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• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  out. You're required to take 4 CI classes before you graduate. This ... forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the first thing I had to do was ... lists all of the forms that need to be filled out, along with their

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  choosing to make Khan Academy non-profit: "What's a home run in the for ... important is not your GPA, not your credentials. It's what you make. It ... roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  your kidneys (7.20), and you won't absorb salt without sugar due to the ... like hell when you have a virus is actually due to your immune system ... over to MIT Medical's Urgent Care. If you're too sick to get there

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  , your concern does not seem to be "will my child make it at MIT or how ... pretty sure that you're going to MIT?", "What are you going to major in ... encourage your child to attend CPW, to see if MIT is actually a good fit for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 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 ... hobbies. I feel like I can grow more as a person." In an effort to make this ... post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  , or between now and whatever you're waiting for. Things to Make While ... . There are many things I can do, things I can make, and places I can go to ... MIT student, you can come volunteer every other Thursday to make challah

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  indicators, MIT does its best to make sure you end up in a physics class that ... classroom, making it hard to see anything going on and interact/ask questions ... MORE THAN THAT! GIVE ME ADVICE THAT'S HELPFUL! YOUR JOB IS TO TEACH ME

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  the afternoon. What are your resolutions? What do you want to ... pull you up and give you the boost you need to fight your own monsters. I ... waking up to ensure your day   gets off on the right foot? What happened

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  you.  If your intent is to demonstrate how you feel and you want to make ... process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As ... 't want everyone to be the same -- part of what makes MIT exciting is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  with some pictures. So, to answer all of your questions, here is the ... importantly, make some money, the band decided to sell "band-o-grams" to ... ." Today, 3/4, is unofficially national marching band day. Get it? Anyway, to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  So four years ago, I began a year-long journey to start seeing what ... to college. I kind of went about it in a semi-orderly fashion, but I ... I graduate. This is my promise. So similar to the list of parameters

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  're excited to have these conversations with your counselor about the state of ... a great opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to hear ... little about what makes it unique, and will also describe common

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We ... school both improves your odds of getting into MIT and will help you make ... we can’t give you an opinion of what your chances are, we can give you
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  for y'all in case you aren't motivated enough to make your own. More ... you just called your friend a wuss. Now add "ter" to the end. Wuss ... . Snively Advice Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Don't sound like a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  managing your time since the beginning of the semester. (Note to future self.) You don't have to be on your game at all times, but it's a good idea to ... advice blog (written by someone who went to all her Tuesday classes with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  back in 2008 (wow, that makes me feel old ☹) when I applied to colleges ... MIT or med school, I’m happy to be a resource ☺ I won’t make the ... -bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  , happy travels, see you this weekend! Make sure to swing by Burton ... Costco is officially out of hamburgers, UPS is making 5 trips a day to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  allergies to make necessary arrangements. Since we have five now, the hall ... windowsill to get a better view. * Dr. Popular can make every noise possible ... halfway down the hall at 45MPH, stopping to look back at me to make sure I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  Congratulations on being accepted to MIT! You're amazing! And your hair looks especially good today! Did you do something new to it? Nope ... - what's your story? Feel free to share in the form of pictures, haiku

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  MIT.  The honest answer?  THE PEOPLE!  So I'm going to tell you stories about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with ... now after graduating from MIT. So today let me introduce you to Brian

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013