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• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  try to look mysterious so that other people in the library will think I ... other table. You know, change it up. :-) And so far you're all awesome ... you out of your reading chair and into an adventure, each applicant

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  lil' bit about me 0:36 Why you DON'T need to stress out 1:21 What "being ... you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of others?" essay 6:38 The "describe your world" essay 8:38 The "challenge you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It ... phrases like "an a cappella group."  Or "many a cappella groups." (if you're ... 've missed (please direct all complaints to Chris Peterson.  thanks) And what

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer office's view. Evidence is below In case you're not convinced, check ... ! It is going to be an excellent year... I can see it already

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best serve your needs. I hope that this second year of blogging will be even

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Matt McGann ‘00 Name: Matt McGann; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY

  

  idealism & commitment to the mission of helping the world Favorite things ... character: Nekobasu? Advice about applying to college/MIT: be open and honest about yourself and your life's circumstances, choose recommenders who can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  legal and okay amount of classes to take, and it means that my schedule has a lot more free time for me to do other things and really focus on ... convince me to take 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) with him except on listener

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  . There are few projects I have worked on at MIT that have truly defined my time here thus far. So far on the blogs, I have written about two of them ... to write about a few more of these projects over the summer, but I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  Underground was running on time, and you all made it to the competition just in ... This will be short, because I'm about to start another 2.671 (Mechanical Engineering Institute Lab Class) experiment, but I had to share with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  reacting, we must recognize and learn from two elements that may seem to be ... don't expect our applicants to be perfect, we do require them to be truthful. And we must hold ourselves to that standard. I want to reassure

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  . Instead we just made sure to cook the meat through on the stove top, and ... semester, we don't have time to make any recipes we watch, so when we watch a video of a recipe we like, we email the link to ourselves, and usually try

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  AAS business sessions in order to pass resolutions and make decisions on ... Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of ... lot of useful information and gained insight as to how we can improve

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, strangers. A video, a song, and some doodles.

  

  about how his grandmother used to make soap from cow fat.) Aaaaaaaaaaaand a video! It's your lucky day.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  can't wait until then, I suggest going to http://boston.craigslist.org/ and search under the for sale section. While you're there you might also

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would ... : palm trees, iguanas, piña coladas. To me, they were nothing but pathetic ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine people I don't really know and I went down to Carson Beach today and then ... , torrential rain to otherwise lovely places, the weather today at the beach was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  in 2 years, in order to reduce the financial hardship on his family. As ... questions about trades and acquisition, I asked him to elaborate on his UROP ... goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days ... hours a week during IAP to prepare for our annual show...those hours stack ... "]REX[/annotation] events in my Google Calendar. I actually went to 4 of these; the rest were

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  , March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of luck to all of you! 2. Super Smash Brothers ... . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room all morning (having an 8.022 p-set due tomorrow will do that to you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L: Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... themes... in German. She introduced me to her housemate (at Student House

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006