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  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... change the way you think about writing. I keep Orwell's rules for writing ... .   But the same is true for college essays, as Orwell doubtlessly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  dadlike way, corrected me, kindly but sternly: I was not lucky, he said, for I had worked hard, very hard, for a long time. Both of these things ... fact, they are both necessary conditions for any kind of success. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  , we found science/engineering fun and easy; thus allowing time for us to ... hard work, so I came prepared to reduce my nonacademic commitments. For ... could run in parallel to the course material. For example, I took 2

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  penchants. This is a common misconception. For what all of these millions of ... grew out of the ancient battles for Anglicanism, but rather an even more ... whom I advise, and who work for me, think of me as being almost

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  around for summer UROPs.  I'm Course 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and ... designed to be used for research on topics like flight formation and docking ... competitions for middle- and high-schoolers, culminating in a NASA

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  cards are actually blue and yellow! The two-letter abbreviations stand for various capabilities of engineering leadership. For example, IR means ... Regional Championships, the qualifying meet for NCAA Division III National

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was ... , at Regionals, they'll compete against a field of dozens for the chance to qualify for the Championship Event in Atlanta. But the competition

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is not accepting emails or ... -time questions. There are many answers already here on the site -- for example ... Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... , and how you see yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find ... recommendation for them -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Seven Years of Good Luck MISTI paid for all the MIT Japan interns to meet up this weekend in Kyoto.…

  

  This weekend MIT Japan paid for all the MIT interns in Japan to meet up in Kyoto for a whirlwind tour of the temples, food, and more temples ... the free tour and food you'll all have to hang out naked together for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... ’s working on a tricycle attachment for wheelchairs that will allow wheelchair ... MechE is that I would likely use it for biology or international

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  - that's 21F.704, 7.02, and 5.12 for all ye eager beavers) this week ... last 40 hours because of studying for the test). Sigh. Any hints on how ... don't know if you guys remember when you first learned Calculus. For me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  isn't exactly something MIT is world-renowned for. Yet. But there's a ... three D's stand for Development, Design, and Dissemination. The classes ... to continue their D-Lab projects for longer than three semesters - such

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  entered the lottery for advising seminars (and may apply for one of the ... designated time for you to explore MIT to its fullest, to test the boundaries ... 're going to gain a better and better understanding of how to prepare for your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  finding the information you're looking for is like searching for magnetic ... -colored bar a the top of every page? It's not just for decoration - it's your ... student life and culture, for example, you have almost instant access to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  orientation (the week before classes start for freshmen). FAP involves spending ... you should all sign up for) and the rest of the time participating in ... the camera to "night vision" for a evening shot, with the characters

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  since has been designated for the James ("Big Jimmy") E. Roberts, Sr ... community. John Jackson was the longtime cook for the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE ... kitchen where John Jackson had cooked for half a century suddenly went out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  rather than reading all the entries at smashbros.com some for the ... 'm done with! Which is both good and bad. For one thing, it means I won ... at a Spanish tapas bar. I for one was shocked to discover that tapas

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  facebook group you all know and love) helps me make signs for the dorm. Go ... dorm will pay for it (or at least subsidize the cost.) My GRT (grad student RA, basically, for those of you unfamiliar with the term) is a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  , for instance, took a lot of cellular and molecular neurobiology classes ... taking 18.01 (Calculus 1) and, say, 8.01L (Physics 1 at a slow pace, for ... please tell me about the music program? Especially for pianists. I know

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007