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  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  calling your school to get them. For other students whose grades have been ... Hello! I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update on the ... will be hard to choose. We have begun selection committee meetings. Thus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  weather, it's raining again, and harder than before. So I get back to my ... to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my alarm clock) to find that the power adapter askew enough that my laptop

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an undergraduate, she made sure to take time to explore our campus and enjoy the ... , “Other than getting people sick, bacteria have many useful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  the waitlist. Thanks to some good yield prediction this year, using the waitlist became a reality. We worked all day today as a subcommittee to determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  to give her addiction to "papas adobadas," a kind of mexican hot Lays ... ! Another factor I'll have to consider when selecting a class is whether they allow me to take photographs. I should ask my classmates sign photo

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  footage...but it needs to be edited. So get ready for an entry filled month ... show... * Please excuse my lack of acting skills :P Credits to Travis

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  expected 12 drawings of our 3D models, but I couldn’t get the program to ... some more and wrestle with the program to try to get a drawing or two out ... ’re somehow unable to deliver what’s expected, find whatever works to get your

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  you at the competition!   ----- Get on it if you're close enough to ... WIth CPW 2012 just a few days away, the whole school is getting ready to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  have to admit, the minibus experience takes a little getting used to. The ... was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka ... ,000 Kwache each, which comes out to roughly $3.75). It was incredibly sunny

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... ideas how to get him noticed beyond the normnal high scores in school. He ... all means, get some friends or teachers or family members to read over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  personally did not choose RBA because I wanted to get to know a lot of people ... semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any ... you get here, you register for your first term classes during

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  from how to get an interview to how to succeed once you're there. Learn ... inquires, "How's your wife/husband?" The other responds, "Relative to what ... to nothing in the long run. 7:30-8:00 pm Sophomore Welcome Dinner

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  perfect opportunity to get off my butt, ride my bike, and save $3.40 in T ... scanner. And my job, my one job that morning, was to get the check scanner to work. And I failed. Getting the check scanner to work is a tricky

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  ."]PhD[/annotation] programs.  Well, I don’t really have to make a decision until if I get in ... I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to ... industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  Vote to help them register to vote, be reminded about local elections, and even be mailed an absentee ballot to their dorm. TurboVote is a classic ... with institutions to make it available to their community members

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  then what to feel  with every shard of grief,  and every speck of ... easy to justify happiness for being happy but not sorrow for being sad. i ... that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  adjust to life at an institution like MIT. I regret that I didn't get to go ... dictated by the circumstances of one's birth. ????? You don't get to choose if you're black, white, or somewhere in between. You don't get to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers ... when I got to MIT, I would proceed to get C’s on pretty much all of the ... in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class ... about getting used to moving on the broom and handling the ball with just ... interested in playing us as well. Email quidditch-execs at mit dot edu to get

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... graduate student in physical chemistry. It's good to get different ... People often seem to think that going to an elite school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005