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  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  release them on the web and through the mail. This is what Selection ... inside, happily working towards admitting the Class of 2011. Tomorrow, the ... As Ben has noted, we have begun the early action selection committee

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  live as a human being and not a human doing. Here are some of the things I’ve learned to value, through the eyes of my younger selves to now ... , there are “better things to do with my time”. I’m proud of the fact that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  entertained? If you answered yes to any or all of the questions above, buy a ... Cambridge YWCA, and because Lip Sync-ing is awesome All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Cambridge YWCA. "The YWCA of Cambridge has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  , the conclusion of our transfer admissions cycle, seems as good a time as ... a vital part of the MIT community. Among other things, transfers have ... Emily, who many of you interacted with during the transfer admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  The 2006 Class Council is responsible for planning and executing many ... -------------------------------- Clearly, class council is busy. The best thing our class council has thought ... with faculty outside of the classroom/lab, our council pays up to $25 per

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  . This is turn explains why I've spent the last two hours of my life ... Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... mistake once." I don't think I've ever pushed the bounds of mistake

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for the majority of my college experience, so it'll take some adjusting to ... in the midst of a lot of relationship-related conflict to be reminded

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is ... the dropouts usually have at least one year of college under their belt ... the first day. How did I find myself at one of the most incredible

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  found on my Facebook wall last night from Eric, one of the students from ... update your blog." So at the request of two of the most awesome high ... 's not the real reason I'm posting. (Actually, it is, but I figured you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  the FRESHEST of fresh, like the Fresh Prince of Bel-air eating crisp ... the incredible luck of flutterskating with a Viking, a pot of gold ... of SK LATE NIGHT First, you take the Night Market, a celebration of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  number of things that they are worried about. Grades, SAT scores, the ... organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish ... enough that’s where I found myself. It was one of the only factors I felt I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these blogs ... be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  , which is totally serious, all the time. I live in Nest House, which is one of the few living groups that has Residence Based Advising, or RBA ... comedy shows. Of course, I entered the seminar lottery, and there were

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  :) Based on yesterday alone, I feel safe in saying that the MIT Class of 2014 is AWESOME. Those of you whom I spoke with were funny, nice, and ... are some of the more common ones: Are MIT classes ridiculously hard

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to ... is earlier. Application tracking: The Records Office is still ... applications, and we won't start admitting anyone until all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at ... of awesome classes. One of them is 6.131: Power Electronics. It's a lab class about the art of creating electrical devices which use power

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  's own Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones) Speaking of parents: to the parents reading this blog, is there anything you'd like me to talk about, or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  E. Chemical Engineering, or Course 10, is sort of at the intersection, and you ... for every day that I have neglected my blog. The short story is that I have been traveling around for MD-PhD program interviews, which is one of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  successfully making it through what is undoubtedly some of the hardest four years ... senior events that are planned for the class of 2019. My main concerns ... along the lines of applying or choosing a graduate school, med school, and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019