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• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  they’re not unnatural reactions at MIT, where intelligence is perhaps the ... 'm referring to. Being the “dumb” friend also does NOT mean I am dumb. On the ... average basketball player in the NBA is 6 ft, 6 in (199 cm) tall. More

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  color is YOUR underwear?" on the back. This is not because we are creepy ... , I'm not graduating. Yes, I'm in the dorm for the summer. Yes, I'm in ... , towards the end of this student's senior year, a small skirmish took place

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  sort of document it is (this is why documents that were sent in the same envelope may not go into the tracking system at the same time). In parallel ... for Secondary School Reports. The day after the document is entered into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  joke about Scrapple? What devious pun lies in wait? The suspense is too ... Captcha is the box of wavy text at the bottom of the page, just above the “submit” button. The theory is that only humans (and occasionally Cylons

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  is not sticking the glass back in the furnace. &amp ... MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the ... lol). This blog post is about my journey into the art of glass

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  ! There's no reason not to try to do cool things when the cost is low and ... is a kickstarter called The Institvte: A Photobook: Hi! My name is Mark ... there's more to the institute than numbers. The goal of this project is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  [ETA] THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. It's a joke created by The Tech. Please don't think that the Admissions Office would EVER do something like ... the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the ... again, so I'm not too far removed from the whole process. One of the biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  at the Davidson Institute (check them out). The Academy itself is not ... education. The state of gifted education is the other half of the article, the ... There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update: App Tracking & More All of the mail has been processed, and MyMIT Application Tracking is up-to-date.

  

  for EA applicants; the current status of your application is now shown ... applicable, Interview Report. What happens if the tracking system is missing ... name on your application is exactly the same as it is on your TOEFL

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you ... finals are done and not during the actual term, but that's just the way it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  with is, until we couldn't all fit in the elevator. But that's not what this post is really about. It's not even about the fact that the Red Sox ... 's even more exciting when the team is winning. The night of the seventh

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port ... each year, and that it is the largest food festival in the country. On ... , we can smell the garlic. Love is in the air, and it doesn't smell good

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  .[annotation note="Pappalardo is a gigantic course 2 lab/workshop that fills the ... ="This was not the first time I've done this, and it still was super ... take 2.009 in the fall."][/annotation] The persistent stings of the metal

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  . Regardless of what it looks like, this is a tribute to our institute, not a ... Science, and Applied Biological Sciences", existed in the MIT Course Handbook for 17 years without any faculty or staff, until the last remaining

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  , including undocumented students) could not apply to MIT during the Early ... . There is no preference in our process for early applicants. We use the ... deadline for Early Action. The last acceptable testing date for EA is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  with that? It is true that we have not utilized the waitlist in the past ... tell me where I am on the waitlist? The waitlist is not ranked. We will ... spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to remain on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of ... ! Step two: This is our campus. You may notice that the buildings on this map have numbers on them. This is not an accident, nor is it just

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  . That is of course, until they had the opportunity to experience all ... prefrosh, because I don't think it is possible to grasp the sheer enormity of ... . Regardless, what I really wanted to talk about is finding the perfect match. I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Latest Updates Updates about MyMIT and the EA interview deadline.

  

  Counselors (ECs). The deadline to contact your EC is now this Monday, October ... so yet. The MyMIT hardware failure did not affect the data of the vast ... , I encourage you not to wait until the last minute to finish and submit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2006