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  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  calendar of note (aka, all of the things on my calendar): Science Bowl ... swing of things. Speaking of which… Deciding on my classes: It’s my ... people on assignments, and it is wonderful. Part of the joy of MIT is being

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  on the grandiose vision of ‘goodness’ I had settled on at the age of ... you of that. Today on the walk back to Next, I watched a gaggle of ... twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  (and residents!) got to ride around our courtyard on two horses, one of ... our bucket full of hotdogs and a handful of buns and embarked on a ... CPW has come and gone, and it’s left all the students of MIT with

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  Chesapeake area, you were given a bit of a treat on Monday night. Several people affiliated with MIT put on a live webcast from 77 Massachusetts ... -esque level of social awkwardness isn't - but even some of that praise verges on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  : silence and song. Moments of laying down on my bed, looking at the ... dilly dallying on my phone while songs flood the space. Moments of ... The first day of classes is tomorrow. [annotation note='like, of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the ... the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5. Score 2300+ on the SAT. Earn a 4.0 GPA. Participate in math team

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  resources and help to be found. On top of that, the lecturer, Professor Terman ... semester is going to be class heavy because I'm doubling up on HASS classes ... ) last semester I'm finally able to jump into a couple of the CS classes

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  on some kind of maturation pedestal - and it is worthy of the hype I ... peers, it seems like "post-college plans" are a dreaded can of worms that ... came after 6th, and of course, college after 12th. College. Something so

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  near you. Or theatre, if you're on the wrong side of the Atlantic. In ... Last night, I was lying on my mattress somewhere near the precarious edge of the top bunk and feeling mildly superhero-esque in a thrill

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  sophomore arrived: ICE ICE BABY It all looked really nice on the night of ... delivery was on the final day before dead week, or that time of the semester ... now the proud owner of a Brass Rat! The ring's design, which I covered

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get really excited about snow. The ones who keep yapping on about how pretty the snow is while everyone else got sick of it three weeks ago. But can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  admission decisions and the last of the regular action candidates clicked ... particularly conscious of the magnitude of this selection process, given the ... decisions, we utilize a wide range of sources to help confirm and validate our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  on bringing it. As we hauled that heavy thing down three flights of ... . Boring, I know, but actually the idea of storing that info on the ... you, on the DnD alignment scale" and "plot length of your subject

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a lot of time outside of the Office of Admissions (or currently, on Zoom ... ’s a guest post from one of those awesome people who make the MIT

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  math textbook: The sum of three cats is a dog. It only works on female cats, and all three of the cats and the dog must be Russian. There are two solutions. Here’s a huge hint, in black text on black background, so

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  Some of you may remember that a few months ago, Snively and I, as well as our good friend Garrett '11, were working on something awesome ... and the i3 DVD has gone out to the class of 2014 everywhere. For those

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  happens every year). Starting from meeting a couple dozen of you at the iHouse International Feast on Thursday, it had been a rollercoaster ride of a weekend ... now regret that I even bothered to spend money on that, haha. I really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... Early Action deadline. We've been getting a lot of questions here in the office about the deadline, so let me take a moment to answer some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  , instead of just returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on ... ;summiting the highest peak on each of the seven continents. Some of you who ... will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  beautiful mathematical problem of the millenium in 2003. One of my friends ... Hypothesis if it is actually false." Last year I wrote an entry on a one-question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006