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  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  , there is a giant pyramid of mail that we are working as quickly as ... a handful of staff on hand to do the processing. Please do not call ... 're still missing. In the meantime, please do not resend multiple copies of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I've learned the ... productive you could be doing. (2) Failure is all too common - you can't be ... events into this semester. My current list of random, fun to-do's includes

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  I've been crossing things off my master to-do list (nerd alert) and ... idea pop into my head at the strangest of moments, and quickly jot it ... these projects. So that's exactly what I'm doing! My friends in Oregon

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  plastic bags to do this? 2) A Bicycle Trailer -- A previous D-Lab student ... plants grow quickly and their roots stabilize the soil. If we created the ... invent something people really want. So, what do you think? Should I try

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  things I was planning on doing during IAP...and then I got distracted by, well, IAP. Oops. :) So, here's a quick recap of what I've done so far ... really is no time like IAP for doing those things you never seem to find

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  California, Michigan, and Massachusetts, followed quickly behind by Maine ... discussed. How do you apply for financial aid? Should you apply for it? What ... open Q&A. We'll take as many questions as we can and do our best to

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

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  page has your MIT username in the top corner, so you can quickly and ... . Thanks Diana! Okay, so an update. Remember my to-do list from a week ago ... "screw it, I'll do it after break." So I'm not totally superhuman, but

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  's not, I do have two quick pieces of advice I would like to share before I ... , basically, like The Game. You don't want to think about it...but you do. I ... , Matt, Nance, Stu, and all the other admissions officers are doing their

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  yourself "I'm ridiculous! I can do really absurd research! I should win an Ig ... that Viagra aids jetlag recovery in hamsters. Do you still think you ... "Great, we have a time keeper! Do you have a watch with a second hand?" Uh

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  work to do because you have too much and can't do it all. And there will ... . Dartmouth. I thought "Wow, sports do exist here." I have the proof: We even ... forgot how quickly they went by. An hour and a half after we got there

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  hard if I do say so myself. Side note about computing at MIT (which will ... , it prints out a header page with your username on it so you can quickly ... , doing the Vanna White move to point out my hometown on the map. Because

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  look at them. Sorry, what was I supposed to do? Pull out of my webspace ... devised a new cheer that we want to do with the crowd and cheerleaders. We ... they'll let us, do a "Marching Band on Ice" show (no skates). Well, if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  to take cruft again and make it work again, or do something new and ... . (2) n. An inelegant shortcut to get something done quickly, for example ... analytical deliberation not to do something often academic in nature. (2) v

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Remember the plot of The Matrix trilogy? Neither do I, which is why I ... the only independent living group at MIT? What if I have to do a cooking ... Theta, Fenway House, and Student House (links at http://web

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  . (Inexplicably, the other one was Web Design instead of Wikipedia ... my relatives do. Naturally, this entry would have ended here with some ... to doing an externship at a company in another state. Should you choose

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on December 2 ... cover sheet. Q: Where do I send my high school transcript or updates? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  quickly, so we know what to do with your application. See questbridge ... your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on November 30

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  in that. Thankfully, you do have a wonderful resource available to you ... them about ways to do things. Advisors come in many different flavors ... -or-less agreeing to let you do whatever it is you want, there's a style for every

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  recieve a reply, is that because I sent it in so quickly?" Harlan '10, I am ... 't one of those)" Carmel and Dan, you do not need to do it now, since you can always do it later, but every year there are applicants who forget

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  is Ignite, which sounds...exciting! There's an web game you can play

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2019