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  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  It's 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I'm a frosh.5 (RIP ... college applications whose deadlines fell on January 1. Not much has changed here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Mr. E. Hunt In which I return to blogging only to learn that I forgot how to blog,…

  

  processing is invaluable. The answer is one word. PS: Need to change my page ... Truth be told, I have no idea how to use the MIT admissions web interface anymore after taking an unintentional sabbatical from the esteemed

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  remember a time when I used to feel smart: The test is from the Fall 2004 ... friend of a friend of Sam's Mom Because I am a fool, I also bought the wrong tickets for the Chinatown bus, which we need to have changed mere

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  information, the spring semester has technically not started yet :D ... these ones the night before is the worst lesson I have ever had ... usually. If the topic is one I enjoy, I can't shut up. But if it's one I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Instructions on how to receive your decision online.

  

  applied in Regular Action, or were deferred in Early Action (the system is ... received a "final" action in December - i.e. admitted or denied). What is the ... . We will not be in the office on the weekend that decisions are released

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  . This is the next (four) years of your life that we're talking about, and ... , here are some things I do to keep myself sane: Poi Poi is a member of the ... each other if we want to fire spin. :p The cost of poi is nontrivial but

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a blink of the eye really in the scheme of things, back across the years that made all the difference in the world to me, or none at all

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  . Deferred students do not need to send us anything new other than the February ... conversations on the open threads for admitted, deferred, and not ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2021 are now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  back to MIT for IAP was not the best idea that I have ever had in my ... this would be way, way easier. No, not the girl who builds robots. And ... DID YOU KNOW? The new wave-y pop song "I Should Be Allowed To Think

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... engineering, and MIT is fantastic for that. The general ethos I got from meeting ... that comprise it. That "learn by doing" philosophy is probably the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  applicants. The idea is that the answers tell us something about the applicant ... I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  223,462,346,400 on my SAT. I did not take all 27 levels of the AP ... shirt size, and breaking the engineering mold is one thing I hope to ... I am not your typical MIT student. In high school, I never built a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  , and it is such a great form of relaxation. Strange, huh? The reason why ... important varsity sports and teams, the MIT Pistol Team is now student-run and ... is this so terrible? I was not used to running at all, let alone 5

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  the actual rigor or quality of these departments, this is simply what I ... is, an engineer without interests in the wider world, working a cushy job at a big company. Of course, the truth is that MIT has so many

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  , which is exactly the kind of thing I get used to right when camp ends. And ... morning. Two months removed from the end of camp, LN2 is now how I delineate ... "] highlight of the day was asking campers what the yellow fruit is and watching

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  final."]PNR,[/annotation] so why not? The essay was for 21H.130, History ... aware of the world. Ancient Greece is the fodder for many a modern narrative, so it was really interesting to learn not only about the modes of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  markmaking feels increasingly fluid — "looseness" is the dynamic, expressive ... me that using charcoal is one of the first things they teach you to use ... favorite movie"]The Half of It[/annotation], painting a bold stroke is a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  of the blue." Nevermind that his principle work is on dark matter, not ... . Fisher: This is an important problem! The great physicist Richard Feynman ... vocabulary word of the day is nutate:   nutate: verb - rock, sway, or nod

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  's selection is pretty limited, but the classes are still great. (We only offer ... Italian is offered, and only over IAP.) The very first humanities course I ... example: the word "and" in Spanish is "y" (pronounced like a long E), while

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008