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• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once-in-a ... living group; you'll miss a lot. If America's supposed to be a melting pot ... . I still know and talk to a number of people I met during CPW, whom I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  to compensate by progressing in difficulty at a slightly faster rate ... distilled into a form gentle enough to be diffused into our frail young minds -- sometimes, they're actually based on a bunch of fresh research the professor

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  from mit. even when you're not on leave. i went to a documentary play ... for the aero/astro degree. here is a part of that airplane (i worked on ... square.   i volunteered in a door-to-door get

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  : "Multiple law enforcement agencies on campus in response to a report of a ... on campus in response to a report of a person with a gun on campus ... -253-1212. Or on campus phone dial 100." I sent a mass text to all my MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  foresight to grind a Duolingo course on the flight there, my half ... my labmates and I rented a motorboat to go on Lake Como, which was less ... example of an application: you would be able to rotate your phone on a call

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In ... ."]acapella[/annotation] groups, only to receive a callback from just one—the Asymptones. At the ... moving on to the next song when one of the music directors of [annotation

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  regular action process. More on that in the weeks to come. Out of fairness ... defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  want to skillet so I can get some searing action on. In a beautiful bit ... hand and Fire Viper on the right hand--it's way better than a Fireball ... fats, the carbohydrates (A) and amino acids (B) react to form some crazy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they ... civilization you expect me to just work a chill tech/quant job and relax in my ... naturally i’d be attracted to the avatar metaphor on the other hand, i don

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  've likely seen on Matt's blog, we went to the waitlist today and offered ... and feeling a sense of closure to the '10 cycle. Congrats to all the ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  forward to this weekend. Earlier tonight, a handful of friends and I went to a performance of four student-written one-act plays put on Dramashop ... , Dramashop wasn't the only club putting on a show tonight - Dance Troupe, MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going ... a video game, or goofing off with friends to listen. If you want some ... think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  such as my blog is not the place to have a discussion on highly serious ... the country with a pregnant wife and a toddler (good times). Sorry to be away from my blog for a few days, but my ability to get online was a bit

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Biking the bridge I biked across the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito

  

  On Sunday, a coworker and I decided to be tourists in our own city ... to walk our bikes down a steep set of stairs, across a path underneath the bridge, and carry them up a steep set of stairs on the other side

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  weeks ago - …the assignment was to construct a bamboo-and-canvas shelter to be erected on the lawn of the Endicott House - MIT's private mansion ... to prepare the bamboo structure - Then slipped on the canvas roof

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a Quest ... QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  . =) Keep in mind this is all after 11 PM on a Sunday! I got back to my ... resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is ... once. On the day of the final, I made plans with my friend Martin to meet

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to ... thing I’m a blogger) and I can take hours to write a paragraph (< ... to get work done) in order to finish my application. After a short

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  calling our local Fox channel. I really wanted a live person to answer the ... ?" Unfortunately, I had no such luck and ended up leaving a message on an answering ... , Yonas, Chris, Tom, Christi, and other Bakerites made this huge sign to

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  performer/entertainers are invited to perform on campus. This year, the comedy ... very different comedic styles, which is harder to see on camera but ... adjective than a unit of measurement, but by unspoken rules we have to keep

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014