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• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... placed in what we called the "forced-triple" -- a cubicle designed for two ... All dates are auspicious, but some more than others. For me, August

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the ... articulating and affirming values they share as educators. In President Reif ... that "Whatever may change in Washington... it will not change the values

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  according to plan. We do this for a good reason. In all my years as a mom, as ... ) some advice for how to quickly finish his art notebook cover project ... old posters and cut them out and arrange them in some pattern and just

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for those Not Admitted

  most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 1 in 10 ... , many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  We all have those weeks. Some sort of tragedy happens - a death in ... extracurriculars, the negatives and the tragedies all add up to be, in a way ... a sad week for me. It was a short week, but the longest week I've had

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... love for frogs to amphibians in general. My favorite amphibian today is ... considered for saving other amphibian populations, but cautiously. In one case

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  available. I waited in line for 20 minutes. Normally, irritation would itch ... year, I've felt a decided shift in the air. I've mentioned it before, jokingly referring this period as my "nice era" to my friends. In this new

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  place in the Top 200 in Math/Chem olympiads in high school? Thanks for ... hit me in the face. Not a light caress, not a brief reminder of the autumnal equinox, but an actual BAM! Leaf in face. It was new, and weird, and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  . It was not for anything XFair-related. "reg day meeting" In the afternoon, I met with my advisor ("reg day meeting"). Typical protocol for ... " = dorm, "uswim" = club for women in math, not swimming.) Another link! Wow

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• FAQ / Transfer

  What does MIT consider for transfer admission?

  –20. Take a chance, present yourself in the best light possible, and hope for ... There's no formula for gaining transfer admission to MIT. There's no ... .5 GPA or above, and mostly As in math and science courses. Ideal
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the ... for the student. They are in a sort of limbo. This one requires a couple ... congratulated for that. With your help they are ready to enter college in the fall

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  you!" 8. Ruth '07 playing quads for the first time in her life and ... are in the "I'm playing this for the first time ever" boat, so I'm not ... final score was 49-6. It's apparently the worst loss in over 15 years. It

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  getting lost looking for events? Instead, get lost in this year’s Next Big ... 's already been two years since ours! But CPW is honestly just as fun for undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as hyped as you are

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  your interviewer might say about what you’re like in person. For each ... be filled in with your essays. For each quality, especially sparse ones ... . She can be horribly depressing but she can keep me in the zone for hours

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  ideas for the page and working with the communications team on an Español ... welcoming community found at MIT. In the video we feature Spanish ... this page as a resource and share it with their families; whether for the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  Well, I'm back at MIT after a lovely Thanksgiving in the land of the ... friend Chris '09 back to Plymouth with us -- his dad works for the ... silly for him to fly all the way back there just to turn around and fly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  have a special place in my heart because i was briefly in it for two ... ’ve gone in person but we had VGO perform live for [annotation note ... of the tenses in this paragraph so just bear with me a little

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  on a daily basis, and you were alone. you stayed in your room for hours ... : despite wallowing in my feelings for most of those nine months, and not ... , like you do in your normal posts? alan: if this is how cj wants to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  placed in, but either your salary, the place you work for, or MISTI will ... software for it. (There are lots of geeks out there in this world who have ... info of my wonderful adventures in Spain: MISTI (MIT International

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  last time I applied for one in their group.) You might not get an ... evidence shows that more women tend to wake up in time for lecture. (At least ... thinking over memorizing in the physics classes? Yes. At least for the intro

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009