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  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  email address is. If your question is a general one, I prefer that you post it to my blog so that others will benefit from the answer. If your question is very specific to your case, you may email me at benjones at the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  -tired, you know what that means... picture entry! If you're on dialup, you ... sending your kids to a city college in Boston--apparently, MIT has hired ... better than my more sparse dye job, shown above. Oh, I can be like your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  readings on-line, and submit your essays by email. A few weeks later, the results are posted. These results analyze your English ability and determine ... results said that I "may take any CI-H or CI-HW subject during your first

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... 're in, such that whenever you feel you could slip or fall on your back

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  our energy is going to flow in, so when you're doing magic, you want to keep your mind as single-pointedly focused on whatever you're trying to ... lives complaining about things they don't like. So, you're adding power to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write about your life, which seems easy as pie, but everything you write is ... sample blog posts. You find out if you're accepted right before school

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  preferences about the domains of your required recommendations —  we want one ... [annotation note="If you're worried about any things we might wonder, or inferences we might draw, about why and how you chose your recommenders, one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  what ROTC is unless you’re in it or you’re familiar with the military. I ... . What does your week look like?  [Monday 3-4pm] ROTC Class: Yes, we ... like your typical high school classroom, except wayyyy cooler because it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  beyond your doing. You've given it your all so if you do well, celebrate ... . Understand your weaknesses. You really will end up taking a nap if you work in ... spots. Go explore. Take breaks when you're studying. No one can work at

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  short. If you're like me, when I was about to graduate from grad school at ... sense of anxiety over which of them will be yours - A sense of ... challenges of your life so far, and a sense of numb, "is that it?" malaise that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  into a sprint, run from the student center with your lunch in hand to ... arms in the air, that extra hour of sleep, savor the feeling of your ... lounge with your friends. Sometimes, the person you’re speed walking with

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  found that your busy lifestyle leaves little time for reading for pleasure ... and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer The Thing Around Your ... Helen Oyeyemi The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi What Is Not Yours Is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  Picture for me, if you will, all your favorite celebrities. These are people you're in awe of, people you follow on Twitter, people you hold as your role models. They are rock stars and movie stars and talk show hosts

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  relief and triumph, like when you find your phone in the washer and it ... lot about yourself and your interests and where you might fit into this ... . Regardless of your admissions decision, you will continue to be the good

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  materials. If you're good at self-studying, however, and have access to ... them seriously. Strive to finish the test far before your timer runs out ... checking your email than reading your prep book. What I did wrong was take a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  Massachusetts, the precipitation comes down in shovelfuls. Now if you're like ... alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the ... , you're well on your way to knowing how to survive some crazy snow

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  MIT, #261: Sure, you're miserable on weeks like, say ... my answers if you paid me 20 bucks for taking your survey*. *Fantastic ... course evaluation surveys that give you free excuses to complain about your

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  credits will be appended onto your transcript. Moreover, you need to meet ... Intensive). A side note: you're actually required to take a CI class during your first year at MIT, or you'll be considered to be in "non

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  might have, probably if you're Jewish, is about Hillel at MIT. Let me tell ... !" "It's getting hot in here... so immigrate [sic] to Israel with all your ... one. So, if you're looking at schools and the presence of Hillel on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your ... writing samples so you can gauge your own level of writing against mine. As ... your application essay for MIT should probably use a little more varied

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005