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  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  reading your comments on Stu's post and was going to write back but then ... comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  wearing lavender gloves. (Whatever company decided to go with lavender

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  or otherwise, if there is anything we can do to help you make your ... deadline for making your college decision. If your lingering issue is a ... 'm in Moorestown, NJ, talking to students from South Jersey and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  option. You figure that the world is over and that you're going to fail out ... 't knock. You and your friends make your best guess, and call it a night ... QUESTIONS!" Seriously. I’m not making this up. People here love to teach. A

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  expand to fill the night sky’s infinity your river of hair tickles the ... to pluck the silver flower of moonlight  and tuck it behind your ear ... away, where  to come out is to stay in  your arms   i want my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• 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's website and you can find the original post here. Part 1

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

  For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.

  

  deferred because your application was already strong enough to make you a ... any other updates you'd like to provide (new awards, changes to your ... application, or all new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  deferred because your application was already strong enough to make you a ... any other updates you'd like to provide (new awards, changes to your ... application, or all new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  to the question of whether your work matters. The response becomes more ... how you respond to Lumia when she asks you about how you're feeling. The more times you loop, the more explicit the reference to your life feeling

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  ’s much easier to carry groceries on your back than in your arms. When loading groceries into your backpack, make sure to put more durable items in ... , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  dimension to your application and also chat with an ex-MIT student about his ... to know what you're like in real life. Come on, you are more than just ... /questions that will help guide your thinking: -Be able to introduce yourself and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  make the choice to go to MIT again, would you? I'm a little embarrassed ... else) You're free to eat at any dining hall: the meal plans are not dorm ... ) that Shaw's gives a discount to MIT students: you get 5% off with your ID

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  You find time to shove that into your schedule. And don't worry, that ... 3 hours to do it." "But you're 20!" "I'm also hosed!" "BE HAPPY!" "NO ... other that's just happenstance. The first reason you're seeing fewer

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  Linktree has a few links to my different donation incentives. It’s the first ... -Marathon in November.[/caption] For various reasons, I don’t want to specify ... some international work. I’ve gotten to advise government departments

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  sadly I missed most of it! Determined to not completely miss out on IAP ... applications yesterday to experience 5 fun events. First was the famous MIT Charm ... classes included "How to Accessorize/Dress for Success," "How to Tell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  the situation? I can't emphasize this enough: make sure to review ... )  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

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  at MIT is how to carve your own MIT experience without thinking about ... your entire life to become someone else. I have realized, if not ... making up for it in any amount of time. You are allowed to exist, trying

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  me a bit of time to finish answering all your questions (one all the ... flexibility in choosing your classes; you get to pick six electives from any of ... final which you have to make up a day before everyone else because they

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  Truffles Do you want to make your own chocolates filled with peanut butter ... . If you're asking yourself, "Should I go to Thing X?" the answer is ... in love with one and all you want to do is spend ALL your time there

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  myself by making things up. I sat a while. I called my mother. I began to ... ’s a small town, and I make a habit of talking to strangers. An older man ... knives. I listen for footsteps and try to make my own gait a little less

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014