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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  will get to the place that is right for you, not just because of merit ... you can handle the challenge. Otherwise, know that you do not need to ... why write about this on 03/13? Tomorrow, you are going to be able to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  to send the December scores again or will collegeboard still be sending ... TOEFL equivalent to perfect SAT 1?" Your TOEFL will be used instead of the ... .253.4791) or write to [email protected] - this will need to be corrected in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  ease (and to be at ease myself). The clothing should not interfere with ... will be comparing you against the entire pool. But we're not a school ... OR after the interview. I look at being an EC as being a resource to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  .   To no surprise, I'm not the only person who's experienced this. In 2014, someone met up with the MBTA Director David Carney to ask him why this happens. "Typically a bus will be out of service going to the start

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  helpful to be able to practice handling stressful situations in a controlled ... here I am 100% sure I will be ready for a career in the Air Force. ... to be comfortable with in future years. On Tuesdays from 3:10-5:10 pm

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  , tied with CalTech. I'm not going to bother complaining about the well ... Abercrombie & Fitch? I'm willing to bet that not one of my questions is considered in the USNWR rankings. For that matter, you might not even be

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  they're available to help the students who do run things. not only are ... to be less busy. anyway, the point is that having [annotation note ... . this applies in sitautions like, not knowing the password to something

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and ... calculus and physics at the college level. Depending on your major, you may
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  continue, we will allow applications from the affected areas to be sent in ... addition to a music dvd if that's not too much." The music supplement will go ... able to see that?" Yes, we will look not just at the composite but also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  everything seemed to be going so well...I failed the first test. I had never ... certainly will be challenged. But that's not a bad thing, in my book - the ... (although I generally prefer to use the word tenacious), and I wasn't willing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  mouth, not the outside, so I couldn't really hold a bags of frozen peas to ... the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how they've worked for me: Ice. I figured I could use ice to numb the pain

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  transfer calls during the dark age period when MIT campus phones could not ... 's gonna be due back on the 29th!" Sometimes you're asked to make movie ... . Then there are the rare occasions when you'll have to handle a stray

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  certifying that the application fee poses a financial hardship to your family ... to waive the application fee for anyone who cannot afford it. But don ... be mailed at the same time; I don't know what day that will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  might not be enough. And she has a point. "This is sort of the peak of ... 's free up a lot of kids to be able to do that and not force everybody to ... years can be "the best years of your life," not the same can be said about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  mistake. Be ready to put in the work, even though it will often be hard ... community to be a smooth journey. The process is inherently one that requires ... growth that has made me the version of myself I am proud to be today

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  was not handled well, and similar parties will be dealt with much better ... , especially in the face of having their party privileges taken away. To be ... freshman year, and while it's a little odd not being able to say "NEHA. WATCH

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  . "Just freeze it for a few days to kill off the larvae. It'll be fine." We ... fruit in them need to go in the fridge, ginger needs to be stored ... without handles. They're an absolute pain to deal with, especially if the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  and not a ball, you actually have to transfer the glass onto another ... and jeans to shield ourselves from the heat. Anyways, we also learned how to collect the glass from the furnace on a pipe or punty (long rod

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  touched by the world and everything in it. It's absolutely shocking to be ... startups in order to be a course 6. I like my soul for maybe the first time ... ~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  , though not necessarily from film) to participate in the Michel Gondry ... causes all the tapes to be erased. Left to their own devices, the pair is ... just recently came to visit us at the begining of February to screen Be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008