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• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  waiting for my early action decision from MIT… *cue psychedelic time ... . Not a chance. Nope. For example, there was one guy who set-up a webcam ... onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  the Pacific (for example…) The 8 P.E. point requirement can be ... sign up for these classes on the P.E. website through a lottery that lasts for a week. Of course, I always end up signing up at the last minute

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  Here's what I will see every Monday, Friday, Saturday, and many Wednesdays for the next 4 months... (Sorry for the bad photo; I only had my camera phone here at the library.) I sit in the same chair every day and

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what they do. I've never seen a more packed Kresge. Not even for a Logs

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  made the most of my time by studying for my neuroanatomy exam, but I was late for my birthday dinner at Kashmir, an Indian restaurant in Boston

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I ... need others to help them. Having to fend for myself for the last two ... home for MIT’s Family Weekend, I rushed into her arms and squealed. Don

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  opportunity for a more personal admissions process, that, after all, shouldn ... and interesting people who want to go to MIT. For me, it's a fun and ... the privilege to interview. OK, you are probably scheduled for an

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  First made popular by Bon Jovi, those lyrics brought my fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau, the prize for best large act at Sigma Kappa's Late Night ... the next time you run into him online, ask him for his digital John

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  in Brigham Young's historic house (where, for the first time, I tied ... Problem Solving. For those of you who don't know about AoPS, it is the best ... , USACO is the best program for high school students interested in pursuing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  Since I start grad school orientation tomorrow, and tomorrow is Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I figured today would be a good day for me to hang up my blogging hat. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  details to your imagination, for now at least). The picture was taken from ... in The Matrix): (Click on either photo for a zoomed-in view)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  I have to admit that I don't have fifty pieces of advice for anybody ... important thing you'll learn is how to ask for help. And that's still true, but I guess the failing part happens before the asking for help part, so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes, okay, it's true that you can just show up on the first day for any class ... , they'll probably find room for you. But my universe tends toward disorder

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I ... for any food at all) at this point during Orientation, but if you are

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  the AP exam, to 1) prepare us for the exams even more, and 2) allow us ... , I was actually surprised to find that I could get credit for them ... , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me ... House). I got mine at Target for around $110 and it was definitely worth the price. You can also look around your hometowns for used bikes or ask

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  For those of you who are closely following the Doonesbury comic strip story... (brush up by checking out Matt's entry #1, entry #2, and entry #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  -year life cycle I bought a JuniorTicket for 13.40 from the Leverkusen ... I'm living Köln or Bonn as much as I want. Even though it pays for ... around for my French friends to give me rides, and I go to Köln as much as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  . For all of you medical school hopefuls (yes, the admissions process ... lines of a statement like, "An understanding of the past is necessary for ... it would be really difficult to sit still for 8 hours (yes, the test

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  muscles, you can still get your legs up there using your momentum. (For ... land for long before we began risking our lives yet again. The leaning

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006