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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... annoying, because it's alphabetical by school rather than what is to me the ... Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant. It's not to be wowed, or feel like we need to read the most unique ... (maybe the most underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  are pretty much set on going to CPW with me, how is that going to work ... schedule, going to the events they're interested in, doing a little exploring ... non-MIT sources (which is probably why it is mentioned in the financial

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  really long critique session (which is basically when everyone in the class ... of (in good spirit)/ talk directly to specific people from the audience ... Gallery in the Student Center is a gallery that holds either student curated

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Events

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

  

  his pictures are better. In the end, I learned enough to receive a ... ... Responses to comments: Arturo: Hey! About literature in Spanish... all the ... you said Cortezar is sci-fi... Cortezar is one of the best things to

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

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... attention of the frazzled shopkeeper to put in their order. And it turns out ... choosing), while others will have to watch the pie run out and be stuck in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet ... ? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing ... to grow old and live in the same neighborhood and raise our kids and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  to the liquor store across the street. I'm in Greenwich Village. I ... continue to learn and grow each day." and "The onus is on you to keep ... interest of privacy, but this has got to be both the most blissful and the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers ... when I got to MIT, I would proceed to get C’s on pretty much all of the ... the applications. If you come to MIT, you might fit in in unexpected

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  world to listen to. He most recently performed his song "Birds in the Sky ... . And the place to do that is here, at MIT. ... Occasionally as I lie in bed at night puzzling over the hecticness

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  EST To: baxterthieves Cc: burton1 We have the cake, as requested, in ... they want) (it's pretty much the most amazing cake i've ever seen) From ... back home, and I would like to thank everyone who helped in the effort to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  to tell. In fact, I'm embarassed just thinking about it. The thing is ... handles research with freshman. Do they get to use the same facilities as ... space as grad students. The thing is, UROPs can be anything, really. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  name is Gordon and I’m from sunny Santa Monica, California. Most would ... of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to ... Student Center to Skullhouse across the river, music of some kind never

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  peek in the bathroom shows me that my body wash is going to run out! Well ... Interneting Once breakfast is made I usually head back to my room to enjoy the actual eating portion. Because my hands are in use this is the perfect time

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  interview. First, it is your responsibility to arrange the interview. You ... why you like to do these activities. What is it about them? The people ... tell us in the essays. Think about why you are applying to MIT. Do a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the ... : Okay, so I'm not much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right ... river in East Cambridge. I think the Back Bay area of Boston is very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  admitted 1495 of those students, making this the most selective year ever in ... names in the class (tied) are David and Michael (14 each). The most ... highest overall yield (the percentage of admitted students who decide to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  actually in Building 26, which is now home to MIT's most well-known lecture ... professor Fernando J. Corbato at the MIT Computation Center in 1963. Today, in ... philosophy behind cloud computing. Cloud computing is the means by which data

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  look at it yourself. Here is a non-scientific list of the most commonly ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  the workload. This is evidenced by our test subject, Jon, in Exhibit A: Exhibit A Jon is the one closest to you, sitting at his computer after ... discovered that there is much more to MIT than schoolwork and studying. He

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008