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  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  there is enough information for us to match the document with your file ... you to work on your MIT application in the meantime. Working on the MIT ... applications in earnest. Here are some updates from the Admissions Office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz ... , study for the exam, and/or go to Career Fair. "Is it worth?" I ask ... office, and taught learn-to-skate classes. Not the most related to Course

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  tunnel. The reason all of these things need to be done by next Thursday is ... don't exist. I don't exist, because this is my to-do list: No joke ... another one. But I've run out of actual lines on the sheet, and had to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  story after, but here’s the legend of how murals in EC came to be, as told ... of residents, painting bemis entirely black, to signify the darkness in their souls. Facilities came in the next day, and decided it had to go

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  available. I hope this is somewhat helpful to those of you in the homeschool ... our community. Over the past 5-10 years, we have seen a surge in ... have been schooled in the home and under the umbrella of larger

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  intensive music study, others to read the great books. What you do is up to ... into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... and what not to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  lists? messaging out "is anyone awake? wanna talk?" in the middle of an ... formally, every rehearsal) take my friends off campus (the bus to wellesley is an easy way to do this but there are other places too!) invite my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  thing in the us, but it feels like a Real Thing now that i'm going to rent apartments and such. i dunno, back in the philippines being able to pay your ... night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs ... of beautiful abstraction in the interlude? The ability to write about ... my hall, and I expect to be detained by people. In the evenings, they

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  everything is wonderful and I'm thriving. We're in the midst of national and ... turning down the opportunity to live in Boston during the academic year. Was ... think in general it came down to (1) being hosed and (2) wanting to avoid

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  to ask specific questions - I'll try to answer in the comments), but if ... like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ago, so perhaps you might be curious as to how different life is for me

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  The most popular question in all modes of communication -- blog ... email to inquire about missing documents. The MyMIT tracking is up-to ... . Finally, I hope you'll join me in saying thanks to the entire Records

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  algebra class to confirm that I’d made the right decision in leaving Wall ... "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is ... treadmill" is the straightest path through MIT. It means doing the basic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  example: the word "and" in Spanish is "y" (pronounced like a long E), while the word "and" in Italian is "e" (pronounced like a long A). You can ... pretty awesome. In fact, MIT has one of the best political science programs

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  even I forget this – mostly, in this case, because the grand prize ... eligible to win a prize in the competition. There were three main prizes ... Phi sent out emails to all the dorm lists urging artistic students to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  ; Marvel in a cool way: UROP! To set the scene: It was my first IAP. I was ... -based UROP."]MIT in the Marvel Multiverse.[/annotation] Needless to say, I was ... restaurant (Chik-fil-A) in the first line of my email “to demonstrate that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our ... students in the coming weeks and months - about how our process works, what you need to do if you are still interested in MIT, and so forth. In the

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  members of the Class of 2011 are deferring to spend a year in Israel, others ... one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the ... ... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home that’s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  UROP. Basically, my lab is moving to a new building in a few weeks (more ... derivatives involved. (I feel like noting in here somewhere that, thanks to most ... is scheduled to open within the next month. My lab, as noted above, is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  . Get in touch with us when the time is right for you and we'll be happy ... weather forecasting. The IAP class in weather forecasting is very popular ... Council on Education estimates 75,000 to 100,000 college students in the New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005