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  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... get too stressed out! Go out with your friends. Give out candy to cute ... processing of all submitted materials. Items are not posted directly to your

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  was a medical scribe, which meant I followed the doctors in to the ER ... watched, clutching a clipboard to my chest. Exam Room 1 is not a normal ... to do something else for a while. You know, take a break from homework

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  advantage of a new opportunity that allows MIT students to visit the Isabella ... , historic home in Boston. Only the signs really give it away as being a museum ... them as stipulated in her will. This rule is followed to the extent that

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  upperclassmen in your dorm will be of great help with this. People who come to MIT ... your schedule, since 1) you have to allow time to get to the other school ... group going out to a club in Boston, or hundreds of people in a fraternity

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  have preparing for quals in grad school -- your knowledge needs to be ... Kathy's post (A Day in the Life...), but I should also point out that the ... continual assessment, and are given maybe a few days to prepare for tests, and

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  , get back in the game because you have a big decision to make in the next ... , once your moment is over, you need to get back in the game as well ... much pain you must be in right now. You too need to allow yourself a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  , quoted verbatim from a letter left to her host before she departed MIT ... since then. Holla to the MA, NY, CT, NH, MD, RI, NJ, CA, MI, IL, IN, MO ... pool, and all have your own very special accomplishments to be proud of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  looks like that. I hadn't been to a baseball game in a while, and I ... certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is ... place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  Until Mystery Hunt 2006!!! Here's a little puzzle to get you ... of them survive with a foolproof strategy? If you're interested in ... cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to ... a mailing list to know where to get the free food), and of course ... language of MIT, you’re probably in utter confusion, something to look

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... game of nims, and a Pig Latin converter (in addition other, less

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  great opportunity to get to know a few dozen classmates well, before ... control boxes, participants get to take a cruise of Boston Harbor and learn ... photo topics: Moving into your room & getting to know your roommate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  , I'm getting a little old, but it's cool. It's really crazy awesome to ... makes the work get done faster and in a more fun environment, the people ... in a place where to a degree the world comes to you and you can meet a

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  report is simply to get a sense of your senior year grades. It's one piece ... at all happy about my SAT scores and felt a need to take the TOEFL in ... explaining what happened. I expected to get a good score for the TOEFL... I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  deliberately circled around here to make it easier for Yoyo to get a pic. "Grrr ... , lives at pika, but he wasn't at dinner for me to get a picture of. Too bad ... to be working)." One thing to remember is that just because a hall is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  willing to bet this is what happened in your case. Transfer Student had a few questions, including: "1. Any luck getting a guest blogger to speak ... . Will I need to send in midyear grades? A final report card? Are you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!

  

  To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM, so I only made a couple of phone calls, but I really enjoyed talking to ... Friday when I was still in New Jersey. A couple of hours after that I got

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  -re-re-re-re-rewriting, but I had a weird conversation with my friend in which they mentioned ... (thing is true) but why? I go to MIT 100% (or so I've been told) I get these moments — maybe about three times a week? — where I have to convince myself

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  . In fact, people here are free to do almost anything they think is a ... up to any class you’re interested in on the first day with an add ... Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010