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  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  last week... the new Alias season began. In general I don't have time to ... > -B P.S. Don't expect to hear from McGann for awhile - Mystery

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  when I look at your names in these threads, I don't see scores or grades ... find "the formula." I don't think "oh, that girl got a 1600 on the SAT

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  . We feel that the pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want ... spaces for regular action, further pressuring people to apply early. We don't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  would you admit?" I never answer questions like that, because we don't ... don't believe this -- often times people will accuse me of lying, that ... , I don't care about how much financial aid we'll have to give you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  and the most pleasurable month of the academic calendar, but I don't ... obsessive and more fulfilling. I don't want to talk about my major as much as ... that I don't seem like a very peaceful person, but I am making a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  all trying to act normal all the time B: well B: don't say that, that ... don't A: ok cool A: oh god B: what A: my life is just so ... B: and you don't know which switch will work B: and also the switches

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  , and classes don’t matter all that much anymore because I’m going to MIT ... experiences"]older friends[/annotation] were asking me, why don’t you take a gap ... actually start caring about grades? And, well, of course I don’t know yet

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  particularly tedious. we don't have classes for the next week and a half, so we have a lot of time that we don't know what to do with. in fact, in the ... changed SO much since then. at MIT, you don't really get time to read unless

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  application yet. But don’t worry! We know this may be for reasons out of your ... send them to us as soon as they’re available. Don’t worry; they’ll get ... consideration. Most importantly, don't take this out on your teachers or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  **Edit: tagline no longer accurate as of 11/16/2015. Whoops! I don’t ... all. There are 6 dorms on campus that don’t have a dining hall and therefore don’t require a meal plan: East Campus, Senior Haus, Random Hall

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  commitment of hosting a prefrosh, so don't feel like you are a burden. However ... .mit.edu for a simple Google Maps version of campus. Don't be afraid to explore ... catch up on sleep when you get home. Don't feel guilty for wanting to stay

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  Florence!   So I don't know if you could tell, but I was teaching in ... taught, but the ones I learned. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧           1. Don't worry ... extra classes. On the way back, my flight was delayed again-- but don't

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  What up, y'all? I don't go to MIT anymore! ...okay, so I work here ... . Whatever. It ain't the same. For those of you who don't remember me: hi ... out the SH Bouncy Ball Drop! It's really pretty. And don't sleep while

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  revolutionary bit -- what those people don't know is that the college essay should ... don't do it?) put your best foot forward and talk about you, the bits of ... a second about why you don't enjoy it. It's more than that, though

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  "the new Ben." For those who don't remember Ben Jones I can instead say ... ... for now), etc. Now I don't mean to imply that I do that alone (if you ... brilliant people, some of whom you know from the blogs and others you don't

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And ... involves some pictures I just took. I don't have my camera with me (I know ... new Macbook) and so I just used that. I don't know how to resize them

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  tomorrow. If you don't hear from your host tonight, don't worry -- we do have ... Harmony. If you find that you and your host are not a good match, don't suffer ... conversations with professors. If it doesn't happen, don't be too disappointed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  , but other than that your only other refuge is that you don't like ... &m's, the release of Leopard, dancing to Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now", and ... free to be as incoherent as you like, and don't lose too much sleep over

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  my 2.001 lecture. You see the double-angle formulas, don’t you? Yuck ... method was completely wrong. Don’t you hate those moments? In other news ... for her. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I basically aspire to be Veronica

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  performance?" A 720 is fine! Don't give it another thought. Remember that ... admissions committee? I don't want to put down clubs I belong to that only meet once a week or honor organizations that don't do anything." To us, it

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005