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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  minuet dance lesson for us to get us more in that baroque mood. 21M.500 ... DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat ... (fressen). I have also learned the German word for "to strike a deathblow

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  .31 (Topics in Mammalian Biology), five for 21A.260 (Embodiment and the Senses ... flew in from Texas, we now have the beginnings of a competition routine ... flip in the air instead of a twist.   Wrote two essays. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... 'll talk about what MIT looks for in an interview and give you some advice ... meetings in Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida; overall, we will visit 70 cities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to testing requirements. For the most up-to-date information, please view the ... asking questions about our testing requirements. For those of you applying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  my luggage in the past hour was enough embarrassment for all of 2025 ... for MIT's Global Teaching Labs, which sends students abroad to teach in ... stop for lunch, and lots of practice in Spanish conversation, I soon

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  turned in my last final, walked out of the exam room into the bright Boston ... 'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before ... : it can be tedious and time-consuming, but you've gotta do it. And in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  -up instinct, and then I jaunt around for the morning, and crash for a nap in the ... , I attended a few Zoom sessions in the morning for [annotation note ... wanted to live in Russia for a significant period of time. After spending

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  are required for competitive higher positions in all organizations ... group processes…The description for a good leader can go on and on, but in ... This is a new program for the junior class launched in 2007. Assisted by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  Registration: Please register for CPW by March 25 or when your travel plans are ... the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... distance of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial aid news & more MIT announces costs & aid for the 2007-2008 school year.

  

  who qualify for admission has been unfaltering. This year, as in seven ... for the 2007-2008 school year. Here are some details: MIT has set tuition and fees for 2007-2008 and has budgeted an additional $7 million for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of ... : Looking for Herbology ... stumped Looking for Potions, try: 5.36: Biochemistry and Organic Laboratory Looking for Transfiguration ... stumped

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so ... that admission just means that you got your foot in the door. It's not

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  stay in RBA for the year and thus in the same dorm for the year, because ... . REX is a very good thing for people like Keri, who for a brief moment in ... offers seminars, there are fewer choices available than for those in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see ... submitted both their Part 1 and their Part 2. Thank you for not ... call in any updates. Don't worry if your essay doesn't format as you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  Technology has plans for world domination through weather control. It is our job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in Lobby 7 for the Hunt Kickoff: Our team Captain, Keith '02, holds up the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for ... —and all others forced to bid periodically for their next opportunity—eat rejection for breakfast, I'm sure. For many, rejection can be debilitating

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mechanical Sense of Humor My Course 2 lab instructor is amazing.

  

  program for promoting women pursuing careers in engineering. Maybe I ... for this lab: "You just graduated from MIT and are traveling around Europe for the summer before going to grad school. You start talking to a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  ahead for some of you, but say you're a freshman who chooses to live in ... was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live in the same dorm as the other students in your seminar (usually there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  toothed students are sad, those looking for even more in the way of ... V-Day, I'd like to put in a plug for MIT's production of the Obie ... . At MIT, we celebrate the holiday in various fun ways. Of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their additional documents via Naviance, SOCIR, or other methods. Applications will