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  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  ...a realization that is at the same time frightening, humbling, and empowering ... . The year's design is debuted at Ring Premier, a festive celebration ... grand reveal. Some students, including me, don't know that this is a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  Today is the 121st Boston Marathon, the oldest, and most famous ... thing I wanted. The pathway to recovery is not always so straight and manageable. A lot of healing is out of your hands. It takes time and patience

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  accepted, but our primary mode of communication was (and still is) gchat ... experience CollegeConfidential is more a source of stress and nervousness and ... days leading up to Pi Day. Frantically checking CollegeConfidential is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  You're a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because ... is right near the range*, so you put on a swimsuit and head on over

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  ! -Common Failures of Class Scheduling -Make a Website! -GIRs: How They Work ... 'm teaching. The class going on *right now* is "Cow Facts," so here's a live transcription: "THIS one is cool, and a little gruesome. Cows are not, like, very

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  .  Coffitivity is a favorite website of mine that re-creates the sensation of being ... , regardless of when your first class is. It's just easier than seesawing between ... . The MIT environment is far from cutthroat, but that doesn't change the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  personal website! Its Google pagerank is nonexistent because I quickly threw ... compare stats on some of the most popular Olympics topics (who the heck is ... longer living in EC? Geographically, my new apartment is at the time

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  our understanding of the universe.  One of those winners is an MIT professor, and the inventor of The Inflationary Theory Of Cosmology, which is ... fundamental laws of nature?” What you won’t find out from these websites

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  torn over my options. I was mainly choosing between MIT (which is just ... of you admits (and soon-to-be admits!) might be wondering if MIT is a ... that I knew I wanted to go into neuroscience (which is still a relatively

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the ... contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account ... and meeting somewhere in the middle. Once you know who your EC is, get

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  This is what MIT felt like when I first arrived: Sunny, warm, people ... , this weekend is the one I've been looking forward to all year. Besides ... have a really cool website where you can see the program for the whole

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  LTI is on. LTI strives to instill in our students the four cornerstones ... since this program was just an idea, the program is in full swing. YeSeul >> Today, there is a Board of Directors, five committees, and

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is ... application into your other applications. [But MIT is my dream school, I can ... .] Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  'll be getting married in September -- our wedding website is here, for ... is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in ... difference is that now I'm getting paid significantly more to do it. (Ugh, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all ... applications. [But MIT is my dream school, I can't imagine being happy anywhere ... send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Wolverine is from CANADA. Okay, first of all, who ... . This is the best recipe for soup I have ever tasted in my short life. Ignore the four-star ratings on the website--the people who posted that are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  explanation, including a circuit diagram and drivers on his website, in case ... learn even more. Eric Lander's name is familiar to anyone who has kept an ... possible now that the human genome is sequenced. The challenge for biology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all ... want to reread Marilee's recent post. [But MIT is my dream school, I can ... .] Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  handful of questions I'm almost always asked. So, what I'm going to do is ... statistics are freely available on the MIT website. What are the early action statistics? Is it easier to get in if I apply early? Last year, early action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  ? Above is the top two documents on the stack. On the left is my 8.022 Physics II pset, which was due yesterday. On the right is a scale for ... ; what mattered most was the schedule, which was posted on the website

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019