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  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  to give her addiction to "papas adobadas," a kind of mexican hot Lays, but she says it is not easy. Thanks for the great banner design, Zaira ... ! Another factor I'll have to consider when selecting a class is whether they

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  't have to be deep or profound or whatever. Vibes are important. It's 100% acceptable to choose based on whether people recognize your Homestuck jacket ... throughout the entire weekend I was there, yet two people pointed it out the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  , it will be appropriate to send in an additional copy of this missing ... missing documents, as it may slow down our ability to process the documents ... action. We do not expect to have finished processing these materials until

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  MIT thinks that it catches on fire. On more than one occasion I've found myself outside in the snow or in the rain, waiting for the strobe lights to stop blinking before heading back into the dorm to resume whatever I was

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  works. It takes another three pages to derive the social demand curve ... providing free flu shots in the student center. WELL it turns out my suitemate ... curve. This curve will be what Gabe uses to decide whether he should get

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  it's Tuesday or Thursday, go to class from 7-10. If it's MWF, go to ... it harder to make that progress. So I feel very stunted and though I ... hopefully I'll be able to find that time. And with it, I'll be able to learn

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  opportunity to just have fun. Students at MIT have launched Camp Kesem, or Camp ... University in 2000 as a project of Hillel at Stanford; since then, it has expanded to 22 campuses in 14 states. Camp Kesem at MIT, founded by Caroline

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It includes a nice piece on MIT athletics as well as a Thanksgiving story ... alternately hosted by Marsha Bolton from the President's Office and myself. To

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ZigZag Episode 5 MIT's podcast has a new episode.

  

  competition and HawkCam. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode. Check it out: You ... love to hear your comments about ZigZag, so please don't be shy, speak up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Competition Tomorrow Better than Battlebots! 2.007 competition tomorrow!

  

  , it's going to be insaneeeely exciting.

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 15, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  , artistic, or anything else. However, we refer to the money given directly by the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we offer it based
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  to make a dance/drama. The dance can depict epics. It's the first form ... dance was such that she wanted to share it with others. "There are people ... presented annually by the American Red Cross of Dutchess County to honor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  it hard to quite put the feeling of IAP into words. But soon, i ... I went home for about two weeks before IAP started. I went to all the ... was back on a plane to Massachusetts for the beginning of IAP. People

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  trying to make it through the hell that is an online semester. So far, I ... have a very quirky adorable home and it saddens me to leave it behind to ... that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  historically contributed to its current shapes. In doing so, we will come to ... BOLD (2003). Zittrain, The Future of the Internet - And How To Stop It ... one of the best places to do it. I think you can see this theme in many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  screen, you can tell that it'll be memorable. Now if you were to take a ... screaming or shaky cinematography can quite do justice to it. (Nor can any ... foil. Rutherford, of course, did it to get a clearer picture of atomic

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... that it wasn't a disaster, but rather an indication that he might want to ... 's just what everyone does." The bottom line here is that it is okay to slow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of pressure trying to summarize myself in a few sentences. Should I mention the weird accumulation-of-facts thing that I do constantly? Am I going to be

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an ... Councilors and a great group of alums were there ready and willing to answer all the questions my mother and I had about MIT. It was an afternoon

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010