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  Quick update

  

  late for extra materials to be reviewed in selection committee, any ... I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received ... , we will mail them, sometime in mid-March. Decisions will not be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  will be funneled to the rooms in the back for styling and fitting ... Over the past three years, I’ve been on the organizing board for MIT Gala, our student-run fashion show! Originally conceptualized in 2023 as

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  . Suddenly, studying for a test, grinding out a PSET in the library, and ... I took a test early last week for my Japanese language and culture ... morning to study for it, scrubbing the sleep from my half-conscious brain

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  coherent thoughts, yet. But in this moment, I feel a lot of resentment for ... , for having had time to form friendships and find communities in person ... I’m letting myself be hopeful for the first time in a long while. And

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  —how have I changed in the last year? I suppose that I'm more confident in my ... calling myself a writer, and that I've become much more interested in ... , though, I find glimpses of my past, and it brings me some clarity. In 2018

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  have enough time for a urop at the moment. misti may still be in the ... i've been drafting and drafting this blog post over and over again in ... old, i live in random hall, and i. am. exhausted. these past two weeks

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  returned to Next House last week in time for UPOP's week-long training ... it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I ... specifically, I live in 2 East, or 2E for short. 2E is like a family to me, and I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  ) for three laps around the course in as short a time as possible. We knew ... its way. For now, if you're ever in building 33, stop by the hangar and ... had one more mission to fly and we wanted to re-fly a mission as well in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in ... hands for a research job. I have a UROP (Undergraduate Research ... sciencey things and learning cooler sciencey things and getting paid for it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  'm in it. And as the Systems Integrator for my team section (Pink A ... . It makes for some intensely long days in the shop and some high stress ... prototypes for a presentation every day for several hours. I was in the shop on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  to their houses for a weekend. Joe lives in Portland, which is "Maine ... hub of Maine's South Coast region. I was in Maine for three days, so I ... kind of passed out with A Prayer For Owen Meany open to page 89 in my lap

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  'm reviewing and going over while studying for the test I have in this class on ... 've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING ... 't really care, stay for the pretty pictures, mmmk? Mmmk. Alright here's the

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  given set of transformations. In this class you define the formalisms for ... to focus for the next few months on this. I'm studying in ... goals are. Developing a better theory for in context learning is also

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  -year varsity starter in the outfield for the Warriors, applied to the MIT with ... article for all of our readers, but for our LDS readers in particular, I ... Mangrum, making a play for MIT baseball team, had missionary zeal in college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  movies that we have read/watched for homework. Once in class, we arrange ... There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little ... García Márquez entirely in its native language of Spanish: Crónica de una

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in some fun before chaos resumes again. In case you missed it, thousands of ... science in K-12, but for a number of reasons (including the architecture

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  Prize for Girls. Founded two years ago in NYC, the Math Prize moved to MIT ... to Boston, and we were meeting for dinner at the delicious Fire+Ice in ... ) because I was volunteering for two different programs. Sunday morning was

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions ... College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "It's crazy for students to think in ... creativity and excitement for learning coming through most clearly in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  major asset for me in the admission process." In the admissions process ... (I am being interviewed for it tomorrow!). Is it too late in the ... sent in my application for undergraduate admissions to MIT. If I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both ... for instance in his high school - were incredibly brilliant in ... students" for more elaboration in this context. As a parent whose child

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005