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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  this is the best time to tell you about some of  the things I first ... is the furthest north I have ever lived. Here is a list of almost ten ... just do not like (hint: deflategate) it is just much safer to lie. My

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  application is not yet complete. Over the past month, we have received more ... multiple processing steps. Every application is evaluated using the same criteria, whether it is the very first or very last application read. There

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

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  one of those traits is speaking without words. You’ve all heard the ... campus in under 6 digits (usually 5) is pretty distinctive. Here’s how the ... numbers after that specify the room. So 54-100 is building 54, first floor

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  (independently) were expecting glass flowers like at the Bellagio. Not so much. The exhibit was still great, though. Believe it or not ... On Saturday, it snowed!! On Sunday, the sun was shining. Go figure

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  . This is true even though MIT does not use the Common App; submission of ... Part Two, Section Nine, we are aware that the font shrinks and is not ... or counselor does not include the MIT cover sheet with their letter. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  , racing the clock.  My favorite part is not simply being finished, either ... pay the bills. It is a side pursuit for when I am not writing. I used to ... of dents are small scratches in the paint.  This is not to say I have

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  is the only one "not getting it." "That's fine" he thinks. He believes ... because that's where the intellectual challenge is, not because it will look ... surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . Because for the first time in our lives perhaps, there is very little ... on some kind of maturation pedestal - and it is worthy of the hype I can tell you - but college is not a destination. And more than halfway

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

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  . During the time when your checklist is not available, please don't call or ... -year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2026 is now live. You can ... , or anything else. The right time for you to apply to MIT is when the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them ... 't admit anyone until all of the reading is done and we come together as a committee. At some other schools, some admitting is done on the spot -- when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this ... were NOT 8.022 instructors... And on the MIT LiveJournal community: The whole point of the Thevenin/Norton thing is making the assumption that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  can also check out the Lingt website at http://lingtlanguage.com. I ... much alive, which is perhaps the greatest benefit of choosing ... succeed or fail is besides the point (so far so good); by putting together a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  lit out there, this is probably one of the more well-written books you could give to a teenage girl." (I do not think the series is well ... can get." He looks at me as if he is all about the antifeminism, so

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  ’m homesick already. It’s not that MIT is not exciting – on the other hand, it ... TV, and the company of old friends, I was definitely not looking ... of the day is seeing all the people in western business attire standing

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  system is missing something? First, do not worry. We do not assign blame on ... will not look at your application unfavorably because it is missing an ... the testing agency. As mid-year grades are not yet available for most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  , is the humanity: remember, he was making them for his neice, not for ... manager has sidled up to the counter and is standing behind his employee ... professionalism, was the necessary component. Also key, Khan says, is to enjoy the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  . The deadline for QuestBridge applicants is November 1, and fee waivers are available for any applicant not able to cover the submission fee. ... QuestBridge applicants submit portfolios using the same system that
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  laws of physics." This is untrue. Chuck Norris can change the laws of ... Oppenheimer said "I am become death, the destroyer Of worlds", He was not ... costume he was wearing. - The easiest way to determine Chuck Norris' age is

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  . This did not work that well, because the sore is on the inside of my ... your mouth. From what I've gathered online, what happens is that the top ... the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  to live." THING I LEARNED: hindi text is encoded using the devanagari ... more like me." this is the attraction of state media; when the entire ... world is filtered through the same lens. but we crave difference, we crave

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016