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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  obvious at the extremes--even with the exact same sentence, someone can be ... ’t always have to be that extreme. I get the sense that people here do see me ... experience, but still being respected. What surprised me was actually the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!

  

  this juncture. Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the ... EST on Saturday, December 9. (Decisions will also be sent via postal ... % certain that you know your correct username and password. We will not be in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 1, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  to be finishing up right now but due to the extreme bloggability of the Caltech prank (ahem - "failed hack" - the Tech definitely calls it as it ... From today's edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  -my-face-with-food skills over the one and a half weeks that I am home, and as such, I will be ... ’m excited to be living in Boston this summer where I will have the freedom to ... the thought that by being forced to write or fail, we would inevitably

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  semester was the first time that D-Lab: Education was being offered, and I ... situations   You may be wondering how, with all students being varying ... school, namely, the ABCDF system, except with a few additions. Below is a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  day. The next test date after June will be October 14. Kristin wrote ... wrote, "I have the same question as Carmel. Should I be putting any school ... . Dan wrote, "Will I get to meet you at MITES?" Yes! I'll be around all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  .mit.edu. We will not be in the office on the weekend that decisions are released ... Hi folks, So sorry for the delay in posting this - we wanted to be ... EST on Saturday, December 15. (Decisions will also be sent via postal

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  match you with a host of your gender. However, the majority of you will be ... attention to the Class of 2010, and the new SAT (and ACT and TOEFL) will be an ... would be admitted in the transfer process, but I personally know folks who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  the Friday before, then skipping out on this would only be a sign of ... . 2:21 PM - Wait, I have what on Wednesday? Okay, so this will be ... appears to be banging its head into its textbook in despair!"), but the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  transfer the proteins to a nitrocellulose membrane (which binds proteins and ... successful transfer requires the frazzled lab monkey to correctly orient ... checked the protein after the transfer, it wasn't there. Probably it ran

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  can be as crucial educationally, if not more so, as the fact that you ... Room Assignment Chair (RAC) for their dorm to see if a transfer can be ... transfers drawing with the class below them) to determine priority in choosing

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  ...my mother wishes to know what exactly will be available for the parents and on ... willing to bet this is what happened in your case. Transfer Student had a ... about the Transfer process? [and] 2. What happens if you give someone a

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

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  succeed, at the expense of never being able to fail. So this break, my goal ... . And after I fail and wipe the grime and dust out of my eyes, I will not ... , "Because what if I fail?" To me, this is the most important what-if of them

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

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  prospective transfer students will have taken roughly the freshman science core ... when the July FEE results will be out? I'm really curious to know how I ... be ECs aren't the 'deciding factor,' but when the acceptance rate is ~4

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  having a summer, only what The Ideal Nonexistent MIT Student would be doing ... it was my actual self, and not the Ideal MIT Student, who would be ... subject of the contract (some land being given to monks from Pontigny

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  to be less busy. anyway, the point is that having [annotation note ... in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase "institutional memory" a lot. it refers to the knowledge that's shared between the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  texted my friend and told her I might not be able to watch the drama at 10 ... mass transfer problem and then go on to the rest of physics. No DDR or ... may be asking: What's your life been like since that nearly-failed 18

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  morning, you will probably accidentally delete the entire folder anyway and then you will be made of fail and then the little voice in your head that ... Athena locker, the damage will still be done. So here's a lesson for you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  have already answered will be useful for next year's applications (the part about the extracurricular activities) or will it be completely ... category but will my speech be called the keynote address (practically it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  Name the song I stole the lyrics from and win a cookie. So this week ... Tissues - One 12 page lab report on the superposition of effects of ... spring, I took 5.12 (Organic Chemistry I). The night before the exam, I

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005