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  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  ?   4. Does a snowman need to have 3 snowball parts for it to be a real ... the hunt's headquarters came to us with a chained up box that we needed ... robust that can handle all kinds of uncertainty, not just limited to nature

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  archival footage I needed to gather, and other footage I needed to film ... , turning to the Internet for community, communities dying out and needing ... coping method, getting to college and no longer needing something to fill

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  -degree increments. To describe an object’s orientation, you needed just two ... this discrepancy, we need to talk a bit about linear algebra. A common ... hand”. You see, I’d spent way too much of my free time last summer holed

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  or anything that is likely to need changes or edits. No need to wait ... yet. They do not need to be in by midnight. We are processing thousands ... panicking right now, odds are that you don't need to be and that we will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  "Nat, to hack you need to understand systems better than the sys ... could offer and it's been so much more. There have been three aspects to ... threads.* Me: Hey Dan, how does Windows handle threads? Dan: *20-30 minute

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  on 006. But I don't need to. I'm satisfied with how much I'm learning ... trying to figure it out and then, once I'd gone to office hours and been ... 'll only go out once a week and then actually sticks to it. I don't have the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  , so I decided to transfer to an all-girls Catholic high school after ... needed to temporarily abandon my religion so I could learn to love myself ... to the student body. Once I could be myself publicly, I was happy for

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to ... handling their own finances in a day-to-day sense. As someone who notably ... to take care of pretty much all of their expenditures, choosing to live

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  not eligible for fee waiver.I didn't know how to solve it so I created ... sure it's in there." No, you wouldn't need to submit the Midyear Grade ... With Ben and Mollie recently answering your questions, I started to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  for it. You're testing it out to see if you like it as much as you ... whether they should attempt to transfer to what was originally their 9th ... class once the semester starts. Of course, there will be those pesky

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  Tuesday, the latest day I can. Need to pack. Need goodbyes. Too much ... are much longer than the others.) Of course, things continue to get ... too much in particular, but was helping to create a “31.4 Things to Do

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  all I know, Housecomm might need to meet in secrecy these days.  But in ... annotation feature it's been hard not to annotate every single thing, so this ... to a video you posted last year about your room.  I can offer you some

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  come to MIT?and...how stressful does it get on an average day? thanks ... relatives (who may have gone to MIT; I don't recall) insists that it's much easier to get in than stay in. Thoughts?" Once again, Borski '09 answered

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  is not even within the first decile due to the transfer situation ... about the transfer admissions. If I want to apply in my first year in a ... chances to be admitted to MIT?" There should not be much difference between

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  competition to provide more startups with the capital and mentorship they need ... transfer papers each time. Within the past year, it got a lot harder to ... billionaire playboy philanthropist. But kid me didn't worry too much about

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  Early Action updates Please continue to be patient with the ... mail to open and process, and we are doing so as quickly as possible ... date for documents to show up in the tracking system -- this means there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  is no online application for MIT transfer. To apply, you should print, complete, and mail the MIT Transfer Application to MIT Admissions ... entry in the Fall of 2013. To enter MIT as a transfer student, you

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

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  needs to be. For example, one problem describes the motion of a curveball ... asked: How much time does a sport at MIT really take up? I'm sure you ... answered here, it was probably lost in the transfer to the new site

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  . Many students will join Freshman Learning Communities to take much of the ... classroom to which MIT was assigned. Next door was a nice colleague from ... hour event. Each college fair I do seems to have one question that gets

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  than standing for Standard Temperature and Pressure, S refers to transfer ...   ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire ... shades of brilliant, MIT handles grades. On a 0% – 100% scale? Maybe “A

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013