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  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  your problems. Facilities worker says the projector isn’t going to be ... office has got your back. Need to register a six-week lecture series as an ... your paperwork. Going to these offices in the late afternoon? Tough luck

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  way too much stuff. Be pushy. Be sketchy. Let your grades drop. Not ... of the waitlist, do I have to go to MIT? What about financial aid? You're ... 'll have time to consider your decision before letting us know one way or the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  around the world (Marisa '13 makes the best creme brulee for your life ... offered at MIT will be there to address your questions. There's always been ... , we won't bite hard) (did we tell you that you should bring your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  bring up the average. And if you're at MIT, you know that "getting an A ... click of your mouse = 4 years of joy* and jubilation*. Guaranteed ... paperwork, and also instructions on setting up your Kerberos ID! (MIT username

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  couldn't have done it without all your help. I feel kind of guilty begging ... everything you write and syncs it to your computer to be used later in a ... notes you're taking. All it takes is a tap on a word you've written to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  opportunities available. You've got your typical sports (basketball, football, lacrosse, soccer), your specialty sports (fencing, rowing, pistol), your club sports (curling, taekwondo, rugby), and your intramural (IM) sports

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  'll be able to find more people to join your pset group. Comparatively ... enjoyable. Furthermore, if you're planning to take further chemistry courses ... want to take it your sophomore year, you'd better take 5.111/2 fall of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  , which requires that you find a faculty sponsor for your project -- and ... minimum wage for UROPs is currently $9.00 per hour; if you get paid by your ... to a biology grad program soon and have some questions. Are your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  things happen, like when your school is shut down by a hurricane, your home ... your application if something awful happens to you. Each circumstance is ... your situation, please call the office at (617) 253-4791, Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  though your answer may be wrong, my question will always be right!" as they ... QUERY! "You're a chemical engineer student, right? I really love chemistry ... which you're just oxidizing your primary alcohols all night, I can always

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  your major; 46 choices) 2 Restricted Electives in Science & ... your choice to form your HASS concentration Unlike the science core, you ... , and your concentration may have a HASS-D or HASS-CI course as a part of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  about fee waivers, and, as Prashant said, a letter from your school certifying that the application fee poses a financial hardship to your family ... . Decisions will not be available online. If you don't receive your letter in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  've become a bit behind in answering your comments. It's been nearly two months ... . Even before I started answering, your questions alone were 4,000 words ... , USA). Be sure to include your full name and date of birth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  It's June! Which means of course you're not interested in the ... half-explain/half-give advice on academic preparation for your freshman ... your transcript as simply a P for pass. No it doesn't matter if you got a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  day, honing his Roblox skills. Cast your mind back with me to 2016 ... , you'll start your day at 100 percent. When you're just completely ... lord, applying to jobs SUCKS. If you're not getting a referral or an "in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  my mom if she thought I was mean, and she simply responded with, "You're ... , she's learned to step back. "Pick and choose your battles," I had said ... been incredibly outspoken. A doesn't-take-your-bullshit kind of attitude

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  Adichie The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Cloud ... Oyeyemi What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi (in progress ... Icarus Girl, and What is Not Yours is Not Yours in the last 10 days since I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  to the idea of carpe diem, seize the day, chase your dreams, and other ... you’ve always wanted to try, to experiment with your likes, dislikes ... ’ll eventually end up working, or change your mind four different times about your

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  place the oven racks in the lower middle half of the oven. Take your bag of spare ribs and cut them open over your roasting pan, allowing the ... you were generous in your initial rub. If you think you were stingy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  “Help!” by the Beatles. Relevant verse reproduced at the bottom, for your ... want to work on in the future to make your writing better." Issues I ... address - your writing is quite good, but there are issues which are common

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010