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• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  often have at this stage; please read through the FAQ to check if your ... Part 1, when you come to the application fee, choose the fee waiver ... be able to consider you during Early Action (just a few weeks later) if

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  week), but also a pretty great place to be during the summer. Even if it ... interurban transportation is concerned. The group is called the Smart ... redesigning the wrist joints that allow it to turn in place, and then we'll be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  how the essay will be seen. If you see this as the best response to the ... 've done in the last year. "As this year's applicant pool is shaping up to be ... , so I hope by now you've heard, but if not you should call the Office of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  only contracted to move the cannon here for CPW, and we respect the speed ... invites you to the official sendoff of the Caltech cannon. Our company has ... hacking history comes to a close. I, for one, was quite impressed with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  give to your job, and how much will you want to? I wonder if I’ve failed ... Sixteen months ago, in April, I made a promise to myself: if you ... thought that it would be more of the same; but I couldn’t not go, for it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  often fail to take into account the important of context, of the humans ... the power of them, having to write a rap about our chosen rap names ... Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, listening to the album cover to cover a couple of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  . The final presentations always overflow Kresge Auditorium, and if you ... webcast at s009kindness.com, where you will also be able to ask questions of ... you're waiting for the show to start. I'm too busy reading applications

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  job at the time. During primary school, I remember wanting to be a ... the time were really cool. I also wanted to be a novelist. One year the ... with the line: "It was really cool, because I want to be a writer when I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I ... was Red Mango, so my friends and I would call going to get frozen yogurt going to get Red Mango.  Sadly, the closest Red Mango to MIT is kind of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  from the past week, with a selection from the piece; click the link to read or listen to the entire story. In the New York Times: Her Mission ... something for everyone that they failed to convey what made their institution

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  Tetazoa, hall funds could be used to cover the cost of the pillow + cover ... to some genshin simps if i get a solid commission' - jess"]money can be ... If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  constellations if you watch long enough. The best way to be there is on your back. If you twist to the right, there are books with cracked spines and dog ... to [annotation note=" The name for the office at MIT that handles cases

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  at a dining hall, but now that I have the time to let out my inner Iron ... , but we know what it is. It’s very easy to make, but I realize the name can be a turn-off. I guess I’m just used to it by now; you see, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  student gets to know Pappalardo very well over the years- they typically ... senior year. (If you'd like to see more about 2.007, all students who take the class are required to create a website about it- you can check out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  is not yet great. If you have financial need, some of the program fee may be covered (the program fee includes housing), but you will ... out the notes I took at the info session here. If you want to learn

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  in person. I’ve been looking forward to being a Blogger at the “Meet ... out to someone through the void of the internet. I wanted to be a part ... bloggers have to be able to do all the things that I was completely useless

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  to this application! These essays have to be the best thing I’ve ever ... , not inspirition. The opposite. I realized “if I only have to change the ... deferred in December, I knew this had to be the case. I had given up any hope

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  to see if spots have opened up after the initial rush. CI-M - a ... to do, and I didn't fail my exam! Deans on Call are volunteer staff ... provide for you, if you just ask. When I came close to No Recording the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  vulnerable to the anguish of failing a test, like I was back in freshman year ... was doomed to fail the entire class and then fail at life. He took my ... 's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  and dignity. *To be perfectly clear, I don't want to discuss the merits of the hoodie designs. I just want to share a fun experience. Of course, this did not happen. I wrote a message in the blank space to the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008