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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  waitlist this year? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many ... ;yield"), we admitted 1620 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly ... admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  homework? It’ll keep you from waking up early to work out and make you fall ... hope you are fortunate enough to avoid. But I can’t change it now. When I ... . The saddest part is the reason why I got a D. It wasn’t because I couldn

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  -of-consciousness prose and doing chemical kinetics homework that it will have to wait until ... dead. Another one of our many traditions is to cram the entire band ... " I have ever heard--I wish you were there to hear it. But maybe you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  application is incomplete, we will not be able to match you. However, we would ... mail it to MIT Undergraduate Admissions Processing Center, P.O. Box 404 ... : You can mail it to MIT Undergraduate Admissions Processing Center, P

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  is. I've seen plenty of it before. I've seen it piled 3 feet high ... , since it is still October, and the snow was pretty wet. What is weird is ... specifically to notify students of events that have free food. :)" This is most

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  concepts of damped harmonic motion and centripetal forces, which is to say we ... calling a trapeze a 'trap' is a universal thing or if it is just what my ... how to fix it. Anyway, that tire swing inspired me to get back to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  environment is called Athena. Everytime you print something to an Athena printer ... -line university (....hello, why would you send that to an at mit dot edu email ... /shows/fundraisers, as well as all kinds of junk from fellow students who want to share

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til ... bright-eyed tourist, however, is going to soak up all there is to see ... about where to go next. This isn't just in travel -- this is in projects

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  write, because it is open-ended, and I usually am not expected to reflect ... I like to quantify. I like magnitudes and metrics. It's incredibly ... is fine, but in the last few months, I've been trying to step away from

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  cause your skin to react when it is exposed to these substances although ... what has happened or is on the schedule to happen today. My day started ... met with a counselor to talk about life. It's a nice break to go there

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  fears do not really grow. It is just a new day, and we should be able to ... is the same. With a sigh, I walk into 10-250 and try not to think about ... educate them as to WHY we need progress. It's not the time to block or

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  You've now had a chance to post lots of questions. Now it's my turn ... , you get a lot of choice in what you want it to be. Former blogger Mollie ... difficult it might be to catch up academically! Oh goodness, yes. Contrary to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  , subtype H3N2 is another swine flu virus. Like H1N1, it is endemic to birds ... Influenza A, subtype H1N1 is the most famous swine flu virus. It is ... ten years. The influenza B virus is less common than influenza A. It

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  , Geneva. It seems everyone on campus was trying to get away from the ... that in years past~) Believe it or not, though I have been to Ethiopia ... I’m traveling to a country that has none of my family members in it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  me to MIT, and Burton-Conner in particular, is the fact that it allows ... !" DTYD itself is held in mid-April, but the weeks leading up to it are full ... manages to make MIT an incredible place even when it feels like everything

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  coming home to it is always comforting :'))     ... college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where ... and beautiful enclave where it's okay to fail at being real adults, a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  time to the Berkeley area, so it was all new to me. First Stop: Cafe ... tried to recreate this in my room, it would probably have too much avocado ... ," ... At the end of the meal, the waitress asks us, "What is your gift to

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  semester, it's easy to forget that there exists an entire world outside of ... things about MIT is being able to apply the concepts you learn within the ... . Even where there is water, many, especially women, avoid going to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is one of my favorite events at MIT. It ... followed by a one-day sale the next day, to benefit the lab and its ... year to share with you. The pumpkin patch is handblown gradually over

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  blogger is honoring them for their birthday, not to mention a little creeped ... friends. The important word to understand in that sentence is ‘celebrating ... roommate, my floor’s tradition dictated that it was my responsibility to bake

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010