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  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  some brief updates. Sandy: If you have been affected by the storm, for ... . The same goes for materials submitted by your teachers, counselor, and ... 1. We will wait for your materials. We are not going to be mean to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be ... spontaneously reaching for the flip video camera when my son refused to eat his vegetables, and then suggesting that I might send the evidence of his misdeeds

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  , Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Virginia. For a complete list of sessions, click ... MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... discussed. How do you apply for financial aid? Should you apply for it? What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks ... is even a little intimidating for me, and I’ve been a student here for ... signed up for too many mailing lists when you get four different emails

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  note="we meet 3 times a week for 2 hours during the semester and like 20 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 / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  -competition. Antonio wore a Garmin watch, which he used to record his heart rate for all ... incredibly well. The process for each climb was simple: start in the basement ... . Take a look at climbs 9 and 13, for example. For some reason I still don

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  , and a favorite of productivity geeks everywhere.  Just Google it for ... you're looking for a more exhaustive list, these blog posts might be of ... heading home. Protip: at the beginning of a semester, ask upperclassmen for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  formula for the surface area of a sphere (4 pi r squared) was not exact, and ... science for 30 years. No no. I'm serious. Well, this is it: the last time I ... a vegetarian for a month for no particular reason? Here's a picture

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  for this year's edition of Technique (the yearbook of MIT, since 1885 ... ask for an extra week), I am proud to say that we are completely on time ... distribution scheduled for the first two weeks of May—mark your calendars

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  able to advocate most compellingly on your behalf and have them send ... have them send us duplicates of the same letter through different systems ... accepted. One question we sometimes get is about cover sheets for letters of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  for first-year and transfer admissions (for students entering MIT in ... improve access for students applying to MIT. Below are answers to some ... my scores for your consideration? No: in fairness to all applicants

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  everyone's... but mine. In mathspeak, for all MIT students not equal to Kate ... people who were on campus for Family Weekend last weekend. And not only ... here for what is now over nine weeks, the longest I've ever been away

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... discussed. How do you apply for financial aid? Should you apply for it? What ... 'll talk about what MIT looks for in an interview and give you some advice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  Coast—of course, as was typical for my academically-serious parents, such ... would visit MIT several more times for the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament and Math Prize for Girls. It would be easy to editorialize, to imbue

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  things.  Useful bit of Google-fu: searching for "title of book filetype ... on homework anymore - psets are essential for learning concepts and ... the more you skip class. You're paying for your education anyway - why

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  particularly good for me, but was definitely more of an exception than a rule ... /territories using their shape and how far off you are geographically (or for a harder ... example from the other day, for Semantle #13 (on 2/11), some of my guesses

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  modern corporate environment of Japan, and sending two hundred and four ... board with my foot, and minced up a baby mouse brain for papain digestion ... pick up in high school, but for the rest of us who stared out the windows

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  room in the halls/dorms generally? 2.are there different halls for boys ... single sex. For example, my suite is all girls, so we have a single ... Mitra's, for example). The point is that there are all kinds of options

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  Happy Thanksgiving! The Office of Admissions will be closed from Wednesday afternoon, November 21 through Monday morning, November 26 for the ... until a few days after the holiday. Please do not send multiple copies of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  sun sets and aligns with the window in Lobby 7, sending light blazing ... Center for Theoretical Physics, eager to witness MIThenge.  And though

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012