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  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  they need to admit. At this point, colleges will begin admitting students from the waitlist. Students who accept this offer will "unenroll" at the first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a second

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  today, say, I got up at 5:30am to start studying for my 8.06 midterm ... they are laughing at me, and all around me is racket of these cats not ... poem wanders as he does through the deserted streets at night-- is

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  , Jewish food is not. However, tonight, one of the largest lecture halls at ... to the ground at the same time. Next was Dr. Ari Epstein ... year, his defense of latkes resorted to significant mudslinging. At one

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  the scenes. I don't know about you...but at least to me, that says a ... pretty boring. After all, you see my face at the top of every entry ... . Now staring at those theobromine molecules is making me hungry for some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place ... completely vaporize at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature, or is ... detonation or explosive decomposition at normal temperatures and pressures

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  the Media Lab, which was great for waking me up at 5am back in the fall ... ever painted. But at this very moment - right, you remember ... could honestly be put to better use on a lot of things, but at the same

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  It is crunch time at MIT. Classes are over this Wednesday, and exam ... students who have shown a strong commitment to studying French at MIT. On ... eye opening :)”- Ploy ‘10 “I'm going to astronomy field camp at Lowell

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  . S. Johnston Every major at MIT has a course that's famously hard. For ... . Morale was low. At around 3:30 AM I took a 30 minute nap on the floor of ... project quickly, and turned it in at 2:56 PM, four minutes before it was due

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  relief to finally understand everything people said, but here I am, at MIT ... to have fun at the same time. Surprisingly enough, I actually came up ... them. [Also, for those of you at MIT, the Muslim Student Association is

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  : American Inventor Wednesday, July 25 at 9/8c "Episode 207" Time for America ... undergrad at Georgia Tech, David Moeller, on the invention. Here's the blurb ... formerly the executive at ABC responsible for all reality programming

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  -fed at every turn. Even though I lived in Berkeley and Oakland for over a ... -California, I had about 12 hours at home before getting on another plane to attend ... comments, I totally agree and that's at the top of my list of things to

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  haven't often feel this way at MIT, so I was enjoying it. Ulysses is ... hope you find it At this point, I was beginning to lose all hope. Buying ... following: keep track of your stuff; learn your Athena commands; people at MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to ... grade at the end of the semester before deciding if you want the class to ... . Be nice to underclassmen -- Pay it forward, yah? Eat at The Helmand

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  and myself. So my first semester at MIT, I spent a lot of time figuring ... think that's somewhat unrealistic, and probably not a best practice at a ... flexible at the same time. No one said it was easy, but then if you

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  with frogs inside. Or at least that's what I have chosen to believe. So I ... I'm taking on purpose at MIT. 10.491 -- Integrated Chemical ... country just calls this "design" or "process operations," but at MIT, where

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  distraught to fix them at all. This is Lauren, who was incredibly pink at ... also took some pictures of my own outfit at the dinner, but I decided

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  will move away someday, they have NO choice. I choose evasion... at least ... food while being at college. It is way cheaper than buying meals. And I ... college applications, but I looked at it as an opportunity to get to know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  truth, and my second reason, is that this is what MIT is, at its core. Hacking and open-source both have deep roots at MIT. (I always get kind of annoyed when people outside of MIT laugh at us for calling pranks "hacks

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  're an aero/astro major at MIT you, too, will take a (24-unit) class called Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at ... at the launch pad. Will it live up to its name? Will it make it through

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  excellent athlete (...have we told you how many people at MIT play sports ... . But the numbers are the numbers. What we may realize more than you at ... themselves, who can laugh at their mistakes and struggles, who seem comfortable

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006