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  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  Midyear Grade Report is intended for students who have indicated on the ... yet – you need to read some important info below. What is it?  The ... we really want is to get the MYR as soon as possible when your grades

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  college essay is a lot of work, but the work should not be bad; the reason ... left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year ... process was Not Fun. I can certainly agree with that when looking at the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s alive! I built a little car.

  

  For better or worse, my 2.007 car actually drives. It's not quite as cool as Melis's, but it will do. Pictures and reflection about the ... . My car is sitting in front of me begging for some TLC. UPDATE Today

  • by Bryan
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  for Freshman," which is notable because of two things: The title is grammatically incorrect. I know that as the queen of run-on sentences, I'm not one ... . "Freshman" is not plural, guys. I repeat, "FRESHMAN" IS NOT PLURAL.  

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  the '09 ring: building 6 is not connected to anything, to commemorate ... , but there's not much that can be done about that, is there? In the end ... Premiere, as its called, is one of the largest milestones of the MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  grasped that Sisyphus is the absurd hero. He is, as much through his ... whole being is exerted toward accomplishing nothing. This is the price ... without depth, the purpose is achieved. Then Sisyphus watches the stone rush

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  Please remember that January 1 is the submission deadline for ... fully staffed over the holidays and is, even as I write, busily processing ... should you should click the final "submit" button of your online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  Today is the fifth annual Save The Frogs Day, a day to spread ... , metamorphose into their adult forms, and crawl out onto the land, not to return ... the axolotl does not metamorphose, its cells are capable of reverting to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  ." The thirteen replies are as follows: Here is my tale: rebranding for the ... is how it always goes for me. Something about a “young lady” in the ... national delays, I thought, surely my flight wouldn’t be the only one to not

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  Problems... Admissions Is Not One" 52 things not to do. Chris: Notes on the ... finding the information you're looking for is like searching for magnetic ... -colored bar a the top of every page? It's not just for decoration - it's your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  point of these meetings is for us to learn about the things that interest ... 's been a student there. College admissions is all about the "match" and ... , anyway. The interview is simply a way for you to tell us in person. Some

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  representative of the class as a whole. They are not random, but rather students ... Senior Week, we celebrate the graduating class and provide them with their final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  'd expect, hacking is one of MIT's most celebrated traditions, and the actual ... Building. The Dot is one of the few grassy areas on MIT's rather urban campus ... - naturally - hacks. The hack looks okay from the ground... ...but not

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  work while juggling the crazy new power/responsibility that is FREEDOM ... -passed/borderline-failed my first exam @ MIT. What I dislike the most right now is the fact ... telling me to schedule a makeup exam. But it’s more like this is not exactly

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  . Whether a student has a great college experience or not is really up to the ... others is the foundation of our culture and community. Oftentimes we ... fact, this is the very definition of holistic admissions , and we have

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  application process, and believe that, as is true at some schools (but not us ... both cycles. So, [annotation note='I realize this is like the third time ... on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  on the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked. We will ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... -- approximately 4.3% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  is not actually east of Mass Ave) and Baker, Burton-Conner, McCormick, Macgregor, New House, Next House, and Simmons are "West". Bexley is not really ... . "weird"? Except for Simmons, which is across the athletic field from the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  when you ask us about these things. This is really not the best way to ... the rest of my life is mostly on hold until then. Hanna and Liz (both ... apartment-hunting is contingent upon my being in the Boston area after June. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  activity I’ve done in the past day. This unshakable exhaustion is not new to ... at zero bandwidth?  The answer is certainly not schoolwork. I ... sides of the spectrum, and I can handle it, so why not? It is perhaps true

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022