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  Reading Some final notes before decisions are posted.

  

  decide to enroll) and a steady class size, we have admitted even fewer ... Jones: It's More Than A Job Marilee Jones: Sending You My Best Also: Bryan Nance A Post For Parents and It's All About the Process, Bryan Don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  It's beginning to warm up here - still in the 20s, but sunny and nice - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass Ave Bridge into Boston. I planned to run a quick errand on Newbury St to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  . And hey, while we're all waiting for the Opera to show up a little ... One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT Media Lab, which is great for me because it gives me an excuse to go visit

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  here's a brief message brought to you by my junk mail.) I have a first ... - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... . Talk to upperclassmen. Wander into strange rooms. Host a random dance

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  to maintain a balance between new students and upperclassmen. That said ... is awesome!). To be considered for a blogger position, you should email ... current bloggers had been keeping a personal blog for years prior to working

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  to their houses for a weekend. Joe lives in Portland, which is "Maine ... well as a fantastic place to spend a weekend. So, I ended up taking ... I assume to be "Be Cool" on the bus ride up and I saw a brief where

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  to check your decision online, you will need to have registered for a ... . If you do not have a MyMIT account and you wish to receive your ... Selection committee has begun! We are pleased to announce that we

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... through a third-party service other than the MIT application portal
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  ) out to the patients. Take a look! :P Common front side (click to ... weekends!) to explore the Bay Area. I made a list of all the tourist ... health internship." Little did I know that this would turn out to be an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  It's been a long week, but next week promises to be even longer. Classes end this Wednesday, then we have one day to study (most schools get a "reading week," but apparently a "reading day" is enough for MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  to have brunch at Hillel, and afterwards I walked back to EC with a ... ! (Note: this is a long list; feel free to skim if your interest wanes.)   24.9000 is Introduction to Linguistics! To answer a question some

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  knowledge to see towns and cities with a big picture and small picture view ... ; I came to MIT because I was good at math and science. After spending a year and a half in engineering, I wanted to zoom out away from the nitty

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  while, I'll try to do a recap of last term, which was fantastic, but ... , and how to take big problems and deal with them. There are a lot of ... incoming freshmen to the new curriculum. And 6.001 doesn't really have a

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... vessels, what are you trying to do? learn how to adopt a convincing British ... goal is to see the sunset on a mountain, and visit Mont. Blanc (these two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  of the Charles River versus a trip to New Hampshire to try indoor ... committing to a certain social and support group for all of college. It seemed ... rush to be a week of partying, a week of late nights, a week of college

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  like that. It's meant to be more of a conversation, a give and take. What ... EC to find a time and place that works for your interview. In a ... interested in your grades, test scores, etc. They want to learn about you as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little ... feel sick, and a need to be normal somehow. I pulled out my supplies and ... walked to his office flashed through my brain. "My dad is there." A third

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Invasion MIT! the long war of general jack

  

  As I walked up the steps to 77 Mass Ave this morning I was ready to ... ; And finally, outside the President's office, a portrait:   With a note: "President Hockfield, We have waged infinite battles against

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  finished most of a Diff Eq. PSET (I started at 10:45 PM, it's been a long day). Here's when you know it's time to go to bed. Roommate Jon: "Did you get ... Mathematica could do it." Jon: "I know, the same thing happened to me. I think I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  for the semester ahead, we took a break to look at the stars (which you ... miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007