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• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  driving back to my hotel, listening to the game on the radio, and they kept ... application process, and financial aid. And in order to have a good amount of ... 'm constantly trying to do a balancing act between telling the stories that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  Spring Concert.  Every April, students bring a major musical act to campus ... Staton 1962: The Four Preps So, here's looking forward to a great concert ... It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.  Wednesday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  later on, before you pick a major, reflect a little on what you'd like to ... love!-- there's obviously a lot of strife here, and I just wanted to ... makes up ~7% of the class each year. Is that a lot? That's hard to say

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... royal guard. Like a freshman? Haha, no, you aren't allowed to do that ... first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  In general, it would be considered a good idea to know more than just ... a lot of time on this site, cramming various scraps of information in ... curriculums we designed earlier this year. In just over a week, I'll be able to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  need to know that this was a lie on a resume - not some big scandal ... process this more, we don't want to host a big public thread on the topic, so please give us a few days to get back on our feet before we restore

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  'd take a moment to tell you guys what I'm up to for the semester. This semester is going to be class heavy because I'm doubling up on HASS classes to make up for a humanities free freshman spring semester. Finishing 6

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  's letter to the community on November 9, the day after the election, he wrote ... As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... their hopes and fears regarding the new administration, and many faculty

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  . On top of the movies every week, MIT gives RBA groups a lot of money to ... on it. As a prefrosh, I didn't know that much about the dorms so RBA ... , including one where you get to build furniture for your room (a picture of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  ? Because they have a physics project that they're going to be working on all ... not going to complain if a few more hours come my way on a daily basis ... all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  to Sam, asking if he wanted to contribute a guest post on his ... use a variety of tools to help me, from Evernote for keeping track of ... messaged him, Fireflies created a reminder for me to write up this post

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well ... microphone! (If you actually want to record anything you'll also want a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  math teacher, Mr. Bob Cohen, who had a strange fondness for referring to ... this puppy by adding 25 to both sides." "Let's do a rigorous proof of the ... walked in to find this on the chalkboard:

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  molecular orbital diagrams. You still have a 14.01 pset to do, before the sun ... pop up on your email inbox... Extra Credit: Confuzzled, you decide to return to your 14.01, for it is due in 11 hours. Luckily

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  the campus will move to Orlando, according to hackers who altered the MIT homepage. Hey, anything's better than trying to work in an Athena cluster. From the MIT Hack Gallery: On April Fools Day of 1998, hackers

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or you might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends ... Housing is a huge part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you ... , talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously competitive ... , it's more than a job. It's hard not to get attached. This college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... ' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  weekends ago, I took a morning bus up the countryside to the next big town on ... together at the table outside next to me and put on a concert for those ... , however learn a few very important lessons on this lovely walk back to the

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked ... )? 2. Is it a expensive activity to pursue? My response: 1. While I can ... is on par if not a little less expensive than living in a dorm

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006