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  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  (#11) to write about it. ------------------------ Merudh wrote: "HOW DO ... that you've been thinking, we want to see that you've been doing. Passion, passion, passion. Quality over quantity. You don't have to do a

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my ... and an A on the assignment -- heck, I could. But if you try to do that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  whatever you do, not just in applying to college.Fun fact about yourself: In ... think change is great! (I do plan to stay in my current house, job, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Tomorrow, we will mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the 70 meetings we'll be doing across the country this fall. We call ... ), and Sacramento. Wow that's a lot of travel! This year, I'll be doing CMs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  Scott doing some welding; image courtesy Amrys Williams Amrys and Scott, doing some door work; image courtesy Amrys Williams Unfortunately, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  available today would not be up to the task of doing this entire project ... class will be doing UROPs with Lander on the Human Cancer Genome Project...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  , finding their niche, doing wonderful things - sometimes we even start to ... rejected applicant - I know that my feelings do not compare. But at the same

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  ) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it ... "Not the same few colleges," but I hope my point is made. Yes, we do our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so ... benefit or advantage in doing so, and you should feel at ease applying
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  final before the class begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade on the ASE as your grade in the class; if you do poorly you can simply
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire application, which is what we do during our admissions committee selection
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  other blogs. I do read all of your comments, and even if I don't respond ... fulfilling for me. Many thanks. As you may know, I do my best to answer every ... to do just that (some questions I have replied to directly and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  lab doing bench work again after almost a year. i can taste spring on ... session in freshman fall, he read us wild geese by mary oliver. You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  ']sunrise[/annotation]happening? 7 terrace ❤️​ to “ 7 terrace ” Do you want me to wake you if you ... essays? [annotation note='i knew he was already doing misti for iap (our ... summer I'm in the IAP program Ohhhhh You plan to do misti after graduating

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  because of the academic environment i was raised in - other people doing ... getting into top colleges meant i would have a harder time doing so myself ... , and of all the things they could do as a friend to make me feel better

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  ). Sometimes people ask me why I'm doing this to myself, but I just tell them ... . I'm sitting in classes, taking notes, doing homework. This is most of what I do these days. I'm putting my nose to the grindstone, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  doing okay? How are you feeling? What's your emotional state? I find the ... many people do care about me, people I wouldn't thought to have ... safety net. the good I'm trying to navigate things on my own, like how do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  with: Do you mostly listen to the same artists over and over (and over ... : Familiarity (F) vs. Exploration (E) — do you listen to your favorite artists on repeat, or sample a lot of new ones? Loyalty (L) vs. Variety (V) — do you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  . you tell them about how, last spring, you banned yourself from doing ... , and a few months into your role you still don’t think you are doing a ... doing with your life - why are you spending so much time reading about ai

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  understand that they don’t actually have to do anything just because I told them to do it. PUF only sits if I’ve got a treat in my hand, and then will only do the bare minimum that could be considered “sitting

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022