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  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  closer you get to receiving your admissions decisions, the easier it ... . Regardless of your admissions decision, you will continue to be the good ... , and your primary responsibility is to enjoy every remaining minute of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  , sometimes to get [annotation note="Framingham has the largest Brazilian ... ) it's time for anyone who's interested in blogging to share your writing ... 's my turn to take up the mantle of "person who announces the admissions

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  get a bit more complicated but this is related to the idea that there ... of points a_n getting closer and closer to a point c, infinitesimally ... . Intro analysis teaches you to be really careful about: when you're proving

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for another of life's big rituals: getting married. Tomorrow, I will marry an ... day, I certainly find myself empathizing with your situation -- it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  Agent: So you teach people how to swim? Me: Oh, no. You get to teach ... wearing my purple MIT Splash t-shirt. TSA Agent: Why does your shirt say ... you could teach people to swim if you wanted to. TSA Agent: Oh. Huh. and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay!" I will tell ... using Python and MATLAB. The awesome description: We get to build virtual ... -mailing elizabizzle at mit dot edu). It's your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ask a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  (in which I get to play with the internet!), that zealous nature started ... felt like writing this story because it's easier to get the full picture ... Admissions blogs and primarily get to read about what people are *excited

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  getting to the drive-in window where the lady says, "Here's your Big Mac ... in the blogs about how important your living group is to your MIT ... .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  answers to some of the more general ones that might get asked again: Kate ... technically you have to wait until you're an admitted student to do that. It ... it's warmer, your host will be more likely to take you out into Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the semester, because later when classmates google the class number, they end up at my blog. If that applies to you, um, Hi. 14.41 Public Finance and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  continue to learn more as you finish up your application process! To help ... months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to [annotation ... in your college app process: good job! You're doing really good, keep

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  to the idea of carpe diem, seize the day, chase your dreams, and other ... you’ve always wanted to try, to experiment with your likes, dislikes ... career path. You’re supposed to be “finding yourself” (congrats if you

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  comments that entry received: "So, what can our students do to get your fair ... time, because parents think that's what they need to get into college ... To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  need to do between now and tomorrow: "Don't Panic" (and remember your ... will be ecstatic to get their decision; many more will be disappointed ... thought, "I get it, I know why people wouldn't want to come here." It's not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  has unlimited cheese samples, but Ben & Jerry's is easier to get to ... of your dorm -- it's not so hard to find the way out from here Park ... Here are some ideas from my limited experience to help you meet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  you can get to know MIT better are these very blogs. Actually, Blogger ... board recently; it is such a good start to answering your question that I ... making your college decision. A bunch of them are mine, which has less to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never ... show your essay to your favorite English teacher, tell him/her that your ... evenings. BoA's "My Name" is down to #10 this week. The #8 video, "Windy" by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  talking to your professor when it's you, them, and a few other students who ... . All your classes, however, are more similar to the recitation format ... talk to your TAs and ask them questions because participation is inherent

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  reading assignments? We will make a summary of your responses to the ... !* So I get to class on Tuesday and see this: "Interesting, that should ... announces that we're going to do a demo. "Snively, you're going to do this

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  ." That's SO WEIRD. You don't get to say things like that unless you're an ... get to keep a blog. No joke. Part of the requirements are to write ... plenty interested. I've even managed to get myself tangled up in potential

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009