   I've just read your post saying that the ... grades may take longer to process in some school systems this may take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  getting rather long. My research experience will have to be represented in ... Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me, what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  up a lot of your time. Here are my top ten ways to earn money at MIT ... year you're smarter, have money, and have a new addition to your resume ... back to your dorm, grade them, and then give them to the TAs. It

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  Building, so it’s nice to get out of standard lecture halls and TEAL ... , I’m taking Genetics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Introduction to Acting ... because you could always argue that you’re not done studying. Fortunately

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  popular at MIT." Hi Farai, So to respond to your first question, I think I get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to ... spend some of my free time trying to get ahead in classes, etc. I try to

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  then get sent to one of the tables, and someone types up your form. There ... reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you know? I hated going to the doctor to get vaccines. I know they’re good

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  entity. Our Transcripts page has information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your transcript while we are waiting for your official transcript to be submitted
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  , urging the graduating class to get out there and "do interesting and ... miles to get clean water for her family. Instead, she could spend that ... blind spots, we need to confront the problems and get to know them before

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  difficult to come by in Boston; instead, you get bubble tea. I'm not ... experience that I never would've had without my family pushing me to get in the ... , and channeling Michael Phelps.) What're you going to miss? Your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  . Get in your college applications, and now what? Well...now's the time to ... want to get out of my time here?" "Which activities do I value more and ... time to just say hello to people in passing, or even harmonize your

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  to do anything other than play Animal Crossing, here’s your excuse to ... ’t your thing, I get it—I was trained on Brahms and Bartók. As an ... encourage you to build your own “sounds like home” playlist, compiling the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  -narrative dissociative world...by the time you get to your first kiss, you've watched so ... for this so long. Even now, getting to college, when we're sitting at an ... -care things do you do to calm your anxiety? Bo: We grow up believing two things

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  you're likely to have a decent amount of separation in the bands you see ... guess they're just not trying to let us get ahead of ourselves, since ... myself: I'm being really ambitious about all the writing I have to do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  pass. And this was good enough for high school. This was enough to get ... 'll continue to progress. And I won't. And I'll get left behind. There's a lot ... hardest, I'll get nothing out of it. I seem to have these two conflicting

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  symbols, and use your body language and facial expressions, to convey specific meanings about what you're trying to say. This is definitely one of ... , that really stretches your brain and pushes it to be able to accept more

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  out a number which reflects your chances of getting into MIT? First of ... to MIT many times, you would expect to get in in approximately 1 in 3 ... 't apply 500 times to MIT in a single year, or even in your lifetime, so it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  Things are still pretty crazy around here, so until I get a chance to post, I'll keep you entertained with the following. As you know if you ... loves into a desktop for her computer: Your turn! Post your links in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  difficult to get As in certain classes. However, in 8.02, you're told from the ... -you-can-eat, but instead of being able to leave after you're comfortably full, the food just keeps on coming and you're forced to stuff more and more down

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  ecstatic to get back to campus after a much needed break, to see my MIT ... if you're ready to accept it as one (cheesy, yes, but also true ... books and get back to my on-campus family. Update: My flight did not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  doing is trying to do is get through it. Survive, focus on your studies ... school activities? If you were to cross off all of the people on your list ... classmates and get dinner with people in your hall/in your club, and with how

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022