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  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most ... activity list, list of honors and awards, self-reported coursework form, or ... the application. My favorite spelling error on MIT applications is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  've found some people to work with on some of the classes. Late nights always ... on out, and therefore I can say, Hello! I'm Kim. Well, I guess I ... of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those people accepted a place on the waitlist. But it just isn't ethical to keep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  juicy bit of information: He's on the Board of Directors for Nokia ... On Friday, I attended a Undergraduate Economics Association(UEA)-sponsored lunch with Professor Bengt Holmstrom, the head of the MIT Economics

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  , the JC I worked on LN2 with, and I would take inventories of plastic ... nitrogen on Friday, which happened to fall on the Fourth of July. I learned ... alternate plan in the middle of a colloquium on Banach-Tarski(-Hausdorff). We

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  finished processing all of the application materials submitted for early ... next week. That means that most of you who have a missing document will ... action needed to be taken by you. You are at no disadvantage of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  ’ve been through a number of different majors but I’ve finally settled on ... I first thought of giving this blog the fitting title of “My First ... this grand experience, I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  I've broken many, many promises of various entries on this and that in ... Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three ... -around mayhem of everybody waxing poetic about their life experiences hoping

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  to advertise the party of the same name put on by the Burton Third ... . Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This code of ethics is: # Be subtle. Don't leave evidence that you were there

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  to offer some tips about how you can get the most of your time on ... are welcome to attend either of these programs on the hows, whys and ... room 10-250. A panel of current MIT parents will be on hand to share

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  the halfway point of the camp and we were all sad about it being halfway ... of my friends this surreal video about studying math because the experience of waiting and frustration and enlightenment is, thankfully

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  the doorstep of my dorm, where the other two EMTs on shift kindly picked ... amount of lotion seems to fix. After signing off on a few papers, I became ... Minutes Later "Okay, fine, let's draw on her." *patter of shoes, a pen

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  collection of black and white shapes. on the other hand, to me, it appears ... "ungestalt" are two sides of the coin, depending on whether you think the form ... 've stayed up until five am for most of the past week, working on construction

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  and half of orientation, I lived on the floor 3C. My dorm room was ... met on Facebook over the summer, arrived at the end of the week, just ... pool on the second floor with a couple of other guys. When final

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Holidays from MIT! Images of the Season

  

  memories below. From the Department of Chemical Engineering: (drawn on the windows of building 66 during the 2014-15 holiday seasons)            From ... Happy holidays!!! Right now, some of you may be frantically

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 15, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of the applicant pool we were ... love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride. ^______^V but don't worry, you'll be in with some of the best company you will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  I think I missed one of the most important holidays of the summer. National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get ice cream on Sunday, I will celebrate this holiday belatedly. The

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day

  

  holding the following festivities in honor of pi day: Pie baking contest Pi ... -related prizes. ----------- In honor of Pi Day, the UA Dining Committee invites ... Center Lobby 6 kinds of pies a la mode Share your thoughts

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 14, 2006