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  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  closer you get to receiving your admissions decisions, the easier it ... were released. On the drive home I considered calling someone to check my ... the scenes I used to only see in photographs, and I remember how

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  I returned back to campus on December 29th, and as the Amtrak ... -covered sidewalks. I had yet to master the tunnels and navigate through them on my ... -challenged person (read: I can still get lost with Google Maps), I wouldn't trust

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  and how MIT helped (or didn’t) get them to their current level of ... as good as it gets. I get to oversee all aspects of student life and ... disciplinary constraints? To explore these issues, I have been on an extended

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  known how to MIG weld. However, I did not. I had been trained on TIG ... for hours. The heat gets to you slowly. Blisters blossom all over your ... Own Bicycle (exactly what it sounds like), 2.670 (learn how to use a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  to say that if you're on campus you should sign up for their study, so ... best way to get packages. NixOS, because its declarative system ... beginning to form. I should probably get better at replacing broken things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  every pop song about disaster,  I manage to find your name.    ... this is how your language is perceived: a string of nonsense.  You are ... , the food your parents cook, and you will keep wishing to be less—less of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  google maps, we decided on a trip out to Sandwich, MA for our mini ... End. [End Time Travel] Also, note how I just barely manage to stay on ... 't line up properly; your workload is far more than you're used to or should

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  doesn't seem to work for me -- but rather learning how to deal with your time. How to handle those moments of tension and overload and take on ... you they're going to steal your firstborn and hold him hostage until you

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  on your list, or you wouldn't have applied to them. And in truth, you ... to get on with the process of deciding among the schools that have ... haven't been reading your folders, working on plans for the big event. At

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  enough time. Many questions came into my head as I toiled on how to crack ... me to avoid some zones tho...[/annotation] Indecisive as ever on how ... Chem was on fire"]5.111[/annotation]in ESG because I wanted to get a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  you an entry on How To Be Cool and Study Abroad, and it just so happens that some deadlines are very, very soon. I wouldn't want to tell you how ... to get your adventurous little self out of the country! I know this

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  ? Yes! Instructions on how to request a fee waiver are detailed in the ... focus your efforts on the areas that are most meaningful to you. To borrow ... –2022 admissions cycle) please refer to the current policies published on our site

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  form and we will be sure to get the interview report. If your EC has ... already here on the site -- for example, about standardized test ... Recommendation forms are available on your MyMIT portal. It is okay if your teacher

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.

  

  Those of you who are savvy surfers of this site will note that our page on "The Match" has displayed the dreaded "coming soon" message for the better part of the fall. I apologize for this, and thanks to all of

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  I have to relearn how to learn, in a lot of ways. I am grateful that ... and I am excited to see how it intersects with my coursework at MIT, my ... considered. I have to get back to my readings, but hello from Detroit, and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  after coming to MIT, I was like, "Oh my god, I can't go on like this ... steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to ... really want to break it down: Turn phone off. (Hard!) Get up. Walk

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it ... DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  attention to how many sentences Stewart usually grants a guest on his show ... might have spent decades of their lives working on -- and Carl was getting ... and offer suggestions on how such efforts may benefit the long

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  managed to get an A on the final exam, taken later. I wrote about how I ... to my dad so I could get a second opinion on what I’d written. The ... wouldn’t be able to get in, just because you are never fully prepared to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  scouring sites like Reddit to try and figure out what the CS Bros recommended ... watched a series of videos (x, x, x) to help me get more acquainted with i3 and how to use it. Along with installing i3, I also installed vim in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020