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  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and ... something like trying to get up cold vertical stuff using axes and crampons ... hands and feet to get up not-that-cold vertical stuff. The gist of it is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  . Essentially, MIT students get the month of January off to do whatever we please."]IAP[/annotation] period and decided he wanted to make an automated nerf turret. Here is how ... , Raymond had to get a hold of a fully automated, fully electronic nerf gun

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  )  Regular Action December 10: Last day to contact your interviewer and ... school to receive your scores when you take the test or we will not receive ...     tl;dr: Click here to apply to MIT.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the 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

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  process, like anything else. You get up. You move on with your life. You ... --it’s difficult to see these things as positive, but it changes your perspective on ... record. I passed all my classes, and had fun learning and getting to know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  management. Feel free to keep asking questions, and I'll answer as I get them. ... In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked: 1. How large are the individual rooms in a frat house(or in your case

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all ... -based, so you will only pay as much as your circumstances allow you to ... your own personality and voice, then that’s not the essay you want to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  -necessary, non-lecture classes to get to on Tuesday. This was my first year not ... deadline to remove from your transcript any class in which you were currently ... the one that gets sent to people"]internal transcript.[/annotation] In

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  and ready to mail. And again, you will have to wait to get your letter in the mail to find out your decision, as it will not be online, in ... which students to admit since everyone is so talented. Thank you for your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what ... rolls around and you're thinking "gee, I should probably send my scores to ... your application that the scores will be coming to us

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  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 ... post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  juggling act feels. I also remember wondering how on earth I was going to get ... probably isn't going to kill you. If all goes according to plan, your senior ... handle, especially if you're applying to MIT. But you're not alone, and you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  get started with this entry, let me dust the cobwebs out of your head ... -inclined, shove your face full of fancy food event that simply isn't to be missed ... have had to wait patiently, doing PSETS, taking tests, and generally

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... . I wasn't expecting that to happen...but through your comments, your emails, and even your random Facebook pokes, I genuinely became attached to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  waking up to ensure your day   gets off on the right foot? What happened ... respite from a very busy IAP (which I'll hopefully get to blogging about ... the afternoon. What are your resolutions? What do you want to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  middle of your sophomore year, to allow time to get a pre-medical advisor ... of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you will divulge your greatest disappointments and accomplishments to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  service? Want to get involved with these activities at MIT? Then, come to ... Johnson Athletics Center. You will have the opportunity to see almost every student group on campus (246 of them!!!!) We'll all be vying for your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  , don’t fret yet. Make sure to finish your other applications, find where ... I’m officially on winter break. It’s hard to believe that the ... now. It is where I am the person I want to be. Even though I have been

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  North Wales. Unfortunately getting to South Wales would be 8 hours ... lonely towards the end of the month. But I did appreciate getting to see ... !)  When your walls come tumbling down, you don’t have to rebuild them.  You

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  replace your recurring nightmare of being forced to swim the Charles clad in ... 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

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011