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  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  the day of the final review. I left several hours in the morning to draw ... semester...choice 2 is the obvious way to go. Choice 2 meant screenshots ... clean line-drawings... but in the end, they were excited to see the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  below in the comments.  I will try to update this post with FAQs ... in advance of the deadline.  If one of your essays is too long, or ... after the deadline. We are much more flexible and understanding with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  , manliest beard you can in the span of one month. Leonidas is the patron ... , growing a beard is actually quite tough. To illustrate the self ... experience, a journey cut too short, it's tragedy is it's beauty; and in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  students, people from home, and the like is: "How do you feel like you fit in ... now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... we all really fit in here at MIT. I really think the bottom line is

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is growing, and the sun is shining. MIT is getting ready for CPW as fast as it ... we're going to feed all of you! And, you know, run you into the ground

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  that I've come so far, that a personality could change so much in the ... unabashedly. This is the person I was meant to be. And MIT gave me that chance ... 've made progress in terms of learning to trust people and see the good in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  contributed by MIT Institutional Research to the Common Data Set (i.e. what ... 've blogged before about how the dangers of reading too much into admissions ... distinction, but an important one in understanding the agency of admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Odds & ends

  

  nice photos in his latest post of the final class of 3.091: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry. Professor Don Sadoway, arguably the best and most popular teacher at MIT, always wears a tuxedo to his final 3

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  , check it out! Join the Facebook Group: Facebook is a great place to meet ... ! It will be in the mail on Wednesday, and in your mailboxes soon after ... possible. Finally, please complete the Medical Release Form. Notes to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  screenings of older movies every Thursday night. This week, the free movie is The Patriot which is a movie I have yet to see in it's entirety ... at another restaurant in Downtown Crossing. The lines begin to

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this afternoon. This is the weekly magazine The Nation. This is the first half of ... favorite section is the science notes, which include Charles Darwin

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  . In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying ... from the area made it to the party as well as most of the incoming ... connection and decided to walk around the airport, and apparently, I'd ventured

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  by sending out even more emails… But in the end, checking my email is ... Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or ... of the most vaguely negated sentences ever or what?), but this one was

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  :   What you probably don't know is that, since 1994, all of the ... to campus, which are highly visible even while his labor is not. As ... not more, important than doing the same for innovators, I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  Council. Prior to working in admissions, Schmill worked in the Alumni Office ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a ... and the rest of the administration have in me," he told the MIT News

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  to you for my dad's desire to keep expired milk in the world a little ... brought to you by the letter E! EEEE!") In a perfectly formed and ... home for spring break is the first breath of air I've had in a while

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... taking as much time as needed to get the job done right.   Of those 33 ... opportunity to climb the mountain that is MIT. They hail from all 50 states, 65

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  freedom to explore and grow that is hard to obtain in most places. But being ... objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of ... improvement is part of how you can jump to the next step of adulthood. I think a

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  at MIT a week early to participate in FUP, or the MIT Freshman Urban ... about going to MIT was that I wouldn't have the time to do as much ... and put effort into making the world a better place to live in, even if

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012