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  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  In my previous entry, Joan Tran from Louisiana asked for some general ... them independently, that's fine too. (For example, if you love baking ... extra-curriculars or achievements it looks for on your application; rather

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the ... conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a ... . MIT is full of relationships, people who've been dating for days, weeks

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  thoroughly as I had hoped. For one thing, the integrals were incredibly ... 'm not smrt enough to do them, but these were even too difficult for some ... . Which makes for 20 minutes of just not too much fun if you ask me. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Johns Hopkins:"For all the regular decision applicants out there, we ask for your PATIENCE throughout the month of January. Please do not contact ... three weeks for us to process all of these application materials

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on ... praying for the 4 inches. :-) ---------------------------------- 9:45AM It

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few ... slept for 30.5 hours (and will probably sleep at least 10 tonight ... around in a hooded sweatshirt and enjoyed life. Hooray for laziness! A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the ... created a mouse model for the Th2 form of IBD by creating a Th2 response in ... Research Journal for the past two years and member of the Journal of Young

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  The results are out, and for the second consecutive year, MIT has won ... Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a total of 120 possible points. Nearly 4,000 students sat for the exam

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  the whole admissions experience more fulfilling for everyone involved ... Creativity - thanks for your post and I am so sorry to hear about the student at your ... . Thank you for saying that. At the end of my junior year of high school one

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to ... about this time for early action for things you might want to be doing ... , compared with 22% who choose to have an interview. The reason for this is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for ... music for the five minutes before the official start of class at 11:05am ... fast pace I had always hoped for in high school, where we weren

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  It's time for another Questions Omnibus! (for even more Q&A, check ... is a good topic for the "completely option" essay about something you ... additional essay on my experiences at a local research lab would be useful for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  to be a junior next fall. My schedule for next fall will not have any A ... be taking alot of electives since I need them for a graduation ... sophomore year I missed the opportunity to sign up for Intel. Later, I went to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  ; cognitive science. (I love telling people that 'i major in 6-9' for shits and ... you to whoever read my application for seeing past my blunder. I swear I ... as an independent inquiry, but later got mentorship for it through MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  advocating for one side. I chose to do my video on MIT's closed campus policy ... ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBLKXmD7-bQ[/embed] 1. Scripting MISTAKE: Not scripting first. For the first ... then conducting interviews and getting the narrative for my doc

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  Note: this post has been updated from the 2016 CPW mini-guide for the ... !!! For the past week, our inboxes have been filled with CPW reminders and ... matches visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  immediately asked me about my “background”. I assumed he was asking for which ... nod with feigned interest.  Later, the boy apologized to me for what ... he hadn’t stood up for me. But, mostly, it was because I had sat there

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  definition of spread to account for the whole cohesive project/idea that could ... , resources, and platform for student designers and writers to showcase their ... theme for the current issue and puts out a call for students to submit

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... January 6th, 2021. If you plan to apply to MIT for Regular Action, you do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  schedule. For breakfast/brunch, I tend to go with avocado toast, something ...         For something healthier, I go for chia ... like adding pureed strawberries at the bottom for some extra sweetness

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020