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  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  has not been received, we will personally contact your school to get it ... application. We generally use them to confirm a decision (i.e. to make sure you're ... supplementary materials? Other than mid-year grades, yes. You're always welcome to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  basically when someone holds the rope that is connected to your harness. Your partner stops you from falling two stories if you lose your grip on the wall

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  your responses I'm sure that if I put a piece of coal in a chair, and ... , Music, and Baby Names. MOVIES Send me a list of your top 10 all time ... 's your chance! Name the new Nance Baby! Give me 3 good names. (Remember

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  . Building 66 also exemplifies the principle that when your MIT education ... building to MIT, because nobody will ever use your name in referring to it ... down on your stomach at the 30-degree (or pi/6 radians, if you prefer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  , but I am confused about your title "Tecker." My son is on a trip with ... "Techers," "Teckers," or "Tekkers," depending on your personal spelling ... complicated housing system ever. There's no real answer to your question. Once

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  you want to grab one. You guys had me laughing out loud with your ... with your first post - always trust your first instinct! ;-) I'll post

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  I'll start off by linking to some of your photos: Anthony et al ... 'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like ... last fall on the road (so do you). Even then, the image in your head

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  most likely, you are absolutely qualified to be here. Can I look at your ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the ... come to that conclusion on your own. As you know from some of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  require a deposit to secure your spot. If you get into MIT later in May, and choose to come, you will likely forfeit your deposit at the other school ... in touch, so that we know you're still interested. Write, call, email

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  encourage you to tell us about the things that really float your boat, whether ... whatever it might be for you. Your time is your most valuable resource, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  's a limit to which your life satisfaction increases with your income; studies point to it being around $75,000 that your emotional well-being stops increasing alongside your salary. I think there's not one size fits

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  at your application and make a decision regardless of your household income, and only then calculate your expected cost of attendance. MIT is ... from applying to MIT. This is an amazing place and if you’re still

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  adversely affect your chance of getting in; don't worry about it. A ... your notice. The 19th or so paragraph reads "Pulitzer Prices." and I ... . It sounds like you're involved with lots of awesome activities, which

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  the end. (thanks for all your well-wishing on the last entry too! you ... -you-can-eat, but instead of being able to leave after you're comfortably full, the food just keeps on coming and you're forced to stuff more and more down

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  on your side. Then again, I do feel my critical reading score was a ... arrive before February)." If your application has already been read when ... . ------------------------------------- Multiple folks asked how old/young I am. I am 32. When I was your age, that

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  experience the phenomenon of feeling like you can’t change your mind again ... dialectic: changing your mind twice does not indicate regression, it indicates ... really regressing even when you retract your previous opinions or choices

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  create opportunities to make friends, with the understanding that you’re ... have to leave your room and do things (I know, shocker) but it doesn ... sit in the lounge and talk to people, ask one of your classmates if they

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  through to a handful of people, but you seemed really cool! Thanks for your ... , the inevitable "MORE FOOD THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR", talks by faculty ... campus, hair dyeing (good luck explaining that to your parents), and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  anyone like you. It's something that you can only understand once you're actually in your presence, words unfortunately can't do it justice. But being ... from what I wrote in your letter. I have always known Emma would be the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  can be in your HASS major, which goes a long way towards completing the second major. Also, if you stay a 5th year to get your M.Eng. degree in EECS (and many EECS majors do), you can continue towards your second

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005