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  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  , and your safety. You will not be penalized in the application process because of delays caused by these events. We try to be as flexible as ... same criteria to evaluate applications for both EA and RA. Take the time

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  definitely won't be able to handle it here? That's not necessarily true either ... I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris' post, but then it stopped being brief, so I decided to post it here

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  things will be different in the future. What a lovely conclusion, right ... resolved, which I’m hoping to handle this IAP… but let’s be real I’m still a ... much sooner. To be fair, both me and the assistant professor dropped the

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  swim test not being required. If you take the PE Courses of Fencing ... /0XfTtIvuWUg[/embed] I’ll be the first to say it: The swim test is ... the 3-4 foot pool. We had to walk from one side of the pool to the other—not

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  not be here were it not for the blogs. They're what convinced me to ... student, I did not want to be a doctor when I grew up.) As a result, I ... be for thrashing about even more, trying to consolidate the least awful

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  will not be a big problem. Victor wrote, "I'm confused if we need to send ... not be considering the new Writing section of the the SAT I this year ... the online application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your

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

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  Electronics” and held at the Media Lab which has to be the coolest building on ... :10: Arrive at Johnson Arena, next to the Z-Center for skating practice. During ... short. Ideally I’d wake up early enough to skate the full session starting

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My spork is titanium, light, and little. But what’s not little is the ... participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  you will be handled in accordance with the procedures described in the ... 't find anything. What's the fallback when YouTube fails to provide adequate ... also being sent to the Office of Student Mediation & Community

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ’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 ... -my-face-with-food skills over the one and a half weeks that I am home, and as such, I will be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  showed me...it might be time to pencil in some downtime. Although the ... to the jimjilbang, happy to be sheltered from the brutal winds of ... nothing. Paying to relax and get pampered may be on the calendar for the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  Now that I've completed the FEE, it's time for the math diagnostic. I ... like summer has actually begun... and it's time to enjoy my last months at home with friends and family before heading to MIT. I'll be leaving

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  were probably not going to handle the whole "My fifth grade classmate has ... fact, will be okay. Every day, though, my mom is sure to send me ... exactly when I came to the realization that therapy's not something bad or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  time I blog will be after the decision and I wanted to get my message ... middle of the hell that is the wait for decisions, I really suggest to not ... decision to doubting why you even applied. In the long run, everything works

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  patiently since Pi Day to tell them that, unfortunately, we will not be able ... blog post to announce that and explain why.  As you may know, the wait list helps us manage the inherent uncertainty of not knowing how many

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  that I would, in fact, be attending their school in the fall, I thought I ... MIT figured out. Uhh, yeah. Not so much. I mean, reading the blogs ... knew it was going to be cold. I had packed my tried-and-true winter gear

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  ®). Here's the scoop - it's not sent out by admissions, rather, it's handled ... tell you... 1) They're going to start mailing them in the next few days and will continue to do so over the next week or two. By the middle of

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  , would not be able to handle the less-pixellated hordes of alien invaders ... athletics at MIT in order to share with attendees what I believe to be the ... . Not having a car was not going to be a huge problem. As regular readers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  fail, I will revive them from where I left off INSTANTLY in some way. No ... resolution to not start over or delay anytime a goal falls short, I need some ... , during my first semester, I ended up not using any of the them. The Subway

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  all of the fee waiver requests (which we're happy to grant). The day ... all of the documents therein are yours, that it is ready to be evaluated ... documents, and I hope you can understand why. Please be patient. If the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008