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  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  volunteer known as an Educational Counselor, or "EC." The interview is not ... to ask. Remember that the interview is not only a way for us to get to ... .) Send a short thank you note after the interview. This is not at all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  the world works. That is not at all to say that it isn’t a good one, but ... ought (as opposed to the “is”). Basically, positive economics explores ... should also maybe warn you that this post is full of ~spoilers~ for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  girl though, she did not hear a word of what he was saying about the plot ... overarching politics, although the former is on a grander scale. Turns out one ... Lord of the Rings, then it is strikingly similar. Tolkien wasn’t as

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  is not admitted to his or her first-choice school. In the face of ... , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large ... daughters and sons through the process. They may not explicitly thank you now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  the dregs of October, I've finally decided that today is the momentous day on which I will again not tell you about FASAP. Except, that is, to ... is about as easy to follow as the derivation of the Schrodinger

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  interview is not a required part of the application (and students whose ... international students.   Hi everyone, The Office of Admissions is mostly closed for the holidays and not accepting emails or answering phone

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  down and growing gray. There is cacophony of birdsounds. The ramp swoops ... sunlight (just this time of day). There is purple gravel and the smell of ... and forth in the woodshop. Arabic music is playing. I have come to an

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  surprise you will realize is that MIT does not match the stereotype of ... I am not sure about the rest of you guys, but when it comes to me I ... I dropped your phone in the toilet. Sorry…. But not really.” Now

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  else really wants to deal with. ...down to the details. This is not the ... look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety of experiences and perspectives across MIT is staggering.  That's the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  . Supplemental materials are not tracked. If the tracking system is missing ... the same as it is on your TOEFL registration. If it is not, please send ... international students.   The Early Action season is shaping up to be a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  blogosphere, rest assured you’re in the right place. It is Elizabeth here. There ... ). Taught by the wildly-entertaining Professor Stephen Tapscott, this class is ... it is that time of year where the obligatory paper has come a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  my window is 15 stories up and falling out is not up there on my list ... have? Do you have to do p-sets for Biology classes and if not, what is the homework like? Is it hard to get an internship during the summer? Is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  with the uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the ... fewer than 4% of applicants a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those ... on the waitlist? No, because it's not ranked. We will reconsider

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  fit into a tube. This material is not ready in time to send to the EA ... requirements. But AP seems to be the American standard. Which one is preferable ... well in two of my classes but well in the rest?" Slipping a bit will not

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  confirm that art is indeed created inside the Music Cubes. [carousel image1="103819" image2="103826" /] The Music & Culture Space is the smallest cube and ... .[/caption] The room is apparently also a small performance space (Galak Tika

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  it is not true, it will generally be found that the writer is some kind ... Applications. The sad truth is that most college application essays are not very ... tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that ... , which ends with To be or not the choice seems clear enough but Hamlet ... I was thinking recently about the mixed messages that come through

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school

  

  ), it has rained for 25 of the past 31 days. (And apparently it is a good ... Snapple, cheered for the runners, and not-so-jokingly announced I would run the marathon in 2006. I have since learned that Phi Sig is about a mile

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  strain that is ρ+ can grow on glycerol and the strain that is ρ- can not ... to all take the same core curriculum as freshmen. This not only ... . But that's actually part of the point of biological engineering: it is a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  discuss them. So what I'm asking you to discuss is not in regards to the ... -leaning but could just as easily have been right-leaning. Therefore this is not ... topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006