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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  should aim to keep your grades at or near the level they were when you were ... mit.edu domain, to make it easier for students to search?" I would like ... makes me mad). would it open their eyes to an 80, changing any decisions

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  Best Way to Make a Difference," and he focused largely on education ... said relevant to my life as an MIT student. Changing the world, making ... : "Hey, what question did your friend want us to ask him again?" Me: "'What

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  't listen to all of them them or censor anything, so y'know, use your judgment ... . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  embarrass you or for you to wear around your head like a crown, grades are a ... 't worry about your grades, it's an opportunity for you to figure out what it ... . Confidence allows your knowledge to find its way into application. Confidence

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  least socially acceptable. Feel free to reuse them at your own risk. Tier ... them; if you're asking for something or have something to genuinely thank ... ."]executive board[/annotation] and how people choose to divvy up the work from year to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  that end, I want to make use of the handy "blog reaccs only (beta ... 're going to stop updating it in 2020 so I am making some good memories with ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA   And it seems like I'm going to be leaving the blogs with a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online ... . If you spend the next few years trying to make wherever you are as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online ... . If you spend the next few years trying to make wherever you are as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  spent a lot of time and effort preaching to you about your high school ... mostly to show you all that if something is making you terribly unhappy ... I'm going to be honest - The first five academic weeks here were not

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu.   Between Early and Regular Action

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  easier? Not to mention your most special friend, or "friend^0" is "the one ... _hacks/ (SIDE NOTE: If you're a web developer, please please please, don't make ... adopt exponential notation to denote level of friendship. I.e. A "friend

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  already now is definitely the time to get a new one on Amazon.com if your ... then to send a copy of your paid second month's phone bill and the ... want you to claim the rebate. It's a little difficult, but since you're

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  if you're black, white, or somewhere in between. You don't get to ... society. Conversely, if you never have to think about your identity, you ... The two thousand sixteenth year anno Domini (or "Common Era" if you're

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  . Countless visits to the local diner to savor every last bite of your favorite ... ) pressure to make the most out of that last summer before college. To explore ... , are going to be just fine. And even if you do trip and dislocate your

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of ... to the Midwest, so I was expecting the Windy City to greet me like this: Luckily I can say that beyond the weather, Chicago was quite good to me

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  'll learn to spin in Random Hall: poi and staff. Things that make your head ... Equilibrium First, make your own truffles using liquid nitrogen. But don ... Blasters None of this tame nonsense! Use nerf darts to skip your opponent

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  here at MIT. If you're here in the fall, drop by 3-107 and say hi to us from time to time - our door is almost always open. If you're not here in ... 'll visit often, ask your questions, share your experiences. Don't forget to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  materials. If you're good at self-studying, however, and have access to ... them seriously. Strive to finish the test far before your timer runs out ... mice in your room! It doesn't make for great dreams :( Topic 3: The Day

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  and an assortment of other tools, just like climbing makes use of your ... your feet into that same ice sheet to stand on. Climbing is a motion ... to the fact that your covered in sharp objects in the freezing cold

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your ... transcript and no further action is needed on your part. If you did not submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an