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  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  I have responded to all of your comments and emails (this time, I ... of applications I still have to read. The other work (yes, other work) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be ... , it is your choice to decide what to include in your application

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise ... the world. Past grant recipients have used the money to fund research on ... here's a form you can fill out if you're willing to create a Pepsi

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  fraternity/sorority and don’t have big productions to put on for your ... as putting in time to the GEL outreach committee. Over in the land of ... group that you’re involved with during your time on campus &mdash

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  what features you want your circuit board to have. The components I ... was a completely opened ended opportunity to design your own printed ... where you bring your schematic to life. How will these connections and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  good time for you to check up on the status of your application ... to give you time to send along another copy. Your complete application ... has been reported that applications to MIT for this year have increased

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  , you’re dancing awfully close to Jimmy...”) Have no fear, for if you come ... Have you all had your high school proms yet? If your school doesn’t have prom or if you decided not to go, then you probably aren’t missing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  most to you - and if those opportunities don't seem exist, just make your own opportunities. Dedicate yourself wholly, totally, completely to your ... your friends, on your professors, on the random people you sit next to in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  to clear, the time between having the idea and a thousand fortune ... post.)"]here we go again.[/annotation] CJ: Why does it have to be "oh ... in the post to get derailed, CJ. The people have come here for fortune

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  ! It’s exactly time for me to go have some wild fun at Orientation week ... past week- I think you’re incredible human beings. To everyone reading this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  folks are super-excited to help answer your questions as you transition to ... to check if your username is already taken: 1) put the username into the people search; 2) point your web browser to http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... submitted materials. Items are not posted directly to your MyMIT account from ... the ApplyWithUs site. Check your MyMIT account to follow the progress of

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  to you to deserve that kind of treatment? Have a friend read your ... outage, the Wi-Fi could fail, your pet could have a meltdown, the ... . Give yourself more time and avoid a heart attack. You’re too young for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  reading your applications so much and it came to me about the time I walked ... on New Year's Eve. Now you need to understand that we have always done ... look like when we start, only after we have read it cover to cover

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  justify it by working enough desk hours to have the $$$ to do this, and by not having a meal plan but having a schedule that doesn't allow for time ... and do laundry at the same time each week. I have started doing laundry

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  and/or college counselor) I have always tried to provide the type of counsel that I would have most appreciated when I was attempting to navigate ... recommendations already contain a lot of information about what you have done.  Your

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  spend too much time (over)thinking these questions or your answers to them ... answers to these questions with the comparative free time you may have ... appeals to you and why? What attribute of your personality are you most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  onto your cold-making box. I like to think about sticking-together rocks ... all rocks can stick to other rocks or your cool-making box. Most rocks ... these questions, we have to look at a sticking-together rock up close

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  listen to. i just have so many playlists for like literally everything that ... listen to anything new. embarrassingly enough, i have gotten pretty into ... what i study to nowadays. RIP having good taste in music. my one attempt

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  , “This is the time of your life where your only responsibility is to learn ... able to pursue your passions. Many people have turned down MIT and ended ... *standardizedtesting*cough), but you don’t have to go to MIT. You don’t have to do your problem sets

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010