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• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  think) still guide our office today. I know it's been a big influence on Stu, and on many other people in our office too. The book has been out of print for decades, but for our new website, the College Board agreed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  ." But when I saw those same skaters struggling to learn a new move or to ... hard to feel like you’re making any progress at MIT. A lot of progress is ... that are hard to be proud of when they look like an almost-average on a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  Just a quick note - after this morning's build, you should now see the financial aid tracking portlet in your MyMIT account. If you have ... 'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  It is standard practice to leave MIT as quickly as possible upon ... are dedicated to "catching up" on work and usually IAP and Summer are ... rearranging the calendar so Christmas falls on New Year's day instead. We

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on December 1 ... complete and you did not match to a binding school. If you take MIT off your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  Wales (the obvious thing to name a new country). Apparently, on the way ... 't going to come find you when you're struggling and ask you what's going on ... "advice you can give me on how to move forward from here." I thanked them

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  introduced to, Oliver. Main Entre: I hopped on the redeye MegaBus to New ...   To continue on my series of Weekend Adventures, this blog ... #springbreak2011 Adventures to keep your taste buds tingling with excitement

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  competitions, and some clubs have sent athletes to compete on the international ... have numerous accomplishments and aim to help each student improve in ... to everyone who fits within the eligibility guidelines. All skill
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  assignments on a calendar? I'd have to copy them all into a calendar, then ... in browser or download the app to your computer. It's free, and you can ... progress on their yearly creative goals. However, if you don't want to put a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  getting used to, four years on the job. For every publication I design that ... ."]The New Yorker,[/annotation]I still would have loved the opportunity to rep ... , hire a professional agency to take on this project—and I am very much not

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  , and tie for me while Maddie just packed clothes to put on later. I ... issues. It was hard to sleep on (bumpy) but we got some naps in. When the ... pretending to work there and get on with the show, which I did, but I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  slightest hint of graffiti on the walls, and facilities would be quick to ... different, they all have special meanings to the hall they were painted on as ... passed down to generations of EC residents. It all started on floor 5E

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  to go to grad school what I focused on during undergrad how helpful ... before on this blog that I had a “winternship” in new york in january 2020 ... to that, I spent a decent amount of time on teaching and outreach work

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  's faculty - and what's actually here on the website is only a small sample of ... distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level ... MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  easier to notice the little bursts of green appearing on the blank canvas ... scores of new people met and new friends made, I’ve learned how to make ... ="Undergraduate Research Opportunity, where students get to contribute to real research on

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... previous semester, I checked the “Other” box and moved on to the rest of the ... , many UROP projects sound extremely cool – who wouldn’t want to work on

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  ?" he had asked. On the surface level, I'd like fake lashes. New sports ... school has taught me, it's to not rely on a singular friend group on the ... put so much stress on myself to be the very best, why must I attain this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  blogs, at CPW, on Facebook...etc., and as you make your final decisions, good luck and best wishes to your final choice. Like what Paul said ... students may teach a class on ANYTHING to their students. A sampling of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  learning experience that I’m happy to look back on as I start a new semester ... liked to try new things like dance. I’ve been learning more about ... the task, I had to find 50 unique things on campus and spent a decent

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  think you have an answer to a puzzle, you fill out a little form on the official Hunt website, and they call you to check your answer. As the ... to keep track of who's working on which puzzle, where they are, how

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008