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• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  flashing red). I wasn't there to see the daunting skies, but it reminded me ... A quick shout out from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I am attending ... me it was in the cartoon "Herr Meets Hare" where Bugs Bunny first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  anyway, so I don't think this is such a big error as people make it out to ... train says that it's "Express to Davis," which wouldn't make too much ... north) and the train is going to Davis, it implies that Ben and Jill got

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  don't even remember what sparked my interest in wanting to get one (it ... ( [annotation note="As it turns out, MIT housing policies allow you to have up to ... cart of materials to build my tank. My initial idea was to use me and my

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  to the details-be sure to use spell check and capitalize your name, etc ... funny story. It shows a human side of you that we'll relate to. Fun fact ... being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  /17, we should know this. Please fill out this form, so we can add a note to ... processed all materials. It may take us up to two more weeks for your ... cover sheet with their letter. We prefer to receive it, but letters

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  More quick answers Finaid questions, etc.

  

  know and can announce it, we'll post it here on the blogs. ... Answers to some more of the common questions ... aid decision will be mailed as soon as possible after it is complete

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  National Flower. What people could use more of is netting, to catch fish with and to put over beds to keep malaria-carrying mosquitoes off. Can we use ... design so that the ambulances can also be used to carry vegetables to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  can see what remains of the branch the swing used to hang happily from ... Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... deserve it.) Of course, with independence comes responsibility. According

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  his homework in a leather briefcase and can run from Random Hall to ... is more eyewateringly jam-packed than usual: Click here to see it in ... 7:39 PM: It's Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  acceptable so I'll try to keep it to a minimum. Feel free to use your ... anything to say, so I'm going to do a google search, find some misconception ... just now realized that what can start as a simple guess as to an

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  , we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS!  We really wanted to ... , which made the process more complicated/drawn out than it had to be. So yeah, here is how to (im)properly get an independent study, a sequel to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  yourself and try not to let the stress eat you alive as it can tend to do ... I realized that I had to schedule an interview. It takes me a bit of ... -deprecating since before it was cool). Looking back, that’s kind of a bad attitude to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  is tuned to the right frequency, it can make the wine glass really sing ... research immediately become apparent. It may be possible to use packing ... compare it to that physics demo. The institute is the speaker, sending waves

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  , and it looks something like [annotation note="to prevent bonfire erasure ... , somewhat neurodiverse, and very non-scary; we used to be dominated by math ... ="Try to ignore the flaming blender in the corner... he'll be fine, it's not

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  websites and learn stuff, i can't do it. i can't do it all. Here I used the ... . A classmate took me to the clinic after lunch. It was closed, but we ... possible. It took a minute to turn around. I went to the restroom and sat on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  example, and a zillion astronomers who want to collect data with it; during ... , and it occurred to me that this was a very legitimate scientific project ... combined - and it was an awesome change of pace to be reading and writing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... my blog job), and cheerleading, it is rarely possible for me to have four free hours each weekday -- although it can be possible, so long as I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  -http://web.mit.edu/glasslab/sales_labsales.html) Luckily, my suite-mate Evie got in this class -can't wait to see what she ... Wow; it’s already 2010. Anyways, Monday 1/4/10 marks the beginning of IAP 2010. For those unfamiliar with IAP (Independent Activities

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  ?” someone asked. According to Google, 6:00 pm. “How long does it take to get there?” According to Google, 15 minutes by foot. “There’s no way we can ... websites and documentation are more likely to use “MIT”—so much so that the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  -non-MIT-people-a-lot so that when YOU are asked all these things, you can just link them to ... inconvenient and it takes a while to memorize. However, it really, really isn ... were able to ask and people would explain. I really think it's more

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020